United We Scam (Marxman Remix)

from Uncle Sam (TradeMarx Remixes) by SC Static & Militant Marxman

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lyrics

United We Scam (Verse) Divided we fall, united we stand In spite of it all I’ll fight as a man What they’ve financially devised as a scam And rigged as Uncle Sam’s retirement plan Forcing families to lend each others wages Spend more per person annually than any other nation Inflated prices crazily and we’ve been payin’ it Cause they somehow have been able to get away with it Discrete frauds on a day to day sick count Increase costs to create a fake discount Patients maxing out on debit cards faster Depending on each hospitals separate charge master To bill expenses till their hope is discouraged And have to pay the full price if you don’t have insurance But even insurance companies face inflated costs That can trickle down and increase your premium charge Without a reason or incentive to change Cause it would take away from the high percentage they gain Politicians argue how to pay these bills and they fight Without asking why these medical services are overpriced Especially for senior citizens Who depend on social security for dividends While Franklin Roosevelt pretends to be concerned yet Almost half died before collecting their first check And since 1940 we’ve gotten nothing but stronger By 2050 people will live up to 14 years longer So as the population ages eventually Adults will have fewer children and a longer life expectancy So 40% by the time they’re 65 Will live close to or right below the poverty line Without even given an honest explanation For this level of economic deprivation So it’s hard to learn to see through the traps Plus part of your social security can also be taxed At 6.2% of payments accrued From your employer and the 6.2 percentage from you So that’s 12.4% of their check That goes right back to the government instead of their rent Cause they need other sources of retirement income Like pensions and most men desire to get one 90% of 50 year olds will try but they can’t And 46% don’t even have retirement plans That most have tried to get in more than one way Not even an IRA or a 401K So now social security’s required to last As the biggest source of income that retirees have But was never meant to be the principle source It doesn’t take intelligence to see this system is flawed Cause patients feel defenseless when they wait to read the statements While increasing the payments for hip and knee replacements So even if it’s a medical emergency People are given pain killers now instead of surgery Once Medicare went from paying doctors services To a bundling system to cut the costs of purchases Left in despair without the care that they need Because apparently America don’t care about it’s elderly Treated as if they ain’t worthy of livin’ With every year 100 thousand less surgeries given So hospitals will have to settle for a flat fee For all the care a knee replacement patient might need So that means that if there’s future complications It adds to the expenses and differs the doctors payments So they try to avoid the costliest patients And give the citizens with less risk the replacements It’s like they’ve rigged it against them And Seniors are treated as guinea pigs of the system Causing problems cause the stakes are even higher And a conflict of interest between the patient and provider Causing physicians to spend less time and energy With their patients as the hospitals decrease amenities So much that health care analysts predict That patients will only have part-time aid to assist Instead of full time rehabilitation to give After surgery for replacement of a knee or a hip They also started using low cost implants With less range of movement but still cost you a grand Cause hospitals that spend the least on Seniors bones and joints Medicare even began awarding bonus points Knowing in spite that the evidence suggests That spending less results in higher rates of death Cause they’ve been hit with budget cuts from their funding And basically Medicare has now been running out of money So what are the results that we’re left with? People skip recommended treatments because it’s expensive It’s much cheaper to stay sick than heal This way they can maybe afford the cost of living and nutritious meals It only worsens when you hope for the most We need better social services for older adults Because we spend a disproportionate amount On healthcare compared to pensions, family, and a house So the direction that we’re headed is trouble With the total number of Seniors expected to double As I watch my grandmother’s life deteriorate And her savings disappear from what she gives to the state Cause now I understand that nothing’s planned fair And was better off with her grandson’s than Uncle Sam’s care (Chorus) Divided we fall, united we stand In spite of it all I’ll fight as a man What they’ve financially devised as a scam And rigged as Uncle Sam’s retirement plan United we stand, divided we fall I’ll fight as man in spite of it all What they’ve financially devised as a scam And rigged as Uncle Sam’s retirement plan