Two-edged Politics of Envy
The denizens of public housing hate
The people who support them paying tax
At higher rates, who fund the welfare state.
Recipients loathe winners to the max.
The big time earners hate the ones who fail
To make enough to pay their own way to
Support themselves. The richer ones go pale
With envy, wishing they had freebies, too.
Those living on the benefits doled out
By government feel they’ve been bilked and got
Far less than fairness. Richer ones then pout:
They have to pay. (They want bigger yacht.)
..Both groups desire to change their places with
….The other. Human decency’s a myth.