Shoe Provides Economic Advice

The comic "Shoe" explained a solution to our economic woes in the December 21, 2008, strip. Shoe and Cosmo are seated at the diner reading the newspaper when the following conversation takes place.

Cosmo: Where do I find good news in all this bad news?
Shoe: Read between the lines.

Cosmo: Folks are buying less gas, which has GOT to be bad news for the economy.
Shoe: No, it's not.
Cosmo: How do you figure?
Shoe: Buying less gas leads to reduced driving time...
Shoe: Which means fewer accidents on the highway...
Shoe: Which means additional time at home...
Shoe: Leading to more accidents in the bedroom...
Shoe: Which blossoms into a new baby boom...
Cosmo: Ah...which results in a robust economy!