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To: American Spirit who wrote (512976)	12/19/2003 11:58:52 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769668

Friday, December 19, 2003 WASHINGTON — Americans think the war in Iraq was the right decision by a 2-1 margin and are more inclined to approve of the job done by President Bush in foreign policy and terrorism following the capture of Saddam Hussein, an Associated Press poll found.

To: American Spirit who wrote (512976)	12/19/2003 12:26:33 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769668

but unless you create millions of jobs and new tax-payers with all that spending ... If we get over a million newly employed people in six months, will you admit the rebound is real and not just a "sugar high"?

To: American Spirit who wrote (512976)	12/19/2003 1:28:26 PM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769668

American, will you please describe better your post regarding lost jobs, my impression is on this thread that many ignore the real facts and are biased, not interested in facts. These are the historical employment numbers that I have available: 1985 = 115.4 million 1986 = 117.8 1987 = 119.8 1988 = 121.6 1989 = 123.8 1990 = 125.8 1991 = 126.3 1992 = 128.1 1993 = 129.2 1994 = 131.0 1995 = 132.3 1996 = 133.9 1997 = 136.3 1998 = 137.6 1999 = 139.3 2000 = 142.5 2001 = 143.7 2002 = 144.8 2003 = 146.9 (to August) As to permanent downsizing, that is untrue, and companies are rehiring or adding temp workers on a longer term basis right now waiting to become more secure that this cycle has indeed run its course. Massive debt spending + record deficits + war + millions of jobs lost does not a healthy economy make. In the short term you'll get a "sugar high" stimulus, but unless you create millions of jobs and new tax-payers with all that spending the government is sliding toward insolvency. If not for low interest rates this economy would be in terrible trouble. As it is, it's only going well at the top for the investor class. The corporations are starting to profit again but few of them are hiring. Down-sizing permanently.