DO YOU VOTE?
You say your taxes are too high, But do you vote? About extravagance you sigh, But do you vote? How long, you wail, must we endure This state of things which keeps us poor? How long? Ido not know, I’m sure; But do you vote? The lights are bad, the streets a mess; But do you vote? Your indignation you express, But do you vote? You say the bosses rule the show. That graft is reaching high and low. And doubtless ail you say is so, But do you vote? You growl at rotten politics, But do you vote? You howl at bosses and their tricks But do you vote? You say, O Decent Citizen, (We’ve heard you, time and time again) But do you vote? "We w r ant things run by business men!" Unless you do (I wonder, DO you?) You’ve got Just what is coming to you! —Berton Braley.
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White Ribbon, Volume 35, Issue 412, 18 November 1929, Page 8
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155DO YOU VOTE? White Ribbon, Volume 35, Issue 412, 18 November 1929, Page 8
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