In these hard times wouldn’t it be wonderful if all government doles were in the form of pencils that the recipients could sell? This would provide an immediate boost of 100% employment and end welfare and unemployment with the stroke of an indelible pencil.
The mind boggles.
the stroke of an indelible pencil.
Oh sure, wipe out the eraser industry in a single stroke.
Unintended consequences...empty factories, rubber trees
untended, guys beside the highway with signs,
“Will erase for food!”.