Oh wait a minute, you mean we have that?
2007-07-17 08:40:44 · 14 answers · asked by truthisback 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
OK Romere, no, they haven't stopped counting people that have been unemployed for a long time. And it has nothing to do with unemployment benefits.
http://www.bls.gov/cps/uiclaims.htm
2007-07-17 08:54:23 · update #1
Shab, unemployment is 4.5% - that's low.
2007-07-17 08:54:46 · update #2
Tim the economy is hitting on all cylinders even after 17 straight interest rate hikes because of the tax cuts. Bush proposed those, pushed for their passage and signed them into law.
2007-07-17 08:55:29 · update #3
Pip, agree or disagree with the war, it has zero to do with the tax cuts.
2007-07-17 08:55:57 · update #4
Slapnut "out of control" are you nuts? It's in the mid-2s - - - CPI has been low since Reagan's first term.
2007-07-17 08:56:50 · update #5
"Heavily manipulated CPI" - - - - - they apply the same principles they've always applied.
2007-07-17 08:57:36 · update #6
Unemployment is at a all time low. Home ownership is at a all time high.Interest rates are still very low.More people own gadgets like I-Pods,T.V.s,Dvd players then ever before.Despite that Bush still gets dumped on by these winy libs.I guess you can't win them all hay at least we got the White House and probably for the next 8 if people know what is good for them.
2007-07-17 08:53:00 · answer #1 · answered by Sonny 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
amazing how the libs can put down something that's staring them right in the face lol. the numbers just don't lie no matter how much they want them to. they just can't stand it that Bush's tax cuts have helped spur our economy. And yes the top 1% got the biggest tax cuts but maybe that's because the top 1% pay over 30% of our tax burden. The bottom 20% pay 2%. According to the beauau of labor statistics we are consistantly at all time unemployment lows. Pay raises across the board are up by 28 cents an hour in the last few months. Yes we have a large defieciet government is too damn big and needs to be trimmed down! But in spite of a war and sone costly natural castastraphies the deficiet is being paid back almost twice as fast as first predicted. How can that be if we have a negative growth economy? Truth is our economy is in good shape because Bush let people do what they do best and got government out of the way the best he could. He let us keep and spend more of our hard earned money consumer spending is up the stock market just went over 14k! If a lib were in the white house with these numbers they would be shouting his praises from the rooftops. Oh well it is their nature to live in doom and gloom and won't be happy until they tax us into poverty and we become a 3rd world nation. Then we will all be equally miserable lol
2007-07-17 09:22:25 · answer #2 · answered by crusinthru 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe you on employment,
I laugh at your conclusion of low inflation. You mean the heavily manipulated CPI? Sure. As long as I don't have to buy food or energy or insurance my costs have held steady.
Bush is a fiscal liberal and a social authoritarian.
Oh yeah, sure, CPI is the same formula as ever, its just not an accurate formula. Inflation stinks and you can watch the dollar fall some more to prove it!
2007-07-17 08:46:40 · answer #3 · answered by freedom first 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
the Dow has not doubled in the last 5 years..
but incomes have risen..and most things adjusted to inflation are better than ever..
Debt being high is a personal decision..that's what a free market economy is all about..too many people regard what economic conditions are by looking at the gas pump..the grocery store...and the price of a beer at the bar..
these whiner liberals should face the truth..higher prices..and a bigger pie..economy wise..means more tax revenues..less debt..more capital for the gov't to waste on them.
2007-07-17 08:59:45 · answer #4 · answered by UMD Terps 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know no Pres that can force people to get off their butts and look for work.
The only person I see with the stuff to be a good president isn't even a politician.
His name is Colin Powell.
I would follow that man anywhere.
The rest are desk jockey lawyers.
2007-07-17 08:58:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to go back and do a little more research, my friend. The unemployment rates look low because they have stopped counting people who have been unemployed for a long time. Rising incomes, yes, but only for the very rich. The poor are getting poorer and the middle class is stagnating. Good try.
2007-07-17 08:44:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
How about low federal budget deficit?
Oh wait a minute we had that with Clinton. Then Bush blew it all to hell.
2007-07-17 09:03:42 · answer #7 · answered by beren 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Would be nice if he wasnt using deficit spending to do it.....but hey, I guess decades of the GOP telling us it was fiscally responsible went down the tubes.
Guess if I maxed out my credit cards I could live pretty well for several yrs...the problem is someday you have to pay it back
2007-07-17 08:48:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
at what cost? by creating a war time economy? no thanks.
I'd rather have peace and the lives back of some 3500 troops.
Edit:
the war has more to do with the economy than the tax cuts do. and you didn't mention the tax cuts in your question.
2007-07-17 08:45:45 · answer #9 · answered by pip 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
No President provides those things!! They don't have that much power , they are not Kings!
2007-07-17 08:45:38 · answer #10 · answered by TyranusXX 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋