We may not be able to address our current debt ceiling woes, but we can at least put them to a good beat.
Visit the links below for more Reason coverage on the debt, deficit and government spending:
Five Facts About the Debt
http://reason.com/archives/2011/07/25/five-fa
cts-about-the-debt
... More
We may not be able to address our current debt ceiling woes, but we can at least put them to a good beat.
Visit the links below for more Reason coverage on the debt, deficit and government spending:
Five Facts About the Debt
http://reason.com/archives/201
1/07/25/five-facts-about-the-debt
The Facts About the Debt Ceiling
http://reason.com/archives/201
1/07/18/the-facts-about-the-debt-ceili
Reason.com Topics: Government Spending
http://reason.com/topics/gover
ment-spending
"Raise the Debt Ceiling" is the third of a series of collaborations between Remy and Reason.tv. To watch Remy's other videos, go to http:youtube.com/goremy
Music by Remy. Video shot and produced by Meredith Bragg.
Download the mp3 and HD versions at http://reason.tv, the video channel for Reason magazine and http://reason.com
LYRICS:
Raise da debt ceiling!
Raise da debt ceiling!
Raise da debt ceiling!
Raise da debt ceiling!
14 trillion in debt
but yo we ain't got no qualms
droppin $100 bills
and million dollar bombs
spending money we don't have
that's the name of the game
they call me cumulo nimbus
because you KNOW I make it rain
bail out all kind of cars
got all kind of whips
ladies ask me how I get em
I tell em STIMULUS
Social Security surplus?
Oh, guess what? it's gone
I got my hands on everything
like Dominique Strauss Kahn
ain't got no Medicare trust fund
son, that's just absurd
spending every single penny that
we see, son, have you heard?
ain't got no moral objections
ain't got kind of complaints
ain't got no quantitative
statutory budget restraints
so...
[CHORUS]
Yo, we up in the Fed
and we living in style
Spending lots of money
while we sipping crystal
still making it rain
and yeah it be so pleasing
wait, not making it rain--
we be "Quantitative Easing!"
QE1, QE2
QE4, QE3
Dropping IOU's
in every fund that I see
printing the cash
inflating the monies
callin up China
"a-yo we straight out of 20's!"
in the club
we be louding out
while to the market, yeah
we be crowding out
on the beach getting tan
and sipping Corona
we got a monetary plan--
and it involves a lot of toner...
[CHORUS]
So if you look at the chart
and examine the trend
we borrow 40 cents of every
single dollar we spend
and non-discretionary spending
increases every day
do you have a comment for Committee?
I MAKE IT RAIN
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker
would you beam me up?
A Congressperson cutting spending?
Couldn't dream me up
We're gonna default
if we follow this road!
I should have thought of this
14 trillion dollars ago!
I'm the king of the links
I'm a menace at tennis
I'm sticking spinnaz on my rims
picking winnaz in business
if you're looking for some cash
it's about to get heavy
I got some big ol' piles of money
and guess what--they shovel ready
[CHORUS] Less
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DUKEWins111 Says:
May 24, 2012 - I wanna raise the dept ceiling...for myself haha
dragonflash93 Says:
May 24, 2012 - It's been like, almost a year, and I'm still watching this. XD
mickeydougal Says:
May 22, 2012 - Nobody who is in debt should be allowed to be elected to congress or allowed to vote. Wanna do either one? Pay off your debt.
DUKEWins111 Says:
May 22, 2012 - he shoulda made a jacket outta dolla bills
storms54k Says:
May 4, 2012 - thnx so much u stopped my cealing from raining!!!! forever in debt - storms54k :DDDDD teehhheeeeee
Jeff Fisher Says:
May 3, 2012 - Check out Jeff Fisher addresses the world Part one and read all comments please Goodby George Bush Goodby Richard B Cheney Prison will do you good. Hopefully you will discover God there. Sam Berkowitz did and I pray Bernard Madoff is also. Google President Jeff Fisher Vice President Cynthia Ann McKinney True Global Civil Rights I would love to have Lady Gaga and Rihanna sing at Jane's and mine wedding in 2017 in the White House. Then we will do our best to create children for the White House!!
PanzerDivisionBOM Says:
May 2, 2012 - Then you better figure out some way that you can have them. Look at the US Debt Clock website, under unfunded liabilities. Millions of people are planning their careers, their families, their health and their retirements on the assumption that that money will be paid to them, in full and in time. Unless you take a proactive approach and either raise that money or deconstruct the programs, those people are going to be put to the streets, and there won't be enough money in the world to help them.
subscribername Says:
May 1, 2012 - i DOMINATE 1111111111111111
ilikemorelia Says:
Apr 14, 2012 - lmao at 2:04
ilikemorelia Says:
Apr 14, 2012 - lmao at 1:51
jikodown Says:
Apr 10, 2012 - RON PAUL 2012
bondagebreaker7 Says:
Apr 5, 2012 - hell yeah, Remy for president, he be making it rain -- I gaurantee you, when hyperinflation hits, this song will go straight to number 1
KittenKodersViews Says:
Apr 4, 2012 - Sorry, Texas sold itself out, holding a prayer meeting instead of fighting the fire is pretty stupid.
CJFRANKS7 Says:
Apr 4, 2012 - :'( i used want to rap about topics like this, but it seems like Remy stole my dream and hit a home run! XD
doomspirospero Says:
Mar 18, 2012 - GO REMY!
EricFleet Says:
Mar 13, 2012 - Um, no, it isn't. Money represents goods and services. It may not have an intrinsic value but that doesn't mean it doesn't have value. When gov't spends more than it brings in, eventually there is a reckoning.
grassyknoley Says:
Mar 6, 2012 - quantitative easing...great idea
JosephHuntington Says:
Mar 2, 2012 - Who cares about the debt ceiling? I don't care if the government chopped down every tree on earth and printed trillion dollar bills. It's all an illusion.
UngratefulLiving420 Says:
Feb 28, 2012 - 1:59 Fuck O'Malley
UngratefulLiving420 Says:
Feb 28, 2012 - Ron Paul/This Guy 2012!!
danielc121162 Says:
Feb 23, 2012 - The free trade agreement is not free and has nothing to do with trade. typical government double talk or New-speak (1984)
danielc121162 Says:
Feb 23, 2012 - @jmhassell2 must be congressmen Democrats no doubt
iLuvSmartCars Says:
Feb 22, 2012 - America!!! Land of the free (Except for when it comes to debt. We're prisoners to that currently.)!!!
jmhassell21 Says:
Feb 17, 2012 - 154 people like raising the debt ceiling.
seeheers Says:
Feb 16, 2012 - excuse me?