Oh, No You Don't!

Gateway Pundit links to an AP story in which the claim is made that "People want the tax cuts promised during the presidential campaign, but may be willing to wait while President-elect Obama takes on the larger issue of fixing the economy."

Uh-uh, dude. I want that tax cut. Now. Think of it as a mini-bailout, if that makes it any easier for you; pretend, for just one minute, that John Q. Public is as important as AIG and Fannie Mae. It's the least you can do inasmuch as the stock market has lost another thousand points since your victory.

You know, it's probably a good thing I didn't throw my hat into the ring for the presidential race, because, assuming the biggest election upset in American history had occurred, my first official act would have been to set up reeducation camps for every dumb ass who thinks that the economy is like a big honkin' television set that the President has to take into the shop. They'd all be wearing orange jumpers and listening to audio tapes of Milton Friedman 24/7. And if they didn't grasp the essential concepts of a free economy after three months, they'd spend 30 days in the Quality Control unit of the laxative production facility at Paco Pharmaceuticals.