Ted Rall for July 21, 2001
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The team that brought us "Trickle down 81" and "Hooverville '89" brings you Recession-B-Gon '01. *All similarities to supply-side coincidental. Plan A: Neglectonomics (Man: Who cares what a dumb ol' line says? No one I know is suffering.) Plan B: Debtonomics (We're giving every American tax rebates too small to make any difference yet large enough to triple the national debt.) Plan C: Reverse Psychology (Man: The economy really, really, really sucks.) (Woman: See it all.) (Man: This isn't working.) Plan D: Bait 'N' switchonomics (Man: I'm giving you a raise so that you'll go spend but we can't afford it so you'll be fired next week.) (Woman: Can't I keep my old job at my old salary?) (Woman: Can't I keep my old job at my old salary?)