Cheney: economic stats miss EBay sales
In what's got to be the one of the most boneheaded statements to come out of Chicanery's yap, Vice President dick says the economic indicators 'miss the hundreds of thousands who make money selling on eBay.
'"That's a source that didn't even exist 10 years ago," Cheney told an audience in Ohio. "Four hundred thousand people make some money trading on eBay."
Yeah, I can live for god knows how long off that garden gnome and bag of ants sale I made last week.
Then there are all those people collecting aluminum cans - why aren't they being counted? Or the Will Work for Food-sign guys? Drug dealers? The metal-detector guys in the park? People who find change in pay phones! Or under couch cushions!
Jebus.
So take heart, all you unemployed economic girlie-men! Who needs that six-figure-a-year job when you can just sell your old tires on EBay!
"Why do you hate America??"
On edit: just saw this over at Eschaton:
Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards responded that Cheney’s comments show how “out of touch” he and Bush are with the economy.Heh.
“If we only included bake sales and how much money kids make at lemonade stands, this economy would really be cooking,” Edwards said in a statement.
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