oh, what I meant to say was.........FUCKUMOTHAFUCKA

Hiring credits, public spending projects continued, 5.6 growth in GDP... we're going fine.

I got odds that growth is under 2% for 1st quarter 2010. Everyone dumped inventory at the end of '09 to try to ease the cash pain of a bad year, falsely inflating the GDP. But you can hide under that stat for about 80 more days.

We'll see, seeing how in the Administration's words the focus this year is job growth and the economy. There should be some bipartisan legislation on that in the not too distant future along with a loosening of credit markets with government spending pulling banks back into the markets.

Believe me man, I hope you're right. I just don't see how taxing the people who invest in this country, who's money is already tighter than ever, will help stimulate job growth. Unless of course it's all short term local government job contracts. In that case the current administration is only looking out for their own statistical well-being. Either way, tax & spend is back in full force.

Oregon just got hit real hard on employment. Check out measures 66 and 67.

I thought it was more just not reauthorizing the Bush tax cut for those making greater than 250k? Not really new taxes, just going back to how we were 6 years ago.

And the GDP growth is artificially high right now. I've got relatives in the comodity fields and they were not buying anything and selling all reserves till they were basically empty and had to restock. The growth right now is slight, but 5-6% is too high. I work at a job that lets me see a lot of how residential and non-residential development is going and while it's picking up a little, its a very little. We still have a long way to get out of the mess we're in but I'd rather see the tax breaks that were given out under the previous administration repealed and keep our debt from spiralling out of control.

Thraxle you're a faggot.

suck my nuts SEAKING