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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (50155)	7/1/2004 11:17:10 PM
From: denizen48	Respond to of 89467

This has been a leveraged buyout/privatizing of our nation. We'll all get a nice fat IOU with Reagan's face on it in return for our National Parks, Forests, Treasury, Reputation, & Democracy.

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (50155)	7/2/2004 4:05:40 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 89467

Hey, Jimbo...Don't worry too much about inflation coming. I don't see any signs. My homeowner's insurance was only up a slight 18% this year. Rat@mytonguemycheek.com

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (50155)	7/2/2004 10:10:46 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Sunny Side Down ________________ Why 1.4 million new jobs haven't ended the jobless recovery. By Daniel Gross Posted Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at 1:26 PM PT Since last fall, when the economy finally began adding payroll jobs consistently, the Bush administration has embraced the monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics release of the employment situation report as evidence that its economic policies are working. "Nationwide, the economy has posted steady job gains for each of the last nine months—creating more than 1.4 million new jobs since August," the White House crowed in early June, when news came that 248,000 payroll jobs were added in May. That figure, 1.4 million new jobs, has become the default answer given by administration officials when confronted with unpleasant economic questions. To the mystification of the Bush administration and its allies, the American people aren't particularly grateful for this bounty of new employment opportunities. For example, a recent Washington Post/ABC poll showed that Americans disapproved, by a 53-46 margin, of President Bush's economic stewardship. Here's one possible explanation for the disconnect between the administration's cheery rhetoric and the population's gloomy disposition: The labor market is nowhere near its late-1990s heyday—and it may still be deteriorating. <More>...http://slate.msn.com/id/2103111/