[Moonman62]

I saw a chart on the net last week that shows “as reported GDP” vs “GDP minus M.E.W.”(mortgage equity withdrawal)for the years 96-06. If what it shows is truthful then folks, our economy has been in the tank since 2000. 01-02 negative growth and 02-06 about 1%/yr.

Now that sounds like the real Bush economy.

It seems to me that giving away our manufacturing economy, which adds value, to becoming a service economy of burger flippers, strippers, computer programmers, gamers, lawyers, mowers, real estate flippers and debtors that we have gone down the scuppers.

Services have market value just like goods.

[biff]

Market value? Well, I guess they do have a little bit.