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Continue to collapse? See, this is what I'm talking about. Talk
about only looking at only the negatives. The unemployment rate is at
4.4%. That is well below the average of the past 40 years (6.0%), the
90's (5.8%), and below levels that are considered full employment.
Over the last 3 years, GDP has grown at a 3.5% rate, which is faster
than either the 80's or 90's. Inflation is under control and interest
rates are low. Real estate prices are at record levels, the Dow has
just made a new all time high, and more Americans own homes than ever
before.

If that's a continuing collapse, I want more of it!

Unemployment is down. If you ignore all the people who have
given up looking for work. And don't care that the new jobs are
very low wage. Productivity has peaked. I understand they had
to change the way they measure employment to get those
optomistic new figures.

Bob