In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “If you don’t work you die.”
Are you a Pournelle reader? He has been quoting from that for years.
Re: “The Gods of the Copy Book Headings”
Love the quote, but credit the source!
Rudyard Kipling was writing 100 years ago, but most of his work sounds like it was written yesterday. (My favorite poet by a country mile.)