Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Dude sayin stuff about the economy

The economy is not a thing, like a television set, that can simply be fixed.  It is an amalgam of human thought and behavior.  It is a savage beast; we can attempt to understand it, but we cannot tame it.

"The Market" is a deity and I imagine it looks something like
this.

He'll feel better in time, and the less we try to "stimulate" him, the better it will be for all of us.

No, but for reals, government.  I gave you a nice chunk o' dough, and now you're gonna spit some of it back at me and act like we're friends.

Don't give me that money.  Lord knows where it's been.

You've been borrowing from them, haven't you?  You've been talking to those guys that CHEATED AT THE OLYMPICS!

And don't try to act like this is a return on my investment, either, because I'm not buying it.  I didn't even want to do that, dude.  General Motors was in the toilet, but you thought I should invest.  I still didn't want to.

But you made me, because - dammit - you already had my money.

sonofabitch

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