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"make the pie bigger"

Sigh...and if you make the pie bigger, the 1% will still get the 99% of the pie. Percentages...how do they work?

But hey...let's play with this idea. Say we could make the pie bigger. Have you ever tried to eat a slice of pizza from a really big pie? The slices are hard to manage and you stand a good chance of spilling steaming hot sauce on your crotch. Not my first choice for an economic model.

(although fuck all...now I want pizza)

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Now see...this is probably one of the main reasons I hang out here.

Wonkette: I came for the political discourse, but I stayed for the Firesign Theater references.

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And of course, this brings me to an obligatory musician joke:

What's the difference between a pizza and a guitarist?

A pizza can feed a family of four.

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I would agree to the proposal on 2 conditions:

1) It's the greasiest, crappiest, cardboard pizza you can find (call up some college kids, they'll tell you where the cheap-ass pizza is at).

2) You can eat your fill, but afterwards there will be a 3-hour speech by the President. No bathroom breaks will be provided.

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That's no bowling ball.

(Yes, I know it's a non-seq).

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Is there a good food to use as a metaphor for the economy?

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Please tell me that is a joke. Nobody could have hair like that.

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I thought the gold standard for Austerity Wingnut Cuisine was Cut Up Hot Dog's.

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Since when is an RNC chair making straw-man arguments news?

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I'd like to order the Kenyan Muslim Deep Dish special (Chicago gangsta style) with the Socialist sauce and extra ACORN topping

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Italians invented pizza because they socialized medicine to pay for its consequences. So, Reincey, shouldn't Barry and company be having some all-American hamburgers....no, wait, they should have Frankfurt--goddamnit, how about some Wisconsin-style bratwurst?

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