Congress guys remind me of a salesman my father had to contend with in his grocery store.

“Should I put you down for ten cases?”

Hey, business is slow. Really slow.

“Ten cases then?”

Business is terrible. We don’t have the money. 

“Sounds like ten cases, then?”

Half the town just got laid off. Business is sooooo awful we may be out of business next week!

“So, ten cases it is, then?”

Hey, Congress, business is bad in America. We need genuine stimulus in that package you’re putting together.

“How about some pork?”

We need immediate tax cuts for the entrepreneurs who create most of our jobs.

“How about some pork? Like a billion dollars to flush down the toilets at Amtrak.”

We need to lower our corporate tax rates.  Ours are 50 percent higher than countries we compete with.

“How about some pork?  Like $150 million more for the Smithsonian?”

We need incentives for venture capitalists.  To entice them to fund risky ventures that will create jobs overnight.