Words for Your Wall Street Placards

I wrote these as part of an unpublished ad campaign eight years ago. Some of them appeared on placards in the hands of a group called Billionaires for Bush, an elite troupe of mature lefties who showed up at Bush rallies in tiaras and furs, some of them in drag, screaming like teenagers at a Justin Bieber concert. Sad to say, the slogans are still relevant, still ironic. I'm not against capitalism, but it used to belong to all of us.


FREE THE RICH
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FOREIGN CHILDREN MAKE THE BEST SHOES
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JESUS PREFERRED RICH PEOPLE
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Get a cool job parking Bentleys
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Make believe you’re Rich
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Trick. Cheat. Win.
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HELP WANTED:
gardener,
chauffeur,
upstairs maid.
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EAT CAKE
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TAXES ARE FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
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We know best
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Wealthiness is next to Godliness
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Money belongs to the rich
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Your kids would rather inherit money than clean air
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WE OWN YOU
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Enron demonstrates the beauty of an unregulated marketplace
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Heads I win
Tails you lose
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