Attack on the Poor

Recently in the News its as if there is an attack on The Poor, it’s 

everywhere.  I think it is unwarranted much of the wealth that the 

Middle Classes have, they have inherited from their grand parents 

who no doubt were Landowners and Landowners were inevitably 

Slave owners.  Whenever the poor try to accumulate wealth it as if 

obstacles are put in the way.  

The first major obstacle are Taxes there are loopholes and Tax 

avoidance, One comes with a hefty sentence the other one doesn't.  

It would seem the Middle Classes understand taxes particulary 

inheritance tax. That's the tax imposed on your children when you 

die leaving an estate worth more than 250,000.

With Poor education, poor housing, (Ghetto type living) lack of 

opportunities it is inevitable that the Poor stay Poor. Where I 

work the jobs seem to be saved for the Son and Daughters of 

Employees. I work within the Public Sector so I dread to think 

what it is like in other sectors. They have a wonderful 

apprenticeship scheme (try applying I dare you). Then they have a 

wonderful Post 

Grad scheme darn if only you got 2.1.....No comment, this is just 

used to reduce the potential amount of people applying for these 

roles.

The Poor are made to feel that all the problems are down to the 

fact that they are  Poor. With wealth comes power, freedom and a 

political voice.  The Poor are kept busy with signing on and 

attending interviews for jobs that have already been filled.  I 

wrote this poem after an article I read in the Metro

posted fb 06/04/13

#64 Poor Uprising

How did I get here

With my poor housing

Poor education

Poor nutrition

Poor experience

Poor etiquette

How did I get here?

When there nowhere else to go

Trying to get out of this poor claw

I am fed up of being poor

I don't want to be poor any more

Caught in this poverty trap

No getting out, so that's that

The poor tried uprising

The Government dealt with that

Yes that's what the riots were about

The way they dealt with them was surprising

Harsh sentences banged up to rights

No short stay overnight

Criminals were made

Now making them criminals, is that really the way?

No one wants to employ a criminal

Keeping them oppressed with criminal ties

If you were poor wouldn't you up-rise ?

Or would you sit back and pretend you never knew

That how you got here wasn't completely down to you