[Willie Green]

-The writer, a freshman majoring in political science, is a Hatchet columnist.

Political "science", along with Psychology and Sociology, has got to be one of the most dismally worthless majors offered by American Universities. If we are to survive as a nation, degrees in these fields should be banned.

BTW. this 18-year-old kid shouldn't be spouting off about the economy until after he's taken Econ 101 and a few other business related courses.

[js1138]

Economics and business courses are not necessary to speculate on the political effects of the stock market and job figures. Either they will continue improving next year or not. Even a slow recovery will help, if it is continuous.

I rather doubt if any democrats thought the Dow would be approaching 10,000 by Christmas. Or that jobs would start to recover.

I am personally aware that the new jobs are not the same as the old jobs, but a general recovery will eventually create the tech jobs that are currently down.