The Heritage Foundation? … Yeh one of the most powerful political organizations you never heard of. It is a conservative right wing free market fundamentalist think tank outta D.C. … which means it keeps power on message in legislating in favor of predator capitalism, that is capitalism free from state intervention and government regulation, free to do whatever the f**k it likes with no repercussions.
And guess what? It is a charitable tax-free organization funded by billionaires and corporations to advance agendas beneficial to those donors. For example, it is a climate change denial organization and it is funded not least by dark money from Exxon Mobil and the Koch Brothers
It was founded in 1973 emerging out of the new business activist movement inspired by the Powell Memorandum and not least, fears that President Nixon was too becoming too liberal. It has a goal of influencing government policy decisions, based on all of the above, by cultivating special access to Republican administrations since Reagan and pushing Neoliberal Democratic presidents to the right.
For example, by successfully championing the “Health Insurance Mandate” as part of Obamacare, it ensured that employers or individuals are mandated to take out private health insurance, over anything resembling moves towards a public option. It was an early supporter of Trump in 2016, before he got elected, and has been influential in recommending his cabinet picks …. and we all know how disastrous they are. And, during the 2020 Democratic primaries it has been obsessed with red scare tactics, circulating ads on Facebook for inanely titled downloadable pamphlets like the idiot-researched, “9 Ways Socialism Will Morally Bankrupt America.” …
What more do you need to know? Well Look it up!”
—PROBBER BROTHER LEE, from an interview with "Progressive Talk" December 2019
lyrics
DOOMSDAY SAVINGS
PHIL: Yeh! So where do the goalposts go? … This can’ be right … it’s all on a slant
RON: Here let me look at the plans…. no see. it’s further that way … over to the right …
PHIL: Looks like a slippery slope to me You’re not telling me this is up to CODE?
RON: Nah. Special dispensation. Code doesn’t come into it.
PHIL: Meaning?
RON: Well let’s just say in a case like this they can bend the rules a bit.
PHIL: Seems like they’re pushing it to me …
RON: Maybe? (laughing) Like how far can we move the goalposts before we’re off the edge of the map?
PHIL: Must be all the way over to the right then?
RON: Yeh! Wait a minute though?
PHIL: What? … Is it time for lunch yet
RON: No. It’s sixty two of thirteen
PHIL: What? We’re on a 24hour clock or something now?
RON: Nah. It’s new … midnight session … some rider attached to a bill …
PHIL: What you talking about …
RON: They fixed it.
PHIL: Fixed it how?
RON: Well it goes up to thirteen now.
PHIL: How can it go up to thirteen?
RON: Well it just does … I mean how did it go up to twelve before. It’s just going the extra mile.
PHIL: Is it Daylight Savings?
RON: No, it’s for Doomsday Savings You see this way we don’t have to fuss and fret about getting too close to midnight, cos we have a like a whole extra hour now on top of the minutes.
PHIL: Well that’s good then. I suppose?
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CARROT AND STICK
Carrot and stick
Trickledown, Trick
Carrot and stick
Tricky tricky trick
Cos where does all the money go
Up up up and away and away
So we don’t got nothing, for a rainy day
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CONNECTED TO THE THINK TANK
MELANIE GOOGELLE:
The pipeline connected to the Big Bank ...
The Big Bank connected to the Billionaire ...
The Billionaire connected to the think Tank ...
The Think Tank connected to the business association ...
The business association connected to the politician ...
The politician connected to the lobbyist ...
The lobbyist connected to the PR strategist ...
The PR strategist connected to the fake front group ...
The fake front group connected to ... Media Care For ... Aaall ...
Media Care for ... Aaall! ...
Keeping America safe from radical ideas ...
Now Hear the Woooord of the ... Corp
GRUSHA VOLKOV: (in Russian)
And since when has America been shy about interfering in foreign elections
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DISNTERMEDIATION
SURIANE: Hi
ZARGASTERLY: Welcome back Suriane … (audience applause dies down) And to go through to the next round your word is Disintermediation
SURIANE: Disintermediation. D-I-S … I-N-T-E-R … M-E-D … I-A … T-I-O-N. Disintermediation!
ZARGASTERLEY: Correct! Suriane, you wouldn’t happen to know the definition?
SURIANE: Yes. Meaning to cut out the middle man. Meaning like the private health insurance industry’s greatest fear.
credits
from MESMERICA - EXPECT A CIRCUS,
released June 19, 2020
DANBERT NOBACON voices, handclaps
KIRA WOOD CRAMER voices
MELL DETTMER sound effects
NIGEL HUNTER midi keyboards and bass
MELANIE GOOGELLE voice
GRUSHA VOLKOV voice
Danbert Nobacon & The Axis of DissentTwisp, Washington
Danbert Nobacon 'freak music legend,' 'mischievous political goblin,'got an associate degree in the science of children’s
play in England in the 1990’s whilst moonlighting in the punk rock band Chumbawamba.
The new album "Kochtopus's Garden—Now That's What I Call Capitalism—The Musical" lands on Mayday 05.01.24....more
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supported by 5 fans who also own “DOOMSDAY SAVINGS AND WHY THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION HATES SPELLING BEE”
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