Posted on 05/10/2014 6:21:27 AM PDT by SteelToe
By now everyone knows that a $17 trillion economy has no greater nemesis than snow... in the winter... which in the first quarter of 2014 managed to lob off some $50 billion in growth from the world's largest economy, and instead of allowing the US to expand at its priced to ultraperfection 3.0% rate, resulted in a screeching halt in growth.
But did you know that the one thing that the economy of the centrally-planned world can't stand more than cold is... heat.
That is what Italians found out today when they read daily publication Ansa which "explained" that March industrial production declined by 0.5% because, drum roll, "summer came early this year."
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
We are the Soviet Union. Our economic health depends solely on the weather.
And our weather is always bad.
Too Cold
Too Hot
Too Dry
Too Wet
Too Moderate
Racism
Tea Party
Sarah Palin
Vladimir Putin
It is if you listen to the msm. No weather is the right weather until Communism takes your money.
Well, we’ve never had weather before.
Hope and Change fixed everything, even the evil economy.
Now working on evil weather, jus’ givet 8 mo’ yeeers.
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