[commish]

Politeness my backside - this clown can take his I won $825 Million boondoggle and shove it up his fourth point of contact.

You think the economy is bad now? Just let this pass and say hello to $10 bread and $20 milk and the US as a third world dump.

[muawiyah]

Not quite how it worked the last time they tried it (1930s). What happens is supplies and services become unavailable due to the fact nothing is being produced ~ not because it's too expensive (due to inflation).

Then the President will give you a paycut.

Yup, FDR cut government worker's pay ~ and at the time almost all the government workers were Postal Workers. He tried to save the economy by jiggering with the Postal Service.

Obama will shortly be tellin gyou that you need a pay cut. Biden will tell you it's your patriotic duty to take one.