4 The Circular Reading Problem

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[Verse 1]
When Savage said enrichment means received
Something that prevents your baseline decline
Every dollar, every gift, every deed
Would qualify under that design
But wait, there's something wrong with this view
If everything counts, then nothing's new

[Chorus]
It's the circular reading problem here
When the test means everything you get
Then enrichment disappears, my dear
Just "received something" is all that's left
Above baseline, above baseline
That's where true enrichment must align
Above baseline, above baseline
Or the doctrine loses its design

[Verse 2]
If preventing deterioration's the key
Then breathing air would be enrichment too
Every meal, every drink that keeps you free
From starvation qualifies under this view
The Supreme Court never meant it so
There's got to be a higher bar to show

[Chorus]
It's the circular reading problem here
When the test means everything you get
Then enrichment disappears, my dear
Just "received something" is all that's left
Above baseline, above baseline
That's where true enrichment must align
Above baseline, above baseline
Or the doctrine loses its design

[Bridge]
Savage's logic leads us to the truth
The test needs independent content proof
Not just maintenance of what you had
But something more, something that adds
Beyond the baseline, past the floor
Enrichment has to mean much more

[Verse 3]
So when we ask "was there enrichment here?"
We're not asking "did they get something?"
We need a standard crystal clear
Above mere baseline functioning
The doctrine needs its own content
Not circular argument

[Chorus]
It's the circular reading problem here
When the test means everything you get
Then enrichment disappears, my dear
Just "received something" is all that's left
Above baseline, above baseline
That's where true enrichment must align
Above baseline, above baseline
Or the doctrine loses its design

[Outro]
From Savage's own reasoning we find
Enrichment needs a better line
Above baseline every time

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