That’s what Bush is now “seeing”. Nothing like being late to the party.
17,000 jobs lost in January. Wow: The economy lost 17,000 jobs in January, the Labor Department reported on Friday, an unexpected decline that marks the most striking evidence yet that the United States may be slipping into a recession. But don’t let that bad news get you down. Exxon has set another record profit year: […]
Or “Bush’s Legacy”. The House Democrats have put out a chart comparing the economy between today and 1/20/01, when Bush took over. The entire chart is very interesting, but there is one section that really caught my eye. Look at those numbers and think about them (click the image to see the larger/full chart). Americans […]
In a new movie. This should be a very interesting movie. I am curious to see how they handle certain things like; My Pet Goat, Valerie Plame, Iraq, Katrina, the economy, etc. ,etc., etc.
Jim Cramer was on Hardball tonight talking about the economy and Bush’s big plan. To say he isn’t impressed with Bush’s plan would be an understatement. Like Cramer points out – how much do tax credits help? No one will see those for months, if that. The economy doesn’t have that long. Besides that the […]
Bush is calling for $145 billion economic stimulus package. President Bush on Friday called for about $145 billion worth of tax relief and other incentives to stimulate a sagging economy and fend off a possible recession. He said a growth package must include tax incentives for business investment and “direct and rapid†tax relief for […]
Interesting argument and mostly true, but wasn’t it McCain’s party that was responsible for most of that spending? John McCain blamed overspending by the federal government in part for the nation’s economic troubles as South Carolina voters Friday received the sobering news that the state unemployment rate had hit 6.6 percent, the largest one-month increase […]
Yesterday Matt Lauer asked Jim Cramer why he doesn’t lie to his viewers about the economy. Lauer exemplifies the state of today’s media with this very absurd statement. Instead of reporting the news, Lauer apparently thinks that reporters are to tell the people what they want (or what the media thinks they want) to hear. […]