On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The President's plan has failed to bring down unemployment and restart > economic growth, and it has added an obscene amount of money to our > debt. Republicans see that failure as a demonstration of the > President's lack of competence in economic matters and his general > hostility to private enterprise. > Unemployment is the last shoe to drop, and the last to be propped back up. Everyone says they understand this, and yet, we get this stuff anyway...."Why hasn't unemployment come down? See, so and so and his policies are FAILING!" No. While his policies may or may not be failing, unemployment is not an accurate present-day barometer of such. Today's jobs, or the lack thereof, are more reflective of what did or did not happen one, two, or even 3 to 5 years ago. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322549 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm