Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is quite pleased about the recession. You see, if you can’t afford, you know, food on your table then you also can’t afford to drive or fly around in jets (not tax-free like she does, though. Silly common folk!) And having no job means no pesky c02-emitting driving to said job. Emissions are down! Isn’t that what really matters?

To Senator McCaskill, it is.