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In an unprecedented move that has sent shockwaves through the nation, President Ulysses S. Overreach has declared that the solution to the country's economic woes lies not in fiscal responsibility or bipartisan cooperation, but in a series of controversial policies that have sparked nationwide protests. The most controversial of these, known as the "Economic Disaster Preparedness Act" (EDPA), aims to prepare the nation for the economic fallout of a potential war with the neighboring country of Canadia by mandating that every citizen purchase a minimum of 1000 shares in the defense industry.

"Our economy is like a house on fire," President Overreach declared during a fiery speech. "And I'm not just talking about the literal house fires we've been having due to global warming, which I'm also taxing to fund firefighting drones. No, this is a metaphor for our economic situation, which, by the way, is also on fire. The EDPA is our fire extinguisher, and those shares are the foam. It's the only way to ensure that when the economic war with Canadia comes, we'll all be riding jet skis over the stock market waves, sipping piña coladas, and watching the world burn from a safe distance."

Critics argue that the policy is not only a blatant attempt to bail out the defense industry, which has been struggling since the last Canadian conflict ended, but also a thinly veiled method to fund President Overreach's pet project: the construction of a giant wall along the non-existent Canadian border to prevent a mythical invasion of maple syrup-wielding soldiers.

The protests, which have sprung up across the nation like wildfire (which, as we all know, is also on fire due to global warming), have been met with a surprising show of force from the President's newly formed "Ministry of Truth and Public Order," who have been seen deploying advanced crowd-control measures, including drones that drop leaflets explaining the benefits of the EDPA in a language that even the President can't understand.

Meanwhile, the opposition party has called for an immediate investigation into the President's financial ties to the defense industry, suggesting that the EDPA is little more than a scheme to transfer wealth from the pockets of the middle class to the bank accounts of wealthy defense contractors. "It's a disaster waiting to happen," said Senator Pork Belly IV, who has been leading the charge against the EDPA. "Unless, of course, you're a defense contractor. In that case, it's a cash cow that's about to start mooing."

As the nation braces for the potential economic impact of this controversial policy, one thing is clear: the only thing that's certain about the future is that it's uncertain, and the stock market is about to get a workout that personal trainers will envy. So, grab your portfolios and your pitchforks, because it looks like we're all in for a bumpy ride, or as the President would say, "It's going to be yuge!"

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