The Recovery is Dead

Townhall.com ^ | April 17, 2014 | John Ransom

[Vaduz]

Obama = 1929

[kearnyirish2]

“This “recovery” never was. Honestly, I don’t believe there has been any ‘real’ economic growth since the early to mid-90s.”

I won’t even continue a conversation with someone who maintains there is a recovery; it tells me everything I need to know about their politics, and we will never see eye to eye.

[citizen]

That’s a nice tip, thanks. I would imagine there are corresponding overland freight indices as well.

[sarge83]

It’s dead Jim and there’s nothing I can do about it!

[zeestephen]

Re: “A better way would be for companies to buy other companies.”

Or, they could distribute idle cash to their shareholders as a one time dividend.

Then, shareholders could decide if they wanted to invest that money in other companies, or, shareholders could spend the dividend as they please.

[houeto]

Hamburger meat is $5/Lb., and pork and chicken are going up almost as fast, devastating grocery budgets for families across the fruited plain.

Buddy of mine went to the grocery store a couple days ago and picked up 3# of ground chuck. $17 and change.