[backhoe]

I've read other lucid & pungent letters from Mr. Zittin in the FTU- as usual, he nails it. This:

the economy began ratcheting down when Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan started increasing the interest rates and the Clinton White House started going after Microsoft

is dead-on. It was the start ( IMO ) of the "War on Business" by the government that started our slide into recession.

[JohnHuang2]

It was the start ( IMO ) of the "War on Business" by the government that started our slide into recession.

Absolutely right.