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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (493472)	11/16/2003 10:33:34 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

108 Million Families to Get an Average $2,500 More in Tax Relief USA Today reported on Friday that taxpayers' refund checks will increase by 27% to an average $2,500 per family next year as a result of President Bush's tax relief. An estimated 108 million families will receive refunds next year. "The refunds will fatten bank accounts and, if spent, boost the economy because consumer spending accounts for 70% of U.S. economic activity. That will help ensure that the economic gains underway do not fizzle out, and it will ultimately benefit the 9 million Americans who are out of work," USA Today reports. "The biggest winners ... will be the approximately 10 million married couples with a combined income of $46,700 to $56,800. Those couples dropped from the 27% bracket to the 15% bracket." The President's Jobs and Growth tax relief is fueling the largest economic surge in nearly twenty years and has created nearly 300,000 jobs in the last three months. However, President Bush will not be satisfied until every American looking for work can find a job. He has outlined a six-point economic plan to build on the success of his Jobs and Growth agenda and to help our economy to create even more job opportunities for America's workers. georgewbush.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (493472)	11/17/2003 12:07:47 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769670

The Lockheed Martin Corporation, the big military contractor, has about 700 more workers in its fighter-jet factory in Marietta, just north of Atlanta, than it did at the start of the year. A Nissan plant in Canton, Miss., outside of Jackson, began making minivans, pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles in May and now employs about 4,000 people, with a typical starting hourly wage of $13 or $18. By next spring, the company expects the work force to exceed 5,000 people. Atlanta, as the region's transportation hub — the city where you have to make a stopover in order to get to heaven, according to an old joke — often benefits from nearby growth. The influx of people from other parts of the country has also helped. Their arrival has created jobs for construction workers, teachers, doctors and nurses, among others. At the same time, many foreign companies, drawn by Atlanta's airport and the South's relatively low salaries, have set up their American base here, according to Economy.com. Mark A. Kaiser, the chief executive of Cendian, which manages the shipment of chemicals, has noticed the economy's change in the number of people who say no to a job offer. Only about 5 percent of people whom Cendian tried to hire turned it down a year ago. Now, more than 30 percent do. In a strip mall north of the city, employees at a Randstad temporary-help agency say more executives ask them to look for workers who look like good candidates for permanent jobs eventually. The agency's clients, which include a manufacturer of doors and a distributor of tea, have also been hiring slightly more temporary workers than they were a few months ago. "The signals suggest this is much more than the little hiccups that we have had in the past," said William E. Carpenter, a Randstad vice president who oversees the company's Atlanta offices. nytimes.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (493472)	11/17/2003 12:16:36 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769670

OS ANGELES, Nov. 16 — Arnold Schwarzenegger will be sworn in as California's governor on Monday after a whirlwind campaign followed by a six-week transition period in which he was largely invisible. So far, the public appears to approve of the way Mr. Schwarzenegger has conducted his transition. The anger that fed the recall of Mr. Davis seems to have abated, at least for the time being, said Mark Baldassare, director of research at the Public Policy Institute of California. A survey of 2,000 Californians conducted from Oct. 24 to Nov. 2 found that 47 percent approved of Mr. Schwarzenegger's stated plans and policies, while 25 percent disapproved and 28 percent said they did not know enough to judge. Republicans overwhelmingly approved of Mr. Schwarzenegger, while even a third of Democrats and self-described liberals had a positive view of the new governor. State residents remain pessimistic about the state's budget and economy. But the proportion of those who said they believed the state was headed down the wrong track has dropped from three out of four on Election Day in early October to roughly half. Mr. Baldassare credits Mr. Schwarzenegger, in part, for the improvement in the state's mood. "He has given the impression that he's going to be a very active governor and he's going to listen to a lot of different voices," Mr. Baldassare said. "From that standpoint, he has moved in a political direction which, according to our survey, has been impressive to a lot of Californians. That is what they are looking for."