{"id":1155,"date":"2013-01-29T23:19:38","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T07:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2025-09-04T18:22:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T01:22:25","slug":"bring-back-our-tax-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/bring-back-our-tax-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring Back Our Tax Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><em>by Jane Hare and Vicki Ryder <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> taxes<\/span> fly over the ocean,<br \/>\nTo <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fund<\/span> the Afghanistan war,<br \/>\nBut our<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> taxes<\/span> are urgently needed,<br \/>\nRight <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span> for the jobless and poor.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Chorus:<\/em><br \/>\nOh<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> bring<\/span> back those taxes and spend them here,<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bring<\/span> \u2018em back, yes bring \u2018em back,<br \/>\nAnd then how we Grannies will cheer!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bridges<\/span> and highways are crumbling,<br \/>\nOur <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">teachers<\/span> and schools need support,<br \/>\nThe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">money<\/span> that\u2019s now spent on killing,<br \/>\nShould be used to wage peace and not war.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Chorus<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should<\/span> be supporting our students,<br \/>\nWho <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">struggle<\/span> to pay for their loans,<br \/>\nAnd we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should<\/span> be supporting our families,<br \/>\nWhile the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">banks<\/span> just foreclose on their homes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Chorus<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019ve<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> worked<\/span> mighty hard for the money,<br \/>\nThat we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pay<\/span> every year to the Feds,<br \/>\nAnd we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">don\u2019t<\/span> want it paying for warfare,<br \/>\nWhen we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all<\/span> could have healthcare instead.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Chorus<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jane Hare and Vicki Ryder Tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean Our taxes fly over the ocean, To fund the Afghanistan war, But our taxes are urgently needed, Right here for the jobless and poor. Chorus: Oh bring back those taxes and spend them here, Bring \u2018em back, yes bring \u2018em back, And [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[77],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}