Washington Post -As Donald Trump sat with some of the country’s top oil executives at his Mar-a-Lago Club last month, one executive complained about how they continued to face burdensome environmental regulations despite spending $400 million to lobby the Biden administration in the last year.
Trump’s response stunned several of the executives in the room overlooking the ocean: You all are wealthy enough, he said, that you should raise $1 billion to return me to the White House. At the dinner, he vowed to immediately reverse dozens of President Biden’s environmental rules and policies and stop new ones from being enacted, according to people with knowledge of the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation.
Giving $1 billion would be a “deal,” Trump said, because of the taxation and regulation they would avoid thanks to him, according to the people.
Trump’s remarkably blunt and transactional pitch reveals how the former president is targeting the oil industry to finance his reelection bid. At the same time, he has turned to the industry to help shape his environmental agenda for a second term, including the rollbacks of some of Biden’s signature achievements on clean energy and electric vehicles.
Hunger Walk Song
copyright 1994 Patricia M. Shannon
to the tune of the hymn Come Ye Thankful People, Come
Join us on the Hunger Walk/Drive,
share the love and joy we feel,
as we walk/work together for
those who are in present need.
We can make a difference,
when we work toge~ther;
as you help us reach our goal,
you will also feed your soul.
Let's give thanks to all our friends,
who give of their time and pay,
in the groups that work so hard
to make sure no one does starve.
We can never know just when
we will need a helping hand,
our support will help ensure,
community food banks will endure.
Many children in our land
often suffer hunger pains;
it can stunt the healthy growth
of their body and their brains.
Children are the fu~ture;
they need more than just a song;
when we help to nourish them,
we help to keep our country strong.
Hunger Walk Song page 1
copyright 1994 Patricia M. Shannon
to the tune of the hymn Come Ye Thankful People, Come
Patricia M. Shannon
patricia_shan8@hotmail.com
www.reverbnation.com/patriciashannon
www.patriciashannon.blogspot.com
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(Verse 1)
F C F Dm C F
Join us on the Hunger Walk/Drive,
F C F Dm Gm A
share the love and joy we feel,
Dm Gm C F
as we walk/work together for
F Bdim C Dm C G Bdim C
those who are in present need.
C C7 F C F
We can make a difference,
F F7 Bb Adim Bb
when we work to-ge- ther;
D Gm C F
as you help us reach our goal,
Bb F Dm F C C7 F
you will also feed your soul.
Hunger Walk Song page 2
(Verse 2)
F C F Dm C F
Let's give thanks to all our friends,
F C F Dm Gm A
who give of their time and pay,
Dm G C F
in the groups that work so hard
F Bdim C Dm C G Bdim C
to make sure no one does starve.
C C7 F C F
We can never know just when
F F7 Bb Adim Bb
we will need a helping hand,
D Gm C F
our support will help ensure,
F Bb F Dm F C C7 F
community food banks will endure.
Hunger Walk Song page 2
(Verse 3)
F C F Dm C F
Many children in our land
F C F Dm Gm A
often suffer hunger pains;
Dm Gm C F
it can stunt the healthy growth
F Bdim C Dm C G Bdim C
of their bodies and their brains.
C C7 F C F
Children are the future;
F F7 Bb Adim Bb
they need more than just a song;
D Gm C F
when we help to nourish them,
F Bb F Dm F C C7 F
we help to keep our country strong.
I wrote this song after reading a few years ago that there are children in our country who routinely lose weight in the winter because their families cannot afford both enough food and heat. And of course people need more food when they are cold.
Feed and Freeze copyright 2001 Patricia M. Shannon
(chorus) If I feed my my children, they will freeze 'cause the gas bill is so high. When they say "Mama, mama, can I have some food", sometimes I just break down and cry, sometimes I just break down and cry.
(verse) They don't understand that I don't have enough food for them to have their fill. I have to pay the heating bill 'cause it's cold enough to kill; it's cold enough to kill;
We turn the thermostat way down and wear a lot of clothes. We hang out at the Waffle House, but the heating bill just grows and grows, the heating bill just grows.
(chorus)
They say you'll be a big success if you work really hard. But I slave all day at the fast food place and the minimum wage is my reward, the minimum's my reward
They say they can't pay anymore, the economy's too slow; Profits are down, but they gave a raise and a bonus to the CEO; a big bonus to the CEO.
