The economy is doing great! If you’re one of the 338,000 documented unemployed Americans out there – don’t worry. Good times are just around the corner.

Despite the fact that the US Treasury will be borrowing an unprecedented amount of scratch this year to keep our nation running, the powers-that-be assure us that our economy is on the mend. Pay no mind to the squandered surplus, the tick-like swelling of the trade deficit, or the record unemployment. This is America, damn it. The land of opportunity. A place where people can get rich(er) every day.

The Bush Administration’s economic strategy has Reagan-era financial pundits salivating. Trickle-down is back, and it’s stronger than ever. The catch is this time around the average slob knows damn well that while the rich may spend their money here in the states, they stash it in off-shore tax shelters in the meantime. The result? Less tax revenue collected for those pesky government services the “Liberals” are always whining about. Bah. Who needs welfare, Medicaid, or a decent public education anyway? Isn’t it high time the US shrugged of the poor, the sick, the huddled masses of world? Who needs them?

According to our government’s most recent assessment, things are just dandy. So much so the President – after declaring homosexuals second-class citizens – has removed himself from the burdensome task of running the most powerful nation on Earth for a month.

There was once a time that the President of the United States believed it would be inappropriate to campaign for re-election while US citizens were held hostage in Iran. Times have changed. This President had no such trial of conscience when considering whether or not he should vacation while the US economy spirals out of control for “the rest of us” not in the millionaire club, and while US troops continue to wage a war entirely of his own making.

It is a disgrace that the Commander-in-Chief should choose to “relax” while our fellow citizens fight and die. I’m sure the news of Mr. Bush’s vacation will be a real hoot to those troops counting the days they have to live through before they can finally come home to their families.

Enjoy your summer Mr. President. Your fall is fast approaching.

Labels: economy, George W. Bush