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To: KyrosL who wrote (83567)9/11/2008 7:15:28 AM
From: Stan J. Czernel  Respond to of 542596
 
Kyrosl:

The article may have a lot of anecdotes, but it also points out that the GDP has stayed positive the last couple of quarters largely because of rapidly rising exports versus imports...

Why should we be so happy about a rise in GDP? In and of itself, it says nothing about the quality of life: more police; more prisons; more grief councilors, all add to GDP - but are indications of a society in decline.