The Logic Of Philanthropy

We often hear talk by the wealthy
that defends the present inequality
as 'a more efficient means
of spreading wealth that any other', 
and well we might wonder
how the logic it is based on arose.

It starts with a wealth creation
that runs well ahead of the ability
of any tax system to tax such wealth,
until eventually the powers that be
try to be more prescient
about the nations finances.

Then they find the wealth creators
propose that they are best people
to advise the writing of the rules
of the wealth they say they created
(always their wealth was made
by exploiting human resources,
and materials, they controlled
but denied all responsibility for).

The more the wealthy write the rules
that regulate the taxation of wealth
the more they exempt themselves
in the name of philanthropy.

They divide the poor into the worthy
-those who pay tax enough to support others,
and the unworthy-those who earn so little
that they cannot be taxed.

By definition the rich are always worthy,
their wealth is what tells them how fit they are
for always ruling over the lives of others.