FIBBING WITH NUMBERS – {1.60 limericks}
With statistics we often fudge it, -
- and too we trick ‘bout our budget
with false calculations
which fit our fixations.
So “reality” we often misjudge it,
hence policy messes
and other distresses.
To disasters our nation we nudge it.
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Tom Toles
April 12, 2017
FIBBING WITH NUMBERS – {1.60 limericks}
With statistics we often fudge it, -
- and too we trick ‘bout our budget
with false calculations
which fit our fixations.
So “reality” we often misjudge it,
hence policy messes
and other distresses.
To disasters our nation we nudge it.
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