Behind Enemy Lines - The Growing Wealth Gap lyrics

Despite the wage stagnation the economy still has the illusion of growth Because people are now deeper in debt, spending more than what they're worth Working more jobs and hours for less pay in an effort to get by Enticed with the buy now, pay later pitfall you gladly just comply Maxing out on credit cards burying yourselves deeper in debt Owing thousands of dollars to creditors you haven't worked for yet Our credit enables you to purchase instant gratification And material possessions alleviate feelings of indignation You'll spend your entire life trying to escape from our economic cage Living off of unemployment or trying to survive on a starvation wage We'll gladly pay for your education encouraging careers Then we'll capitalize on the interest you'll be paying for twenty years We've gone through all of the trouble of trapping you in jobs with pay reduced And if after all of our efforts you're still reluctant to produce We'll take your job security elsewhere, we'll ship it overseas Where people will happily line up to do whatever we please They'll work for practically nothing and never threaten us with strikes So stay in line or your place of employment will be your former company site We've lobbied for all of this leverage that we hold above your head We'd rather not pay the worker so we'll pay the politicians instead Who in turn push through the "trade laws" under a mask of America 's best interest Cutting out the work force due to corporate rea**essment With no worldwide exploitation laws the world is for the taking Our CEO's are making billions off the products that the workers are making Are you tired of working for nothing? Are you tired of working just to get by? Are you tired of working to line others pockets, so they can get rich while you barely survive? By making slave labor more accessible to the American corporations We don't have to worry about health benefits or safety regulations NAFTA was the biggest scam we ever sold to the American public Convincing all of you s**ers that it really was for your benefit The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and you always wonder why As you pay for your oppression with every product that you buy We refuse to pay the world a living wage, the companies wouldn't collapse But you'd simply gain a little ground in the growing wealth gap The boss who rides you everyday, is also the one who signs your pay Do you stay and deal with all the sh** or quit and find another way To feed your family, keep them warm and make the best with what you get Let them threaten you with loss of job and be thankful that it hasn't happened yet