Balancing the Budget

"Balancing the Budget" is a song from the 1967 featurette Scrooge McDuck and Money. It teaches how to properly budget the average household with your income, and how income taxes help governments improve and expand.
The song was written by Mel Leven and is performed by Scrooge McDuck, his nephews, and The Mellomen.
 
==Lyrics==
Scrooge:
(spoken)
Let's say your income is like a pie
There's a piece for everything you buy
Cut portions wisely, don't be unnerved
Or it will all be gone before everyone is served
(sung)
You have to pay the rent
Huey:
And you have to buy clothes
Dewey:
The grocery bills
Louie: You have to pay those
Chorus:
You can see, at once, where your money all goes
When you plan the budget
The first of every month, the installments fall due
The note on the car, the TV set, too
You'll be better off when you finally get through
Working out the budget
Huey, Dewey and Louie:
Pink, blue and white bills all over the place
Scrooge:
The power and light bills staring you directly in the face
Payments cut in half, for you want to be fair
You send a bit here, you send a bit there
Now you realize that you get somewhere
All:
Balancing the budget
Scrooge:
(spoken)
Uh oh, lads, we've been somewhat lax
We forgot the piece for the income tax
Huey, Dewey and Louie:
Income tax?
Scrooge:
Aye, though taxes are a pain in the whatchamacallit
This, right here, the wallet
Taxes are the funds governments must get
To run their households and keep our debt
Huey, Dewey and Louie:
They must have a budget, too!
Scrooge:
Aye, that they do, that they do
(sung)
You see, the government provides, through the taxes we pay,
Our bridges and schools and places to play
Chorus:
Builds the county road or the modern highway
Called for in the budget
Departments of police and of water and fire
The various courts, the juries they hire
Aeroplanes and ships and the care they require
All are in the budget
No one relaxes when tax deadlines fall
But without our taxes, we would have no government at all
In the budgeting a home and the government, too
It really should show a profit to you
Something should be left when the payments are through
When you plan the budget
Scrooge:
(spoken)
Always remember to save a slice for yourself
All:
(sung)
When you plan the budget
Scrooge:
(spoken)
After all, it's your pie!
Category:Songs