Just a bit of fun for Friday.
Dear Mr. Greenspan, why don't you just go?
You used to be known as the man in the know.
The man who says "No" to exorbitant debts
Who counts all the numbers, and never forgets.
The country bowed down to you; now, who would know it?
We thought you had judgment; now why don't you show it?
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Oh dear, Mr. Greenspan, your image is slipping;
Is this who you were then, or are you just flipping?
When Social Security's prospects were dark
You stood up like Noah atop of his ark
"The Social Security Trust Fund," you said
"Will keep the whole enterprise out of the red!"
The plan was quite brilliant, and though Reagan signed it
I paid more to FICA and never did mind it.
And study on study, and year after year
Have borne out your `83 brilliant idea.
And all the best experts have long since concluded
Your brilliant plan works; but you say they're deluded.
It seems in 2000 you quite changed your tune
From "Let us be cautious" to "Shoot for the moon!"
The tax cuts, you told us, would ward off the threat
Of having the government pay off its debt.
Then deficits soared and catastrophe loomed
And so you say Social Security's doomed.
Your logic is getting increasingly twisted
Your motives transparent, your tactics ham-fisted.
And each time you testify up on the Hill
The Maestro of old is replaced by a shill.
The more you inveigle, the less you inspire;
Oh please, Mr. Greenspan, why don't you retire?