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To: tsigprofit who wrote (7548)	3/5/2004 11:39:44 AM
From: Ron	Respond to of 20773

Could be that the pendulum is swinging through the American social classes again (yes, of course we DO have social classes) they are just not formalized like some countries. "NASCAR Dads" have probably been hurt as much as anyone by Bush. It will be interesting to see how many of them swing over to the other side this fall. Same with labor unions. They've been on the outs for years in this country with many saying "They served a purpose in the past, but we don't need them now." With the litany of corporate crime, over the last decade,(both against stock holders and employees) unions may once again be viewed as having a purpose. It will be interesting to watch.

To: tsigprofit who wrote (7548)	3/5/2004 11:46:55 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Bush is trying to spin the economy is fine despite bad job growth (like Iraq was a threat despite no WMD or terrorist ties). Kerry needs a new slogan for his stump speech - enough "bring it on", how about "It's about jobs, stupid!" repeated a few thousand times between now and November.

To: tsigprofit who wrote (7548)	3/5/2004 11:57:31 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

GDP is crap "Add pollution to the balance sheet and we appear to be doing even better. In fact, pollution shows up twice as a gain: once when the chemical factory, say, produces it as a by-product, and again when the nation spends billions of dollars to clean up the toxic Superfund site that results. Furthermore, the extra costs that come as a consequence of that environmental depletion and degradation--such as medical bills arising from dirty air--also show up as growth in the GDP. " theatlantic.com