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To: KLP who wrote (248447)	5/2/2008 12:11:58 AM
From: alanrs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

Like I said, there are fudge factors in the reported GDP. Doesn't take much of a change in the assumed inflation rate to turn a 0.6% GDP gain into a 4% loss. I have no way to crunch those numbers and determine which inflation rate is correct, but a simple Quicken report of the grocery bill for the past few years leads me to believe we've either gained a family member or the government numbers are incorrect. ARS

To: KLP who wrote (248447)	5/2/2008 12:48:29 AM
From: Whitebeard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

this is the reason the republicans are swimming upstream this year. The war and the economy. People are turning against free trade, even though they express it as opposition to NAFTA. Free health care is also a big one. I get this from middle-class friends. people are feeling the economic screws. Bush and Rove screwed the pooch and the party on this one. McCain is going to turn the knife in a different way. You're seeing the demo party split into left and far left. the repub has several more fissures. Bush feels more like an old-fashioned liberal to me with a streak of evangelical morality. the economic news is not good out there. i don't know why they passed that new bankruptcy law. it's like they knew the middle-class was going to be under attack and wanted to protect as many of the credit card companies as they could.