[Verse 1]
The pie grows bigger every year it's true
More people climb above the poverty line
But here's the puzzle that confounds me and you
The gap between the rich and poor's still growing wide
Technology rewards the skilled and bright
While basic jobs get left behind the tide
The winners take a bigger slice each night
As markets concentrate wealth on one side
[Chorus]
Three questions for the realist's mind
Wealth gaps grow while poverty declines
When capital can cross any line
What happens to the tax design
Rich societies vote to share
These puzzles are everywhere
The toolkit helps us understand
The economic forces at hand
[Verse 2]
You raise the tax on profits and returns
But money's got no passport, got no home
It flows to places where it better earns
Across the borders, through the global dome
The government that tries to tax alone
Finds businesses pack up and start to roam
Investment seeks the friendliest zone
While tax base shrinks like melting foam
[Chorus]
Three questions for the realist's mind
Wealth gaps grow while poverty declines
When capital can cross any line
What happens to the tax design
Rich societies vote to share
These puzzles are everywhere
The toolkit helps us understand
The economic forces at hand
[Bridge]
But here's the third piece of the game
When wealth accumulates the same
The voting booth becomes the stage
For redistribution's hopeful wage
The middle class feels squeezed between
The poor below, rich above the scene
Democracy demands a share
Through policies that show we care
[Verse 3]
Insurance against uncertainty's call
Social programs ease the fear
That any one of us could fall
From comfort to the bottom tier
The wealthy vote for safety nets
Not just from guilt but rational bets
That stable societies protect
The systems where their wealth connects
[Chorus]
Three questions for the realist's mind
Wealth gaps grow while poverty declines
When capital can cross any line
What happens to the tax design
Rich societies vote to share
These puzzles are everywhere
The toolkit helps us understand
The economic forces at hand
[Outro]
Global markets, local votes
Democratic redistribution notes
The realist sees the world complete
Where economics and politics meet