what follows is an excerpt from the transcript of Chris Rock’s Oscar™ monologue, glossed for your convenience. When Bush got into office he had a surplus of money.  Now there’s like a $70 trillion dollar deficit.¹ Now, just imagine you worked at the Gap. [laughter] You’re closing out your register, and there’s $70 trillion dollars short. [laughter] The average person would get in trouble for something like that, right? Not