Floyd's econic growth stats*

[lander]

*in unemployment, that is

Bush inherited 4.0%, and has "economized" it to 6.2%. Well done.

1999 04 4.3
1999 05 4.2
1999 06 4.3
1999 07 4.3
1999 08 4.2
1999 09 4.2
1999 10 4.1
1999 11 4.1
1999 12 4.0
2000 01 4.0 <-- Bushie inherited
2000 02 4.1
2000 03 4.0
2000 04 3.8
2000 05 4.1
2000 06 4.0
2000 07 4.1
2000 08 4.1
2000 09 4.0
2000 10 3.9
2000 11 4.0
2000 12 3.9
2001 01 4.1
2001 02 4.2
2001 03 4.2
2001 04 4.4
2001 05 4.4
2001 06 4.6
2001 07 4.6
2001 08 4.9
2001 09 5.0
2001 10 5.4
2001 11 5.6
2001 12 5.8
2002 01 5.6
2002 02 5.6
2002 03 5.7
2002 04 5.9
2002 05 5.8
2002 06 5.8
2002 07 5.8
2002 08 5.8
2002 09 5.7
2002 10 5.8
2002 11 5.9
2002 12 6.0
2003 01 5.7
2003 02 5.8
2003 03 5.8
2003 04 6.0
2003 05 6.1
2003 06 6.4
2003 07 6.2 <-- Bushie now

 

[FloydGondolli]

Unbelievable, you don't even know when Bush took office. What an idiot.

Wanna bet that number is under 5.0 by next Summer, just in time for Bush's re-election?

"Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man." - The Dude, 1998

 

[jimbutorac]

Floyd,

So he took office in January, 2001. If you look it's basically the same unemployment rate as Janaury 2000 so the overall point is still valid - it's basically increased 2 % since W has been in office.

As far as it being under 5 % by summer, maybe but it ain't going back to the 4% he inherited, that I'll bet on.

 

[lander]

It's amazing how Floyd doesn't address facts. Instead, predictably, he points out that I put the stupid arrow next to the wrong date in haste. Then he says that it'll get a full point better by next year.

A full point better is still a full point worse than he inherited. That is a miserable accompishment, yet you boast about him "not failing quite as miserable *lately*.

 

[PatPatriot]

Lander maybe you should have lived through the Jimmy Carter years when it was about 10% and intrest rates were at 16%...and thats no shit.

Your own chart is off a year he actually took office in late jan. 2001,jobless market had already started a upward trend...there was a small glitch in the economy too,called 9/11,look at the jump in joblessnes the 1st month after 9/2001....Keep that chart going, because I noticed you don't have the figures for the las quarter...Id love to see those figures in 04/04.Because again you will be on the wrong side of history.

 

[JackDee]

i like the (non) logic of both patriot and floyd:

"unemployment might be soaring right now, so what, watch out boys, dubya will get it fixed, or at least lower it by 1% in a year or so."

let's try to apply this type of illogical thinking to other facets of life.

paying the rent:
landlord: you are constantly paying late, i ll kick you out.
tenant: yes, but in a year or so i ll start paying on time.
result - tenant evicted sleeping in a cardboard box.

banking:
banker: you need to be paying 4% interest on your loan, you only pay 2%.
client: i will pay 3.5% in a year.
result - fines collect, jail.

love life:
lover: you keep forgeting to call.
other lover: i will start remembering in a year.
result - don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.

oh it works, so nice, oh patriot and floyd you fvcking geniuses, you did it again, another masterplan, and another triumpth of logic and argumentation.

 

[JackDee]

but then like your leader and mentor dumbya would say, i should not "misundertimate" you.

 

[PatPatriot]

Hey JackDick.I'll TELL you like I told Lander 3 times...Jobs tend to lag behind other economic indicators during a recovery...Fxcko,like as always happened in the past give people back THEIR money and and it improves the economy,and the jobs will follow...by the way how did the "progressive" countries of Germany,France,Canada, and Greece's economy do over the last quarter???...How much money have they given in foreign aid???...Well tourism should at least improve in tour countries, and you can thank Bush for that because people will have some disposable income to drop in your countries.
Do yourself a favor and find a recovery program. Your dilusional "chicken little, sky is falling" paranoia, is making you a perfect canidate for "Moe Howard" Deans running mate.
7.2% growth is just killing you and Howard isn't it??...Socialism never works never has.

[This message was edited by Patriot on October 31, 2003 at 09:45 AM.]

 

[Igetp2s]

"I'll TELL you like I told Lander 3 times...Jobs tend to lag behind other economic indicators during a recovery..."

Save your breath. Some people just won't understand a concept no matter how many times you tell them. They see what they want to see, regardless of basic economics.

 

[Degenerate]

Biggest growth since 1984 or not, the fact of the matter is the debt situation in the country, be it personal, govt or business is HORRIFIC. I'm personally not very optimistic long term.