[Naspino]

In 1997 the median white male had taken somewhere around a $4,000 drop in adjusted inceome from 1973

Adjusted for inflation I presume. :-) You are most likely right -- but that arguement wouldn't hold water with voters.

[RLK]

Adjuste for inflation, correct. It won't appeal to the voters if you don't tell them what is happening, but instead attempt to take credit for something that doesn't exist. If we want to appeal to voters instead of driving them off, we must stop engaging in fantasy island politics.