And so His Obamaness presides over the dawning of a new Age of Pericles. Prosperity is just around the corner because consumer spending was up last month by seven-tenths of a per cent.
Counsellor: "But, Sire, your scriveners of the exchequer also say most new spending merely covered the extra costs of the peasants' petrol."
HIs Obamaness: "Take him out and shoot him."
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The same source reports our personal incomes rose by three-tenths of a per cent in February. Aha! The lathes are humming and it's Morning in America.
Sorry, Charlie. We're still flipping burgers and trying to sell one another 20-pay-life. "Both (spending and income) gains reflected a Social Security tax cut, which boosted take-home pay."
Think of how rich we'll be if HO can get United Nations' permission to bomb another towel-head country or two.
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