In toy news, Hasbro recently announced that Paul Krugman will be sponsoring a Magic Eightball for economic prognostication. After looking at the prototype, Republican spokesperson Mitch McConnell complained that no matter how you shook it, the answer always came up “spend more money.”
Democrats, however, were quite enthusiastic. According to Berkeley student Ima. B Thistlewhite, the results were “astounding”: “Every time I use it, it gets the right answer. It is almost spooky. In fact the only time it was wrong was when I asked it about Defense Department spending.”
Despite the controversy, a new Krugman action figure is being developed, with a pullstring which causes it to say “you’re not spending enough”, “spend more”, and “don’t worry about the deficits.”
Sales are expected to be brisk in California.