Standard & Poor’s recent downgrade of the U.S. credit rating has got a lot of political leaders spitting fire, with both political parties blaming each other for the problem, but out of all this madness comes a few light-hearted suggestions from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, who brought on “senior black correspondent” Larry Wilmore to discuss what Republicans are calling the “Obama downgrade.” Wilmore offered several pieces of advice to the President Obama, like “going blacker” by pretending he’s not home and sending his kids to answer the door when China comes to collect, or stealing Canada’s identity to pay some bills.

