Um, Did He Lie? A Parody Commentary on the SOTU Don Caron (from last year, but still a goodie)

LYRICS New jobs are fantastic yes, on that we can agree. Is 2.4 million a lot? Let’s take a look and see. We went through and checked it and then checked it once again. Those are the worst job numbers since the year 2010! If wages have been rising that would be some dandy news. But when you know the numbers you’ll most likely get the blues (again). last year's hourly wage increased by 4 cents, which is bleak, and quarter last, the average wage went down eight bucks a week. Finally there’s some good news as the market hits new highs. But wait, that only counts if you’re one of the wealthy guys. Half of us Americans don’t buy and sell in stocks. We’re lucky if we can afford a brand new pair of socks. Tax breaks are much needed when you struggle to make rent, but 83 percent of the tax breaks help the one percent. At decade’s end, on down the road, when reality arrives, with a tax hike for 90 million families trying to survive. Only 2 percent received a bonus or a raise. While other tens of thousands were surprised in other ways. When Harley, Pfizer, Wal-Mart, Comcast, Carrier and GE joined AT&T and several others on a layoff spree. Since inauguration day a quite long year ago, the auto manufacture here has been much worse than slow. 5,000 people last year lost their auto sector work. He claims it was otherwise, though, with a smarmy smirk. He seems to be concerned about the rising cost of drugs. You might recall an Alex Azar, Eli Lilly thug, who raised the price of insulin by three hundred percent. He’s now the head of HHS, if you're wondering where he went. We now have a Whitehouse where there’s no respect for science, and there are many other ways they show their noncompliance. We know they also hate the press and don’t know how to spell; so many words to proofread, so they just say, “What the hell!" Copyright 2018 Parody Project LLC