January 10, 2008
An Easy Solution to the Upcoming Recession

Lee Camp | Bio


It worries me that we've got a recession coming, and we don't actually make anything anymore. We don't produce anything! Think about it: What do Americans make nowadays? Tiny dogs, Red Bull and vodka vomit, YouTube videos of a guy playing the national anthem with his ass, and maybe a bad movie or two. That's it! That's all we've got. What the hell are we going to do with that when push comes to shove, and we need money fast? We're gonna look like a crack-head showing up to the world market and saying, "Okay, I've got a Hannah Montana album, a shoe lace, and 3 peanut M&Ms. How much can I get for that? What do you mean you can't help me? But we're the country that brought you According to Jim!!"

How are we going to work ourselves out of a recession with a so-called "service economy?" Are we going to start serving people even better than before, even harder? Maybe we can export some valets, baristas, and personal shoppers. Does England need some Denny's waitresses with moderately-bad attitudes and vulgar tattoos on their necks? We're overstocked on those...Wait a second! We do have some hard workers--lawn maintenance people, construction workers, housekeepers, farm workers! Oh shit, those are all illegal immigrants. Damn! Now I kinda wish we had made them American citizens.