Is There an Economist in the House?

Now that we’re in an officially-declared recession, the state is telling the masses to boycott manufacturing. It is advising us to have a green Christmas – not the global warming kind – but one where we exchange nonmaterial gifts, like massages. If we have to give something material, we should consider making it from recycled trash and not wrapping it. Material green gifts include compost piles and bat houses. I kid you not.

Of course, only government can stimulate the economy. Maybe when I get my next stimulus check, I’ll buy a nice unwrapped pile of compost to deliver to my leaders in Raleigh. (Or is there a statute saying, “We can dish it out, but . . .” On a more serious note, I’d like to publicly state my belated appreciation to a great American hero, my father, who, when people were starting to talk about a bailout for the Big Three, bought stock in Ford Motor Company.