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September 11, 2004

Grasping for cyber-straws

From the AP:

Indicators measure the nation's unemployment rate, consumer spending and other economic milestones, but Vice President Dick Cheney says it misses 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 Cincinnati on Thursday. "Four hundred thousand people make some money trading on eBay."

What next will the Bushies dredge up to convince us that the economy is swell? The value of shared MP3s should count in the GDP? Add offshore employees to the ranks of the newly employed?

When you can't tell the AP from The Onion, you know we've entered the realm of the post-ludicrous.

Posted by D. Weinberger at September 11, 2004 12:30 PM

Comments

eBay... yes. And what about garage sales? Huge uptick in GNP if we counted garage sale revenue. Passed through Ticonderoga today. Thought about all those yellow pencils. Maybe if I bought a gross i could sit on a street corner and sell them onesie-twosie! This is a fine business climate for entrepreneurs!

Posted by: fp | September 12, 2004 09:04 PM

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