Woody Guthrie’s first Daily Worker column

July 12, 2012 12:11 PM CDT By Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie’s first Daily Worker column
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The national debt is one thing I caint figger out. I heard a senator on a radio a saying that we owed somebody 16 jillion dollers. I don’t know their name, but I remember the price. Called it the national debt. If the nation is the government and the government is the people, then I guess the people owes the people, that means I owe me and you owe you, and I forget the regular fee, but if I owe myself something, I would be a willing just to call it off rather than have the senators argue about it, and I know you would do the same and then we wouldn’t have no national debt.

 

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Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was a singer, songwriter, and one of the most significant figures in American folk music. Born in Oklahoma, he was a troubadour of the working class, farmers, and the poor. He rose to prominence during the Great Depression years and inspired generations of folk singers that came after him. From 1939 to 1940, he wrote a daily column in People's World called "Woody Sez."  

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