Only GOD can create something from nothing
But now we find out so can the banks
Banks create money that they call a loan
Based on a mere fraction of what they own
Chase has 10 billion deposits cash in hand
Then extends 9 billion--plus a fat interest plan
Nine billion deposited at WaMu
Now they loan out 8 billion too
Bankster magicians pulling cash from a hat
Voila! 10 billion now 90 just like that
Loans sold as assets conjured from thin air
Collateral backing them -- simply not there
Masters of the Universe collapse into dust
Credit frozen on the brink of economic tsunami
Our government responded, printing origami
Backed by bond(age) guaranteed
Tax upon us and our future seed
The crisis averted, blue skies ahead!
Bank profits soar, a gift from the Fed
Americans lose homes, go belly-up
While Too-Big-To-Fails gobble us up
Regulatory reform, faux government outrage
Enacted by the very cast who set the stage
Loosened regulations, crippled oversight
Do we really believe they'll do what's right?
Where are the emails from Fed and Treasury
To Goldman, Lehman and AIG?
Until we know who knew what and when
How can we trust a single one of them?
Politicians and Banksters, the same to the core
Feeding the rich and making us poor
Reform's an illusion, a cheap magic trick
A pig is still a pig, despite the lipstick
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