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You're Awesome, America! (Why the U.S. recovery will be bigger, faster, stronger than expected)
Slate ^ | 04/10/2010 | Daniel Gross

Posted on 04/12/2010 6:01:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: VOA

Yes, our politicians love spending our money. And just keep coming back for more. And they have gerrymandered themselves into safe seats that they hold for as long as they want. I hope enough of them are bounced out of office this Fall. That’s our best hope for any “recovery” from the current status quo.


61 posted on 04/12/2010 8:36:36 AM PDT by Fu-fu2
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To: Texas resident

I appreciate it and will pass it on to Don. That is terrible luck for your friend. I am personally on the cusp of closing two of my three businesses due to this recovery. After 36 years, with even catah unable to kill of the economy... hussein has just about ended my American Dream. I will not tolerate these propagandists telling me something that I know to be a lie.

LLS


62 posted on 04/12/2010 9:37:07 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer ( WOLVERINES!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Seek... I own three businesses... two of them will probably close this year... one will reopen when we actually have a qualified American president back in office. I truly appreciate your good wishes. Thank you!

LLS

63 posted on 04/12/2010 10:11:03 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer ( WOLVERINES!)
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To: SeekAndFind

This guy is as bad as those in the 30s saying the exact same things. I’ve been reading “The Great Depression - A Diary” which is fascinating.

Some quotes:
June 1933
“People must be optimistic because automobile sales for the past 60 days have reached record proportion...The upturn continues without interruption...The boom continues and prices soar upward in the most spectacular recovery the world has ever seen. I still cannot believe it is permanent.”

July 1933
“Industry continues to boom and the entire public seems to be speculating in the stock market. Almost as bad as 1929....The whole recovery has been so spectacular as to be almost unbelievable. Because so much of it is based on inflation theories I have doubted its permanency. The next few months ought to tell the story...Col Ayres of the Cleveland Trust Bank says in his bulletin that he is convinced the depression definitely turned the corner between the 1st and 2nd quarter of 1933.”

The exact crap is going on today. Everyone out touting the so-called ‘recovery’ and just watch. Another crash is inevitable.


64 posted on 04/12/2010 10:18:02 AM PDT by American72 (Sick of Liberals)
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To: American72

We are in a depression and if there were any truth left in media and government... we would not even be debating that fact.

LLS


65 posted on 04/12/2010 10:27:48 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer ( WOLVERINES!)
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To: SeekAndFind

for some reason, I don’t believe them.

CBO chief says debt ‘unsustainable’

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/35546.html

California’s $500-billion pension time bomb
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-crane6-2010apr06,0,6247734.story

The Worst of All Worlds”: Fannie and Freddie Losses “Can’t Be Calculated,” Posner Says
http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/”the-worst-of-all-worlds”-fannie-and-freddie-losses-”can’t-be-calculated”-posner-says-464813.html?tickers=FNM,FRE,XLF,JPM,MS,BAC,C&sec=topStories&pos=9&asset=&ccode=
Nearly half of US households escape fed income tax

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Nearly-half-of-US-households-apf-1105567323.html?x=0&.v=1


66 posted on 04/12/2010 11:39:06 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( FIRE STUPAK: LindaForCongress.com)
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To: SeekAndFind

Billions already have been charged against revenue of America corporations due to the ObamaDeathCare. That will impact hiring. Real estate is suffering and will continue to suffer.


67 posted on 04/12/2010 12:56:57 PM PDT by CodeToad
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To: sportutegrl
All of the positive ‘news’ about the economy that I have read is written in the future tense

Well, it worked for global warming, didn't it?

How many trillions were dumped into that sinkhole?

68 posted on 04/12/2010 1:46:07 PM PDT by Publius6961 (10% of muslims, the killer murdering radicals, are "only" 140,000,000 of 'em)
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To: SeekAndFind
Honda, Toyota, Kia/Hyundai - "assembled" ain't "made". One can see by the Mexican maquiladora factories just how much hosting the assembly business can benefit a country.
69 posted on 04/12/2010 6:49:03 PM PDT by flowerplough ( Pennsylvania today - New New Jersey meets North West Virginia.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Figures do not lie, but the interpretation of them is a lot trickier. The Democrats are stressing the positive side of this, the opposition is pointing out the shortcomings. If employment and unemployment is rising, the obvious conclusion is that the labor force overall is increasing, and by implication, rising at a faster rate than the economy can handle.


70 posted on 04/14/2010 4:08:52 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: Vanders9
If employment and unemployment is rising, the obvious conclusion is that the labor force overall is increasing, and by implication, rising at a faster rate than the economy can handle.

What we'd all like to know are these :

1) On NET, are we hiring or are we letting people go more ?

2) If there is any hiring, what sector is hiring the most ?

3) If there is any firing, what sector is letting the people go the most?
71 posted on 04/14/2010 6:23:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

That would be interesting to know, although quite difficult to work out exactly. I bet the Federal government has done the sums though.


72 posted on 04/14/2010 7:34:18 AM PDT by Vanders9
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