I know that the economy is in dire straights – a favorite band of my from my high school days.  There are times, though, when humor helps situations that are dire.

I laughed as GOP members passed out tire gauges after Barack Obama said that voters could save energy by properly inflating their tires.  My only regret in this laugh was that the GOP was not handing out the tire gauges where I live as my 17 year old just got his first car and needs one.

So, today I am reading an article by Mike Allen on Politico.com and I start laughing all over.  The economy is in even more of a black hole – maybe we can blame this on the large hadron collider that was tested last week by CERN (the European Center for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, Switzerland (sorry, once humor starts around here it is hard to stop) – now than when Obama made the wonderful tire pressure comment.  So, this morning on NBC’s Today Show  Joe Biden is quoted as saying, “ Our tax plan would take that tax cut of another $130 billion that John wants to give to people making over $250,000 next year, not let it go forward and give it to the middle class — the very people who desperately need it to stay in their homes, to buy food, to take care of the gas, to fill up their tank, to be able to go out and buy a toaster, to employ people.”  

My laughter was immediate.  Does that mean all these imperiled banking institutions are no longer handing out toasters with new accounts?

Please be sure you look at Mike Allen’s article as I am sure, as is he, that there is a list of economists coming that disagree with Biden.