2013-04-18
Original: 2013-04-18 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title/caption above the panel: WHY YOU DON'T WANT AN ECONOMIST TO BE PRESIDENT:
A woman with glasses and graying hair, in a maroon suit, stands at a podium addressing an audience. Beside her stands a bald man in a blue shirt and suspenders. A flag stands in the corner.
Woman (at podium): "Every single person, except Bob the janitor here, has dropped out of the labor force. Thus, I am proud to announce that for the first time in American history, the unemployment rate is zero percent!"
Votey:
A grinning man's face emerges from darkness, looking sinister.
Man: "I have cornered the labor market."
A woman with glasses and graying hair, in a maroon suit, stands at a podium addressing an audience. Beside her stands a bald man in a blue shirt and suspenders. A flag stands in the corner.
Woman (at podium): "Every single person, except Bob the janitor here, has dropped out of the labor force. Thus, I am proud to announce that for the first time in American history, the unemployment rate is zero percent!"
Votey:
A grinning man's face emerges from darkness, looking sinister.
Man: "I have cornered the labor market."
Alt text
Caption above the comic reads: "WHY YOU DON'T WANT AN ECONOMIST TO BE PRESIDENT:". A woman in a maroon suit and glasses stands at a podium with one finger raised, giving a speech, while a bald man in a blue shirt and suspenders stands beside her and a flag leans in the corner. Her speech bubble: "Every single person, except Bob the janitor here, has dropped out of the labor force. Thus, I am proud to announce that for the first time in American history, the unemployment rate is zero percent!" The joke: she has cheated the statistic by counting almost no one as part of the labor force. Votey: a sinister grinning face emerges from a black background, saying "I have cornered the labor market."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.