Dr. Goose's Economical Limericks

When she opened her statement from Payroll, Unaware of how Washington may roll, She had to recount The take-home amount: "My dis...

"The state of the union is iffy, As I stand here tonight looking spiffy. The economy's slow To get up and go, And Congress ...

At times, when the stock market rises, The basis for all the new highs is: Investors who yearn For a better return Than the interest...

Under watchful regard of a nation In Twenty-Thirteen celebration, Congressional members Took leave of December By rigging the rules of...

Merry Christmas to friends far and near, And retailing holiday cheer, With a dovish Fed rule To stimulate Yule, And a fiscally balanced ...

An ancient foretelling of verity Said the world with go out with severity, But may really impend The recovery's end In Washing...

Said the President: "Well, We are possibly Confounding the ominous prophecy. If I may be concise, We differ on price, And not fun...

The Fed made a policy shift To render employment a lift By buying more bonds, As liberals and cons In Congress are "fiscally ...

"Mr. Speaker, I surely desire That the deadline will not just expire, But I get my way if We fall off the cliff And rates on ...

It's beginning to look a lot like Cliffmas Evvvv'rywhere you go. They're intractable on the Hill, The President's strong...

A pundit, politically touting, The conventional wisdom was flouting, When he roundly dismissed The Fiscal Abyss As "Over, except ...

In DC, it's a welcome distraction From each warring political faction: Invoking, in speeches, Security breaches From man-on-biogra...

If rational ladies and chaps In Congress agree to put caps On deductions from taxes, Then revenue waxes, With deficits waning, perhaps. ...

The super PACs failed in their mission To win with financial munition. Though pols who would carry Find cash necessary, It's not a...

Said the home builder Joey Ferraro*: "I'm working like there's no tomorrow. Though the fiscal cliff looms, The consumer as...

Said Bernanke, in Congress to testify, To the Senators: "Gents, it is best if I Admonish this hearing The fiscal cliff's nearin...