"Recess is all I ever wanted,
Recesses helped me get away,
Recession's bringing the US economy to such a low"
Where's that hunk of cheese the government used to push on us every Saturday morning during cartoons? Schoolhouse Rock used to say, "when your get up and go has got up and gone...hankering for a hunka cheese (see video below)" implying that eating cheese will heal your blues (hello future fat Americans!). Well, here's to hoping that the broken-hearted in Green Bay can spare some cheese and ship it to Washington DC, because we need that cheese now! Our economy has got up and gone...
The word mumbled in back alleys and chatrooms has finally been allowed to be spoken on the airwaves; we are finally able to say the word that has been verboten up till now, "Pat, I'd like to solve the puzzle, "RECESSION!" It's now on more lips than Chapstick is, in Buffalo, in January.
Will $300-$800 per person really stimulate the economy? Is this shot in the arm a vaccine or placebo? Will anybody really learn fiscal responsibility (without watching Suzie) when the gov't continues to bail out foolish spenders and lenders? I doubt it. Is it comforting to know the government is spending more time going after steroid users in professional sports than bad loan providers that have destabilized the global markets? I sleep better at night knowing "our" big fix will have little to do with helping most American's checkbooks but will produce accurate (or astericked) sporting record books. Phew!
What bums me out most is how a good word has gone bad. In school a recess was a great break from stress and teachers, but a recession is a break from prosperity and a source of stress and indicates we need a few good economy teachers. Go figure!
3 comments:
Hi! Found you through brandy.
I remember School House Rock - they used to show it to us in grade school in Maryland. Oh Conjunction junction, what's your function?
I guess the gov't is hoping that you'll go out and spend that 300-800$ instead of putting it on your VISA or into a savings account or an education account... but we'll see.
Dude! Your youtube video worked on the sidebar!
I'm glad that my inarticulate directions were able to help.
Howdy Carrie! The irony of the "injection of $600 bucks (not coming till June or so...)" is that most will not spend it on american products to help stimulate our economy- it'll be on foreign goods or their debt...way to go reward bad planning!
Airam- you're the bomb! and now the gift of music on the blog is because of you! Cheers!
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