…but I carefully checked the address to make sure I wasn’t falling afoul of an over-the-top parody, because this is just too good to be true.
Our history shows that there is no economic engine more powerful than a thriving middle class. Reigniting that engine means giving ordinary citizens the tools to find prosperity, including strong financial capability. To learn more about managing money and navigating the 21st-century marketplace, visit www.MyMoney.gov and www.ConsumerFinance.gov, or call 1-888-MyMoney.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 2013 as National Financial Capability Month. I call upon all Americans to observe this month with programs and activities to improve their understanding of financial principles and practices.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.
Barack Obama wants to teach you how to manage money.
In other news, Little Bear has almost finalized the curricula for his new classes on calculus and physics.
And on that same subject:
http://blog.credit.com/2013/04/obama-proposes-credit-score-stimulus-everyone-gets-a-perfect-850/
Just to note: The one I posted is an April Fool’s joke. But the note at the bottom points out the reality — that this sort of thing is not really different than what the gummint actually did a few years ago.
News flash… Diane Feinstein gives up politics to become NRA handgun instructor.
Oh well… April Fools day used to be fun… sigh
I think you’re being unnecessarily harsh on poor LB, Joel. I’d far sooner believe a dog capable of just such expertise, than of the calculated malfeasance of the present comparison.
(Of all the reasons to love dogs, that one must rank in the top five. 🙂