Recession! Poem by guy lipmore

Well I could not help myself and had to quip,
“Fantastic stuff, get the flags out quick.”
News stated, “We're out of the double dip recession, ”
Is it just the 'money men' playing the game of illusion?
In the gantry, are they pulling the strings?
Are 'boom and bust 'really the 'natural' cycle of things?
Double, and then threats of a triple dip,
Can we believe, should we buy it?
Cut backs, shorter hours, down-sizing,
Zero growth and unemployment rising.
Constant fears of job securities,
More and more part time vacancies.
Full time, to find is very hard,
Agency work becoming the standard.
Chancellor: “We’re all in this together, ”
Of course we are! What ever.
The country's in the red, in debt,
We are reminded every day, can we forget?
The fault of the ‘previous’ Government,
And their fiscal mismanagement.
That national debt, and ‘our’ deficit,
Has to be reduced, we have to budget.
Tighten our belts, we must endeavour,
With each painful austerity measure.
That only applies to ordinary masses,
It does not apply to bankers and their bonuses.
Neither the bill for foreign aid,
We have to honour our pledges made!
Three hundred and fifty billion plus,
Pumped in to the economy as a 'stimulus.'
Low interest rates and quantative easing,
Only the 'money masters' it is pleasing.
Benefiting the 'elite' very much,
However not the masses as such.
We 'bail' out the banks, for sake of the economy,
In addition, they are still not lending the money.
Can we trust what our ‘leaders’ with what they say,
Where has all that cash gone? Is there a ‘rabbit’ away?

11/05/13