The honourable Alan Greenspan testifies before the House Financial Services Committee. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
There once was a banker supreme
Who exhorted to all ‘live the dream!’
He replaced all their need
With more profitable greed
And on their naivety schemed
There once was a government hack
Who envied the wealth that he lacked
Should he regulate less
He could fill his hope chest
With the profits from hidden kick backs
In these days of financial collapse
Tis not good that our morals can lapse
When they’re ‘too big to fail’
Where all pinned by their nail
To pecuniary loss and mishaps
(c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved
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They lived the dream. The rest of us are still struggling with the nightmare.
So true!! And unfortunately I think a lot of them are still living the dream….Thanks Brian!! 🙂 🙂
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I really liked this one…
Thank you so much!! 🙂 🙂
I love limericks – so clever!
Thank you, I find them fun to write! 🙂 🙂
Great work!!!!! 🙂
Thanks!! 🙂 🙂 xxx
Fantastic set of limericks, with spot on commentary! 😊
Thank you so much!! 🙂 🙂 The people who caused the GFC make my blood boil, the very least one can do is poke fun at them!! 🙂 🙂
Oh wow Helen brilliant and intelligent limericks. I haven’t succeeded in this form yet but you have nailed it!
Thank you – I really enjoy limericks, but do them sparingly as I think they are a form best done occasionally. 🙂 🙂
I’ve never done a limerick… but you did this one with style, humor and intelligence. 🙂
Thanks so much Melanie!! 🙂 🙂