Here’s how our great country the United States of America is fighting the recession.

* Stop paying for the funerals of 10,000 poor people (Illinois state)

* Considering release of prisoners early (proposal in California)

* Adding taxes on cellphone ringtones (Kentucky)

* Throwing billions at desi butcher Vikram Pandit’s Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, AIG, Morgan Stanley, GM, Chrysler et al (federal bailout)

* Cut health insurance for young children (under consideration in California)

* Firing government employees (several states)

* Cutting benefits for government employees (several states)

* Sell state parks (under consideration in New Hampshire)

* Firing teachers (some states)

* Reducing library hours (several states)

* And most important of all by hiking pay and promising record bonuses to the motherfu**ing bankers who landed us all in this unholy mess.

God Bless America.