[Verse 1] A corporation starts with gross revenue in hand Section nine and eighteen give them quite a plan Every reasonable expense they can deduct away Legal fees and office rent, all part of business play But switch to individuals earning their wage Different rules apply upon this legal stage [Chorus] Corporate versus individual, the asymmetry's clear Corporations get economic profit, while employees shed a tear Section eight enumerates what workers can subtract While businesses deduct it all, that's just a tax law fact Same input costs for living, different treatment here Corporate versus individual asymmetry [Verse 2] An employee gets gross receipts, but deductions are so few Only what section eight lists, there's not much they can do But start a business as individual, the landscape starts to shift Reasonable expenses flow, it's quite a legal gift Though section eighteen twelve limits home office space Still better than employment's restrictive tax embrace [Chorus] Corporate versus individual, the asymmetry's clear Corporations get economic profit, while employees shed a tear Section eight enumerates what workers can subtract While businesses deduct it all, that's just a tax law fact Same input costs for living, different treatment here Corporate versus individual asymmetry [Bridge] If profit represents true surplus, genuine gain Why don't individuals get relief from life's financial strain? Food and shelter, transport costs, unavoidable each day Like corporate inputs, they're required, so why can't they deduct away? No coherent theory bridges this philosophical divide Just political carve-outs where logic cannot hide [Chorus] Corporate versus individual, the asymmetry's clear Corporations get economic profit, while employees shed a tear Section eight enumerates what workers can subtract While businesses deduct it all, that's just a tax law fact Same input costs for living, different treatment here Corporate versus individual asymmetry [Outro] Gross receipts with carve-outs for the working class Economic profit calculation lets corporations pass The question haunts our tax system, will it ever be resolved? This asymmetric treatment leaves fairness uninvolved
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