Oh, people, people you should know.
The dollar hit an all-time low.
The loony's high as it can be.
Today it's hitting 1.03.
Here in the States there's great surprise.
The "sages" meet and analyze.
Old Ben Bernanke, as you know,
Decided that demand's too low.
Now oil, crude, hit eighty-nine.
Bernanke thinks that this is fine.
And gold is up; here is the crux,
In last 2 months 100 bucks.
Official prices leave me mute
Cause houses they do not compute.
This understates the CPI.
And I would like to ask them why.
It's sad to say, here is the news.
The people all do sing the blues.
And Ben Bernanke, all he know
Is getting rich by printing dough.
This whole thing is beyond my ken.
He's known as helicopter Ben.
He's printing money; it's no lie,
And dropping bundles from the sky.
President Truman would call in his
Economic advisors and ask them
Questions. What happens if I balance
The budget? What happens if I raise
Taxes? The advisors would reply,
“Well, on the one hand…But then on
the other hand….” Finally Truman got
Exasperated and declared, “What this
country needs is a good one-handed
economist.”
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