Tuesday, March 02, 2004

BUSH LEAGUE ECONOMICS

Spotty 18 year old McDonalds' employees are the manufacturing backbone of the US according to Bush policy wonks.

Newsday, which used to be the Lawngisland evening paper, reports:

"White House economists wonder whether hamburger flippers at fast-food restaurants should be considered manufacturers..."

Something to do with fiddling the numbers, then.

"If fast food is classified as manufacturing, perhaps the neighborhood lemonade stand should be considered part of the military-industrial complex," - US Senator Charles E. Schumer, the New York Senator who is not Hillary Clinton....

"The White House McDonald's, whose customers include many White House staffers, though no president since Bill Clinton, is an economic indicator of its own. Business has been slow and Pardo doesn't anticipate new jobs any time soon. "Maybe this summer," he said. "

Well, there's plenty of fried chicken up there in Harlem for Bubba...

:: Posted by pete @ 18:01