1.m.
“Your country
needs you, Corporate Man,” Franklin D. Roosevelt said. “I have a plan that will get us out of this
Great Depression, but there is some opposition.”
Corporate Man
adjusted his tie and slid a hand over his head to make sure his perfectly
parted hair was still lying flat.
FDR continued,
“The Greed is still out there. He’s
recruited some heavyweight players.
Political Indifference. Captain Apathy.
I can’t prove it, but I suspect he’s got his hooks into Elephant Man and
Donkey Lass, too. And he did something
unnatural to Bull Market. Turned him
against us. They call him Bear Market
now.”
“Jesus.”
“No, I don’t
think He’s involved, though we could sure use His help right now. Our top priority, though, is Deal Breaker
Dan. Word is that The Greed put him onto
us because of the proposal I’m about to unveil.
It’s called The New Deal.
Corporate Man, I can’t have this deal broken.”
“Don’t worry,”
Corporate Man said with a wink. “You can
count on me, Frank.”