Flaw in the System
Tune: Hole in the Bucket There’s a flaw in the system when the rich just get ricker and the poor just keep falling down into the pits. When cutting down taxes Means programs get ax-ed poor kids have got problems that will not get fixed. And if you’re dis-abled or just dis-enabled well, you’ro outta luck when the goodies are hurled! Well, Grannies want changes! This poor-bashing pains us. Treating people like shit is a crime we should quell. There’s a flaw in the system and you damn well know it– So why won’t you fix...
Read MoreGrannies Join ACORN in Protest Against McGuinty Budget
A number of the Ottawa Raging Grannies, Ann, Jake, Jo, Ria, Shannon joined the ACORN antipoverty group in a protest at Dalton McGuinty’s office. We were protesting the freeze on welfare and disability payments in the provincial budget, particularly harsh since the cost of living is forever rising. We sang two of our anti-poverty songs, “It’s a Long Way to the Food Bank” with “McGuinty” substituted for “Harris” whose attack on the poor inspired the words. We also sang “Flaw in the System“, as true now as...
Read MoreGrannies join in Harper budget protest.
Six of us–Bessa, Cathleen, Jake, Jo, Ria and Rosalie–were among 20 activists who interrupted Flaherty’s budget speech on March 29, 2012 by chanting “Where are WE in your budget. This is not our budget!” Jane was planning to come, but was called out of town by a death in the family. Doing this action was very empowering to all of us, particularly since the young people involved expressed so much appreciation and the press reports all mentioned, citizens of all ages. We wanted to do it due to the fact that lots of money is pouring into weapons, so-called...
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