There have been recent news reports that ‘Big guys in big business are making bigger money and big politicians are getting bigger money for elections. This information lead me to following comment by myself and an ‘easy essay’ by Peter Maurin, co-founder of the Catholic Worker. Below is my comment and the ‘easy essay’ written in the 1930′s called “Big Shots and Little Shots”

First my thoughts on Is Big Better?

Big government gives big money to big businesses in big tax cuts and credits.

In return big businesses give big money to politicians in big government.

Where does all this money big government and big business give to each other come from? It comes from little business and little people, poor and middle class people.

Big government says it is not for big government but makes more and more decisions for little or local governments and people.

Big business says it is not for big government but gives big money to politicians in big government.

Big businesses merge with each other to become even bigger businesses and give even bigger money to politicians in big government.

Big governments work together to become even bigger governments and give even bigger money to politicians in big businesses.

Now here are Peter Maurin’s thoughts in 1930’s on Is Big Better?

BIG SHOTS AND LITTLE SHOTS

“America is all shot to pieces
since the little shots
are no longer able
to become big shots.
When the little shots
are not satisfied
to remain little shots
and try to become
big shots,
then the big shots
are not satisfied
to remain big shots
and try to become
bigger shots.
And when the big shots
become bigger shots
then the little shots
become littler shots.
And when the little shots
become littler shots
because the big shots
become bigger shots
then the little shots
get mad at the big shots.
And when the little shots
get mad at the big shots
because the big shots
by becoming bigger shots
make the little shots
littler shots
they shoot the big shots
full of little shots.
But by shooting the big shots
full of little shots
the little shots
do not become big shots;
they make everything all shot.
And I don’t like
to see the little shots
shoot the big shots
full of little shots;
that is why
I am trying to shoot
both the big shots
and the little shots
full of hot shots.”

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