To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (4332 ) 1/8/2003 11:41:02 AM From: Poet Read Replies (1) | Respond to Hi OMD,so much boilerplate (for lack of a better word), to slog through. He's no Tony Blair in the articulation department. :-)presumes a coalition that does not yet exist:We're also confronting the outlaw regime in Iraq that lives by violence and deception, and is arming to threaten the civilized world. The world's demands are clear: For the sake of peace, Saddam Hussein must disarm himself of all weapons of mass destruction, and prove that he has done so. Should he choose the other course, in the name of peace, the United States will lead a coalition of the willing to disarm the Iraqi regime of weapons of mass destruction and free the Iraqi people. We have no aggressive intent, no argument with the North Korean people. We're interested in peace on the Korean Peninsula So I will continue to press the Congress to make these tax cuts, including the end of the death tax, permanent. More Americans are buying and building houses -- a central part of the American Dream. The homeownership rate is now 68 percent, close to the highest ever. Low interest rates have allowed Americans to tap the rising value of their homes. In 2002, refinancings added more than $100 billion to American pocketbooks, money that helped renovate homes, or pay off debt, or cover tuition, or purchase other goods. The most important indicator of our economic strength is the growing skill and efficiency of the American worker. The productivity of American workers went up by 5.6 percent over the last four quarters for which we have data, the best increase since 1973. As productivity rises, so do wages, and our standard of living. Nationwide, incomes are rising faster than inflation.
