Down under, we’re told the age of entitlement is over for all
To reduce the debt, “shoulders to the wheel” is the official call
Aussie pensioners are quickly seen as an easy touch
Thus Canberra plans to steal more of what already isn’t much
Ned Kelly and Robin Hood robbed the rich to give to the poor
Now it’s the other way round with Pollys stealing more and more
In the new world of rip offs, the con is more refined and very clever
Leaving Aussie battlers with even less income for ever and ever
The irony is incompetence by those in charge of the vault
Where wining and dining and wasteful expenditures never did halt
Then finally came a desperate wakeup whining call
“The Treasury is stone motherless bare and cobwebs on the wall”
Duty and sacrifice in yesteryears kept us united, proud and tall
Yet today, Canberra Suits decide such rules are not for all
It’s a slap in face for our seniors who sweated, toiled and did their bit
To be sacrificial lambs in this poorly organized and hypocritical hit
Missing is leadership by conceited false gods as they travel the land
Sometime even with family in business seats so grand
Flying so far away for social events they have contrived
Don’t forget the extra perks after they have arrived
The pension scheme is no longer what it was intended to do
It has been exploited by greedy Canberra Suits and more than a few
Thus the rich get richer and the poor get poorer by the day
Please God, remove this terrible blight and show us another way
(With apologies to the odd fair dinkum rep wearing a Canberra suit)
George Mansford ©January 2017
