Quote du Jour. Possibly of Year.

Yeah, we are robbing Peter to pay Paul, he said. But that’s OK because Paul is dead.

The above bon motes are from Elliot Eisenberg, an economist with the National Association of Home Builders. Eisenberg then went on to say, according to the AJC, ‘Atlanta should continue to build even though demand isn’t there.’

Full story is here. Read it and weep.

Still not sure if Eisenberg is brilliant or a babbling idiot who’s just making shit up off the top of his head. But that’s the whole economic mess in a nutshell, eh? Just who ARE the smartest people in the room? No one seems to be able to tell the court jester from the king anymore.