I almost liked it, but there needs to be some sort of INTERNATIONAL LAW against phrases like:

The underpaid, under-employed, who fill a vital role.

I will set aside all of my Libertarian politics if we could get the U.N. to militarily enforce a ban on this sort of thing.

I really believe that doing so would "benefit the common good, the sciences and arts."


(besides of which the meter is whacked with an accent on "un-DER em-PLOYED").

"UNderpaid.... unDERemployed."

And if they fill a vital role... then why should we worry about underemployment or wage equality?

The irony is, when we work, it seems such drudgery,
It seems so easy just to shirk and wish that we were free,
but once a tedi'ous job is lost we moan for it and pine:
we know our labor's precious cost was only in our minds and hearts.

If every day you do the thing you always like to do
And find a way to get some cash from those who like it too
Then you have found a little piece of heaven here on earth,
So get to work and carve your niche, and charge for what it's worth!

(Dr. Seuss Version)

And if no one will pay you for your writing your art,
no matter how much work and sweat, no matter how much heart,
the world, it owes you nothing, and the government still less,
so don't expect to feed yourself with things that you "express"

Currency of paper is a proxy for the trade
of value found in services and goods that you have made.
if no one wants the thing you do, no one will pay your rent
So do it as a hobby, or go live out in a tent.

There's money in them hymnals, boy,
and riches in the pews.
And when your child is college age,
you'll wish that cash were you's.

But no, the royalties belong
to those whose words don't sing,
who never feel the sweet frisson
that inspiration brings.

And while recorded history
will grant the palm to you,
their heirs will spend the legacy
that should have been yours' due.

Kathy:
Best defense of IP law I have ever read.

...also a statement on the fleeting deception of fame.

Certainly makes our debates a bit easier to stomach as our thoughts are not so direct, biting and simply unacceptable for human consumption.