Since the economy is going down the toilet anyway, the government decided to go ahead and take a huge dump on it.
Thanks guys!
Watching the US government in action makes me wonder sometimes just how far we've managed to evolve from our feces-flinging ancestors.
We haven't yet learned that everybody should be responsible for wiping their own ass; most of the population is content to sit on theirs and wait for Uncle Sam to show up with the Charmin Ultra.
Unfortunately, Uncle Sam always leaves a mess. That's OK, though. That just means we'll have more shit left to throw at each other.