The return of economic nostrums of the mid-1900s has me thinking it needs celebration in the music of the mid-1900s. And since this Keynesian battiness is essentially a witch-doctor’s prescription for our age (unga buncombe indeed), there could be only one song:

The Witch-Doctors Song 2008

By Jon Sanders
Vocal stylings by George W. “Keynes Isn’t Dead” Bush

I told the Fed Chairman a recession was due
I told the Fed Chairman I heard it on the news
And then Bernanke, well, he showed me what to do

He said that
Oo ee, oo ah ah, ting tang, gotta have a stimulus plan
Oo ee, oo ah ah, ting tang get a stimulus plan now
Oo ee, oo ah ah, ting tang, yes it’s just a gimmick
Oo ee, oo ah ah, the media are sure to love it

I called Pelosi and she liked the plan OK
We spoke to Boehner and he said that it was great
Then we got Reid on board and now we’ve set a date

Now we say
Oo ee, oo ah ah, ting tang, just call it a “rebate”
Oo ee, oo ah ah, we all think we’re buying votes here
Oo ee, oo ah ah, ting tang, this’ll make ’em happy
Oo ee, oo ah ah, won’t need to make the tax cuts stay now

You keep quoting Ronald Reagan, our great supply-sider,
And telling me I’m not being very smart
So I went out and found myself some old-school demand-siders
And they taught us the way to win your hearts

My friends, Pelosi, Reid, we got a plan for you
My friends are witch-doctors with legislation, too
And now we all agree that this is best for you

We’re saying
Oo ee, oo ah ah, ting tang, government can save you
Oo ee, oo ah ah, ting tang look to us for rescue
Oo ee, oo ah ah, ting tang, take it from the wealthy
Oo ee, oo ah ah, ting tang they won’t miss it anyway

You keep quoting Ronald Reagan, our great supply-sider,
‘The government is the problem’ – that’s what he said
But now we say the government is the place to go for answers
We’ll give you cash and that should win your hearts

My plan’s unworkable, but still we got it through
We doubt recession’s true, so this is what we do
When things work out OK we’ll get credit from you

You’ll all say
Oo, ah, wowie-wow, dang, man, talk about a stimulus plan!
Oh boy, boy oh boy, can’t wait to spend it all in one place
Hoo-whee, look at this, golly, guess they saved the country
Dee dee, la la la, I’ll vote for the incumbents again!