Why does it happen that when companies fail
So often one finds if one follows the trail
To find out the reasons, the more that one delves,
The more one finds people were helping themselves
To all of the assets in various ways,
Keeping it hidden from everyone’s gaze,
By using the names of a series of firms,
Acting, of course, on their real owner’s terms,
The owners who only desire to ensure
Their assets increase as the firm’s become fewer.
Hundreds of millions may pass out of sight;
It may be all legal; there’s no way it’s right
That people who’ve worked all their lives should then find
The pension they hoped would ensure peace of mind
Is no longer there, as the owners have spent
The monies the workers had hoped would have meant
They’d have a small pension when they were retired
From what they’d contributed since they were hired.
Perhaps what we need is a law that would say
No owner can take all and just walk away,
Smiling and lacking the slightest regret
That they are now rich while the firm’s deep in debt
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