$18 Billion Equals $5.5 Billion, More or Less
Los Angeles Times readers submitted their views in verse for a feature dedicated to opinion poetry.
(Anthony Russo / For The Times )
A moneyman, sent to Detroit,
Whose math skills were less than adroit,
Thought, We’ll pay off this debt
With some art sales! No sweat!
And have pensioners still to exploit!
The author teaches English at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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