[meadsjn]

In 2002, 39 states and the District of Columbia had personal income growth above the national average of 2.8 percent, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

If you would more closely examine that 2002 BEA data, you will see that government sector worker income is responsible for most of the growth in per capita income, for most states and for the nation as a whole.

Non-government workers in some states (Colorado is one glaring example) experienced negative growth in per capita income, while government workers in the state experienced a per capita income growth over 8.5%.

[RockyMtnMan]

That's because Colorado has one of the highest concentrations (per capita) of technology workers.

[CyberCowboy777]

I not only posted the link, I mentioned the absolute growth of government.

There are weak spots - but the fact remains - personal income is on the rise.

I am not hiding anything and I would hope that everyone actually interested in the truth would read as much as possible. Who else here is actually trying to give facts?

And I stand by my statements - we are growing again. The I.T. Sector is not decimated and will/is rebounding. Outsourcing by the worst estimates I have found will only account for 400,000+/- jobs in the next 10 years - that is far less than the 500,000 loss from 2000 to 2003.