What do you give a guy who owns nine homes, made $60 million last year and wants to be governor of Illinois?
I decided to give him the gift of music.
After all, a guy who loves Wrangler jeans and Carhartt coats as much as Bruce Rauner does would probably enjoy blasting a good country song over the stereo in his 20-year-old van.
Plutocrat (The Ballad of Bruce Rauner)
VERSE 1
Some rich guys buy fancy cars
Some spend their money on old guitars
Some go in for private planes and boats
Well, I like houses -- I own nine
And I drink $6,000 wine
And I'm tryin' hard to buy your November votes
Yeah, my wristwatch cost me eighteen bucks
I wear Carhartt clothes when I hunt for ducks
And I even drive around in a beat-up van
But I'm a straight-up, blood-suckin' billionaire
Who hates payin' taxes for Medicare
And I bank in the Cayman Islands anytime I can
CHORUS
So, Springfield, get out the welcome mat
What this state needs is a plutocrat
A slashin', burnin', union-bustin' guy
I'll hammer and shake that capitol dome
Like it's a grandma stuck in a nursing home
Hey, grandma, it's time to say goodbye
VERSE 2
Well, I'm mighty proud of one thing I did
Tryin' to educate my suburban kid
I had Arne Duncan lend me a helping hand
He took my call without hesitatin'
Then my kid got a spot at Walter Payton
And I gave that school 250 grand
I want charter schools in every town
where the kids are poor and black or brown
You know I've even got a school named after me
And I could have sent my own kid there
But I'm a wealthy man, and it's only fair
That her school be largely white and bourgeoisie
VERSE 3
Now I know it's become the latest craze
But I try not to talk about marryin' gays
Social issues bring my numbers down
Same is true for reproductive rights
I don't want to pick any needless fights
I'll be a blank slate until I win that crown
I've got my own economic plan
But like HG Wells' "Invisible Man"
The details... well, they're mighty hard to see
And I do my best to avoid the stage
If they want me to talk about the minimum wage
'Cause I'd rather have those people work for free
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