By Brian Schwartz
I find myself at the end of the spring semester of my senior year. I have written several opinion pieces for The Phoenix over my four years here. In them I have questioned the authority and legitimacy of the government, accused modern liberals as being as intolerant as conservatives, and in just 600 words, I dismissed, to my satisfaction, the notion that there can be a creator of existence, i.e., God.
I have also claimed that taxation the implementation of any "right" to health care, education, etc., is extortion. Yet, as the "real world" descends upon me, so does the veil of ignorance. I have yet to find a job, but this does not get me down. Now I realize that I have been mistaken all these years, and I am so happy for it, I can only break out in song. I would like to thank those who inspired me to write it: the supporters of Welfare Rights Unions and President Clinton, for acknowledging "the duty all of us owe to one another."
The song is to the tune of Roy Orbison's "You Got It:"
I don't want to earn what I need to survive
I deserve it because I'm alive.
Obliged--you are--it's your--duty
"Social--respons-ibil-ity"
Chorus:
Anything I want, I need it.
Anything I need, you owe it.
I've got a right--to it.
Serve me!
How my view is noble, you don't seem to understand.
Look at the success of Soviet five year plans.
My need--is a--claim to--what's yours.
Mercy--comes when--you're on--all fours.
Chorus
Anything I want, I need it, anything at alllllll...
Your life--does not--belong--to you.
The gov-ernment--says this--is true.
Chorus
Anything I want, I need it,...serve ME...you OWE it!