While the NYT did publish this graph, the two sources of the data are quite
credible. If the source were Fox News I would still ask the same question.

"Ben Siders" wrote in message
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On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 13:00:24 -0500, todd wrote:

"joe" wrote in message
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simply view this graphic and tell me why

http://graphics7.nytimes.com/images/...3JOBSch450.gif


You can't trust anything from the New York Times as being a "fact."
They've made it clear that practicing racism is more important than the
integrity of their journalism.

Why do people support this president? I don't know. I support some of
what he does, and oppose some. I support lowering taxes, I support the
elimination of the marriage penalty, I suppose tax credits, I support more
breaks for businesses, less government involvement and taxation of the
economy, and more freedom and liberty for people to improve themselves and
for entrepreneurship and personal initiative. I believe many of the
President's domestic policies encourage the things that I believe are good
for America and good for our economy and people.

I oppose him on various things that I think are going to neutralize or
stunt the economic growth of the nation.

People who attribute a successful and/or failing economy entirely to the
President simply don't understand basic economics. This isn't an attack
or an insult; most of don't have any real need day-in and day-out for it.
Economies, especially in capitalism, follow waves of expansion, recesion,
and sometimes depression. It's all but inevitable, although some things
will influence (wars, especially). When Bill Clinton took office, the
American economy was well out of recession and recovering grandly, but
there's a lag between economic indicators and people starting to get
jobs and raises. It also depends on where you live - economic
fluctuations are felt far less severely in the flyover parts of the
country than on the coasts.

Anyway. If you're quoting the NYT as evidence to back up your opinion of
the President, I suggest that you've already decided you don't like him
and are looking for good reasons to think so. That's fine, but understand
that the economy is about where it SHOULD be. The tech bubble was very
overinflated and the nation's economy was overvalued. The same thing
happened in the late 80's and it culminated with a big dive and there were
dire predictions of how close we came to another 1929. Obviously, we got
over that.

Look at our economic growth, especially in industry, since 1980, and
just shave off the tech spike and the nation's economic growth is still
incredible. Deficits? They're no larger as a percentage of the nation's
productivity than they've ever been. I'm afraid you're the victim of
media FUD.