Thank Goodness the Government Cured the Recession (Political Satire), page 1

The end of this terrible recession into which the free market plunged us is all thanks to the federal government, of course. In particular, we owe the Obama administration our gratitude for its stimulus program. But we should also tip our hats -- hats we can presumably now afford to buy -- toward the Bush administration for its TARP bailouts, without which the banking system would have completely collapsed, credit would have dried up and we would have all starved to death.

This is another wonderful crisis brought to an end by government. All within about a month of the end of the Iraq war! That, too, was a crisis, incalculably costly in American blood and treasure. The Iraqis, too, were suffering, or so we heard some time several years ago. But thank goodness that horror is now over. Sure, there are still U.S. soldiers there, shooting, killing and dying -- but this does not mean the war is not over, just as the high unemployment figures and inconsistent private investment do not mean that our economic troubles are somehow still persisting.

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This would be funny, though only if the rest of our country saw it as satirical, instead of reality. It's pretty crazy how TPTB can tell us something and we buy it all up hook, line and sinker, even if reality is staring us dead in the face, saying something else entirely. The fact that they can say with a straight face, is indicative of how dumb and complacent we have become.

Anyway, It's a great article (in satirical context) that hits on our economical troubles and gives an overview of not only where it started, but where it's going and why it happened. Satires are often the best way to point out the obvious in not only the details, but also the abstract. They allow us to take a step back and realize just how ridiculous a particular scenario truly is.

--airspoon