"Woodman, Spare That Tree," George Pope Morris' famous defense of nature threatened by  aggressive agents of so-called civilization, could not help but remind one of the current threat now faced by Wall Streeters from aggressive actions from Washington aimed at limiting their compensation. And so...

White House, Spare Our Comp

White House, spare our comp,
Reject that cruel cut call,
Don't comp from Wall Street chomp,
'Cause we deserve it all.

Some say we're overpaid,
But really that's not true,
The sums we get from trade,
To us are truly due.

You have to understand,
That bonuses atop
A kingy take home base,
For us just ain't a lot.

For chump change we won't work,
We need our yearly stuffer,
You tweak away one perk,
You'll be the ones to suffer!

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