Money!

I have never really been into the whole poetry thing, but reading these poems was rather interesting to me. i liked the first one the most. It talked a lot about how it burns holes through peoples pockets. how true is that. for most people, as soon as they get a little money they go buy something. they find it extremely hard to save. they think, "i have it, why not spend it?" I like how the author indicates both the problems of money as well as the importants of money. She states, "feathers a nest, holds a head above water" people feel secure when they have money. It keeps a smile on their faces and gives a sense of happiness.
In politics, with all the "whopla" that's going on about the economy, money is number one. To our world money is everything. if you dont have it, good luck. I recently read an artical in the Spectrum about how our country is so far in debt that we will most likily never get out from under it. But yet people continue to spend massive amounts of money on "just stuff." as i was looking at the art gallery I couldnt help but notice how expensive these works were. I mean I am not trying to say anything bad about art, but fifteen thousand dollars for wall haning? dang!
So politics impacting art, I think it can both in a positive way by by polotitisions buying fancy art and setting a standard for other people, and in a negative way by taking money from people to bail out companies and soforth so that people dont exactly have the money to go buy things they want.