Michael Madigan <> wrote: >> From Newsmax.com > > Reason #1. The economy is kicking butt. It is robust, vibrant, strong > and growing. In the 36 months since the Bush tax cuts ended the > recession that began under President Clinton, the economy has > experienced astonishing growth. Over the first half of this year, our > economy grew at a strong 4.1 percent annual rate, faster than any > other major industrialized nation. > This strong economic activity has generated historic revenue growth > that has shrunk the deficit. A continued commitment to spending > restraint has also contributed to deficit reduction. Is this a measurement of the glut of dollars running to the OIL companies? Record profits for another quarter. Those are coming from somewhere like yours and my wallets.
> Reason #3. The Dow is hitting record highs. In the past few days, the > Dow climbed above 12,000 for the first time in the history of the > stock market, thus increasing the value of countless pension and > 401(k) that funds many Americans rely on for their retirement years. Investment bankers are getting rich again. > Reason #4. Wages have risen dramatically. According to the Washington > Post, demand for labor helped drive workers' average hourly wages, > not including those of most managers, up to $16.84 last month -- a 4 > percent increase from September 2005, the fastest wage growth in more > than five years. Nominal wage growth has been > 4.1 percent so far this year. This is better or comparable to its > 1990s peaks. Over the first half of 2006, employee compensation per > hour grew at a 6.3 percent annual rate adjusted for inflation. Real > after-tax income has risen a whopping 15 percent since January 2001. > Real after-tax income per person has risen by 9 percent since January > 2001. Your kidding? Companies are having a difficult time paying experience these days. The client I'm working for today pays 7.45 per hour for you to freeze your butt off in a cooler all day spooning chow onto a plate, or to stock a cart that gets onto an airplane. > Reason #5. Gas prices have plunged. According to the Associated > Press, the price of gasoline has fallen to its lowest level in more > than 10 months. The federal Energy Information Administration said > Monday that U.S. motorists paid $2.21 a gallon on average for regular > grade last week, a decrease of 1.8 cents from the previous week. Pump > prices are now 40 cents lower than a year ago and have plummeted by > more than 80 cents a gallon since the start of August. The previous > 2006 low for gasoline was set in the first week of January, when pump > prices averaged $2.238. In the week ending Dec. 5, 2005, prices > averaged $2.19. Today, gasoline can be found for less than $2 a > gallon in many parts of the country. Why did it plunge? We didn't fuck with IRAN. So it was our own stupid government screwing with the world that set the screws to all of us in the world. > Reason #8. The Prescription Drug Program is working. > Despite dire predictions that most seniors would refrain from signing > up to the new Medicare prescription benefits program, fully 75 > percent of all those on Medicare have enrolled, and the overwhelming > majority say they are happy with the program. And if you can't afford our OUTRAGEOUS prices we will get some pills for free, but to the rest of you the cost per pill is 8.50. To bad you need 4 a day for the rest of your life. > Reason #9. Bush has kept his promise of naming conservative judges. > He has named two conservative justices to the Supreme Court, Chief > Justice John G. > Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito. In addition, he has named > conservative justices who are devoted to the Constitution as it is > written and not as activist liberal judges think it means. The strong > likelihood that one or more justices will retire from the Supreme > Court makes it mandatory for the Republicans to hold the Senate and > have a chance to name new conservative justices. They allowed him to declare himself king sitting that whomever he feels is a terrorist can be held with out any respect to US laws. Good judge. > Reason #10. The deficit has been cut in half three years ahead of the > president's 2009 goal, with the 2006 fiscal year budget deficit down > to $248 billion. You are saying that needing to borrow 248 billion a year from China and other countries is a good thing? We should be proud of it? > The tax cuts have stimulated the economy and are working. Never has in multiple experiments and still not functioning. Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/496 - Release Date: 10/24/2006 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
