The Devil You Know

The Conservative suitcase is all packed
Bursting at the seam;
Uncle Tim wants his name on a plaque
So he's rallied up the team!

Before the name goes, on the door
The public has a job to do
Unpack the same baggage as before
Or customs won't let it through

The first item up in Uncle Tim's case
Is the anti bureaucratic theme;
We're still cleaning up the Harris disgrace
After Walkerton burst a spleen

Shrink government, they yell!
It's all reactionary steam
In town halls it resonates well

And makes the headlines scream!

Shrinking government is all crap                                         Government never shrinks and that's a fact
It's party politics, the unwritten pact
The two largest parties both talk smack
Like the WWE on the attack
To lend controversy to their flack

It seems Uncle Tim has goodies to unfurl
For Ontario boys and Ontario girls                                                       One million jobs like a shiny new pearl
Try one, here,see, give her a whirl.

There's one thing the stats won't show
The job's part time, just so you know
There's no room for you to grow
No benefits of any kind to reap or sow
And...Oh,
 It's through a temp agency so the wages are low

"There is no bad job..." Jim Flaherty said
Not to make light, or speak ill of the dead
One needs a bad job, like a hole in the head
Election time stats seem often misread.

Uncle Tim promises straight talk                                                                                                         He's got a scheme cooking, now he's stirring the pot
It's like deja vu  the teachers will walk,
Don't cut anything until we take proper stock
Giving money to the private sector won't get us squat

To get economic growth back in Ontario
We have to be wary of quick fix Joe
Change should be gradual, not a sudden blow
No government will ignore what Drummond did show
Maybe it's better, the devil you know?