Aus-Rotten br Anarchist Punk Crust Punk Punk Rock Hardcore Punk Anarcho Punk br Album The Rotten Agenda 2001 br Label Rotten Propaganda Records br Lyrics br br Another vacant building is a tax shelter and nothing more br Cemented doors and windows keeping out the poor br What purpose does it serve to keep these buildings emply br Destroying our community to protect abandoned property br Functioning as financial loopholes instead of the housing they could make br Because those owning empty buildings claim a generous government tax break br So is housing just a luxury to b enjoyed by the upper class br Another right you don't deserve if you haven't got the cash br The trouble with ruling class financial tactics br Is that it's the people who need shelter not their taxes br Destruciton described as progress evicting people from their shelter br Renovating and rebuilding under the guise of making cities better br But who does this progress better by putting people in the street br Has it benefitted the community when construction is complete br Housing is not a privledge, not a luxury but a right br communities don't function any better with their problems out of sight br Our communities consise of more than concrete, brick and steel br It's made up of people including the homeless they conceal br The trouble with ruling class financial tactics br Is that it's the people who need the shelter not their taxes br Every inch of established land got that way by means of force br And by paying rent were forced to contribute to that source br With our communities our people suffer under this establishment br It's not about housing these are human rights they make us rent br Only the landlords profit as our lives are sold and bought br And those who fight this process get evicted from their squat br So while our leaders carry out these unjust squat evictions br They prove that freedom can't exist under capitalist conditions br The trouble with ruling class financial tactics br Is that it's the people who need shelter not their taxes