The government when dealing with the Credit Crunch,
Needs to tax things a bunch,
So more V.A.T.,
We should therefore see,
On magazines and newspapers,
For though they think themselves our shapers,
They entertainment only are,
Of celebrity and gossip a bazaar,
So the government should not be lax,
And to media magnates take the axe.
V.A.T. should be on books as well,
And government all arguments should quell,
For publisher to readers are unfair,
And charge what it will the market bear,
And so vat upon a book,
Would not expense for readers cook,
As anyone can deduce,
Profits publishers will must reduce,
And the government would more taxes take,
And this life for all would easier make,
It’s fair newspapers should have on them vat,
As the tycoons are far too fat,
And they also prices can’t increase,
As that circulation would decrease,
And advertisers would have less to pay,
As that’s the media way,
So if books and newspapers had V.A.T. the same,
It would help the greedy tame,
So I call on writers to unite,
And the underpayers bite.
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