Is the Recession Over? Oh Please.

By the metrics of things that don’t include the staggering rate of unemployment, the recession might be over, said chief Federal Reserve dipstick Ben Bernanke. I laughed! Did you? You should have! Go on, laugh a little. You’ll feel better. Then go and try to get a mortgage. Or shop at one of those fine American small business that closed down recently. Or, you know, go shopping in the New York Times cafeteria this week during Employee Appreciation Week! Where everything is “7 -90% off.”

From the in-house email:

Employee Appreciation Event — Wed. & Thurs. Sept 16 & 17
NYTIMES MAIL
2:46 PM

Please come to the cafeteria from 10:30 am — 6:30 pm on Wednesday and Thursday of this week for 7-% — 90% savings on sports, travel, car care, restaurants, spa’s, family attractions and more.

20% of the proceeds will be donated to The NYT Neediest Cases.

That is what they are getting instead of 5% of their salary back.