Via Marshall.
Dick Cheney thinks all of the terrible economic data we've been getting lately ignores one important source of income for Americans: 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."
Oh yeah! If we only included all the thousands of people who are selling off all their possessions to make enough money for rent, we'd clearly see that the economy is booming! And don't forget drug dealers, those guys are doing really well, and that data is never reported by the liberal media. Why, just this morning I found a quarter on the sidewalk! Happy days!
John Edwards responded in a statement:
"If we only included bake sales and how much money kids make at lemonade stands, this economy would really be cooking."
