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To: Investor2 who wrote (15)	1/15/2009 3:09:49 PM
From: joefromspringfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3605

Investor2 Brinker is making one of his famous bizarre statements when he compares today's economy to Herbert Hoover. When Hoover left office the unemployment rate alone was around 24%. The misery index for 2008 is about half of what it was in 1980. Bob is clearly full of soup and this data proves it. 1948 11.49 Truman 1949 5.10 1950 6.30 1951 11.16 1952 5.32 1953 3.74 Eisenhower 1954 5.91 1955 4.09 1956 5.64 1957 7.64 1958 9.57 1959 6.46 1960 7.00 1961 7.76 Kennedy 1962 6.77 1963 6.88 Johnson 1964 6.44 1965 6.10 1966 6.80 1967 6.62 1968 7.83 1969 8.95 Nixon 1970 10.82 1971 10.25 1972 8.87 1973 11.02 1974 16.67 Ford 1975 17.68 1976 13.45 1977 13.55 Carter 1978 13.69 1979 17.07 1980 20.76 1981 17.97 Reagan 1982 15.87 1983 12.82 1984 11.81 1985 10.74 1986 8.91 1987 9.84 1988 9.57 1989 10.09 Bush, G.H.W. 1990 11.01 1991 11.10 1992 10.52 1993 9.87 Clinton 1994 8.71 1995 8.40 1996 8.34 1997 7.28 1998 6.05 1999 6.41 2000 7.35 2001 7.59 Bush, G.W. 2002 7.37 2003 8.26 2004 8.21 2005 8.48 2006 7.87 2007 7.46