Jul 19, 2008
Life Imitates Satire
Via the libertarian aware Onion:
WASHINGTON—A panel of top business leaders testified before Congress about the worsening recession Monday, demanding the government provide Americans with a new irresponsible and largely illusory economic bubble in which to invest.
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The current economic woes, brought on by the collapse of the so-called “housing bubble,” are considered the worst to hit investors since the equally untenable dot-com bubble burst in 2001. According to investment experts, now that the option of making millions of dollars in a short time with imaginary profits from bad real-estate deals has disappeared, the need for another spontaneous make-believe source of wealth has never been more urgent.
Amen! I hope they get one which would allow me to make it to retirement, and that I’ll be able to get some of that Social Security make -believe wealth, until I pass on…. riding from bubble to bubble.
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