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Historic low unemployment, high home-ownership, 401K's soaring.

Boy, that sucks!

1 posted on 05/10/2006 8:43:37 AM PDT by MooseMan
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[Why does a good economy not feel that way?]

The MSM needs to realize that they are misleading the nation.

The MSM should have a long look in the mirror.


2 posted on 05/10/2006 8:46:06 AM PDT by JeffersonRepublic.com (There is no truth in the news, and no news in the truth.)
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Because the Liberal MSM won't report the good news? Imagine that.


3 posted on 05/10/2006 8:47:05 AM PDT by conservativecorner
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I don't know about these poll respondents we keep hearing about. In my case, I live in a small town full of closed down factories, 30% unemployment, and $2.80 per gallon gas. Aside from the high price of gasoline my personal situation is better than ever, but I can see why many people would say the economy is not good in areas like where I live.
4 posted on 05/10/2006 8:48:15 AM PDT by KoRn
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"Why does a good economy not feel that way?"

Maybe because that "a good economy" completely contradicts what we read everyday in the papers? Could that have something to do with it?

5 posted on 05/10/2006 8:48:16 AM PDT by cchandler
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Maybe it just doesn't feel good for the Journalism sector... given the drop in newspaper last two quarter...


6 posted on 05/10/2006 8:48:59 AM PDT by trashcanbred (Anti-social and anti-socialist)
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...fueled by the unpopular war in Iraq...

Well, it may be "unpopular" but it's gotta be done sometime in the course of human history...

...unless the Liberals, Democrats & Peace/Environmental activists actually wanna have a US-Islam war right her in the continental United States and/or be governed by Ayatollah & mullahs..

7 posted on 05/10/2006 8:49:59 AM PDT by ExcursionGuy84 ("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
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So why aren't Americans celebrating?

The intelligent ones are.

9 posted on 05/10/2006 8:56:22 AM PDT by Niteranger68 ("Only 4 out of 3 Democrats actually vote.")
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I think the answer is deeper than just the MSM midleading the public - which they are, certainly, but a lot of us are now savvy to being mislead, and that should take the sting out of the propoganda. Here's what I see: a lot of my colleagues are middle-aged people between 30 and 60. These are the prime earning years for most of us. Some of us spent time being broke or in poverty, and we save and spend our money wisely. We don't max out the credit cards and go deep into debt. On the other hand, I know people who are just buying things left and right and running their debt right up to their limit to pay off the bills - in other words, they're choosing to create their own financial problems. I know people earning $60,000 annually who have four times that in debt with homes, boats, trucks, new cars, and cards filled to the limit. No wonder that person feels like "it's not a good economy." That poor slob gets fired, or the price of gas moves up just a little, and they've got no room to adapt. Personal choice plays a role in all this. Just my two cents.


11 posted on 05/10/2006 9:02:02 AM PDT by redpoll (redpoll)
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Because when you take a poll outside a Neil Young concert those ar ethe numbers you are going to get. Perhaps they should try polling outside of a Nascar event I bet they would get more realist numbers


12 posted on 05/10/2006 9:02:11 AM PDT by ASH71
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It's like Rush says - history starts for most people the day they were born.

I was laughing when they talked about "rising interest rates". Most kids voting today don't remember gas lines and house mortgage rates of 18%.

My liberal sister is 10 years younger than me, and thinks Carter was wonderful. She doesn't remember these things. I do.


16 posted on 05/10/2006 9:28:49 AM PDT by I still care ("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
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