Posted on 03/14/2004 2:12:01 PM PST by jmstein7
Thank you, FReepers!
Updated Campaign Ads are Ready for Download
We (naspino and I) want to thank all the FReepers who took the time to contribute their voices to the FReeper anti-Kerry ads. We REALLY appreciate it!
I think you will be amazed at the voice talent we have on FR.
Anyway, you can go HERE (or click the Kerry banner above) to take a look at the re-tooled ads (with YOUR voices).
Thank you all!!!
Of course, we look forward to your comments.
The gist of what I am thinking follows:
Have a man discussing the "fact" that under Klinton, the stock market rose to its highest peak ever and say something like "And look what happened when Bush came into office---See how the S&P-500 LOST a THIRD of its value and the Nasdaq LOST HALF of its value?"
Then have the woman say "Wait a minute, John, look at this (non-partisan) stock market chart (chart marked with a line marking as close to 01/21/2001 as possible). President Bush wasn't even in office until January, 2001---that's AFTER the Nasdaq had ALREADY LOST half its value! The chart doesn't lie!---The market and economy FELL BEFORE Klinton left office! The market and economy have TURNED AROUND and have been STEADILY REBOUNDING since President Bush and the Republicans took over!"
John could say "Hey, you're right, honey. The Nasdaq LOST HALF its value while Klinton was still President---BEFORE President Bush was even President. President Bush TURNED the market and economy around and now they ARE STEADILY REBOUNDING!!!
The woman says: "I'm voting for President Bush and Republicans THIS time!"
The man says: "I'm voting for President Bush and Republicans too!"
Thanks PEACH!
Despite the Democrat’s mantra that the economy is in trouble and that over 2.3 million jobs have disappeared, the truth is considerably different.
There are two primary measures of unemployment. The Department of Labor conducts a monthly Household Survey, which has always generated the official unemployment rate used by the government. This official survey shows 2.4 million jobs have been added to the work force between November ’02 and February ‘04. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) conducts its payroll survey by phoning businesses. It is unprecedented to use the BLS unemployment statistics when discussing America’s unemployment rate and yet this is where the Democrats are getting their 2.3 million lost jobs figure.
For example, had the unofficial BLS survey been used in the mid-90’s, we would have had a 12.8% unemployment rate using the same methodology. Instead, in 1996, the unemployment rate was 5.6%, the exact same rate as we have today.
The government began collecting unemployment data in 1939. Since that time, there has never been positive job growth two years after a recession ended. Never.
Other economic indicators are just as good:
-- The number of working Americans, 138.5 million, is a level never previously attained in our history.
-- The percentage of families living in poverty today averages 9.4%, a decrease of approximately 1.1% from the 90’s.
-- Home ownership is currently 68.6% which is an increase of 1.1% from the 90’s.
-- A manufacturing survey released in February showed US factories boomed at their highest level in 17 years. The Institute for Supply Management reported more and more factories were reporting hiring although it has not yet shown up in government employment statistics. Manufacturing makes up nearly one-fifth of the US economy.
-- The combined net worth of all US households is $44.4 trillion, the highest ever achieved.
-- Consumer prices (inflation) increased just 1.9% last year.
-- The stock market has advanced 45% in the last 12 months.
--The gross domestic product, the total goods and service produced in the US, increased in the 3rd quarter last year at an annual rate of 8.2% after inflation and 4.1% in the 4th quarter. Growth in the 90’s averaged a little better than 3% annually.
-- The wealthiest five percent of our population pays more than half the taxes, while people at the bottom half pay just 4% of all taxes in the country. Economists credit the recovering economy to the Bush tax cuts as opposed to what an increased regressive taxation on the nation’s wealthiest would have had on the economy.
-- The average wage of American workers is currently $15.40 vs. $11.80 during the 90’s.
Despite 9/11 and the over $500 billion it took out of our economy, it appears the economy is booming.
I will leave it to the reader to speculate why the media seems driven to repeat unchallenged the Democrat’s unemployment numbers and constant derision of the US economy.
Some good stuff there!
That needs to be broadcast on every network........but it won't be.
All the people on my e-mail list will get it, though!
The problem with the server seems to be fixed after dealing with the host for several hours.
Just in case I'll leave the manual links in.
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