What people are getting wrong about 'Rich Men North of Richmond'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Americans felt that way during the revolution: they had no representation in a Parliament an ocean away, where decisions about taxes, trade and the entire economic life of the colonists -- to say nothing of their religious and political lives -- were made by strangers.
40% :The song's economic agenda is in fact notably Reaganite, as Anthony directs his ire at inflation ("dollar ain't s-t"), taxes ("it's taxed to no end") and welfare as a substitute for work ("if you're 5-foot-3 and you're 300 pounds / Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds").

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