[shelterguy]

It is truly sad that so many are gullible enough to believe what they hear on the “news” or read in the “news”paper.
How did this country get so stupid so fast?

[KarlInOhio]

Also by playing with the inflation rate. They compare the current production in dollars vs. last year's production in dollars, subtract the inflation rate and get "real" GDP growth or shrinkage. Adjust the inflation rate and you can get the GDP figure you want. And by looking at both prices and the amount of money the Federal Reserve is creating from nothing, there is no way the inflation rate for the past 12 months only 1.8%.