The debt ceiling - Congress is about to hit it again

On the debt limit the Tea Party’s intractable

My solution is simple and practical

If they stick to their guns

Then THEY are the ones

Who ought to pay interest and capital.

Remember last October when they made their stand?

The rhetoric in Congress may thicken

The government shutdown may kick in

Compromise on the Budget?

The Tea Party won’t touch it!

They’ve decided they’re gonna play chicken! 

After months of refusal and balk

The Tea Party now wants to talk

They get paid still

Because they’re “essential”

But federal workers must walk.

They want to believe they have scored

And “put some points on the board”

So they rant and they rave

They have Face to save

While the rest of the country gets gored.