[arete]

A robust ecomony means full employment.

We are in the middle of a geosynchronous slowdown in economic activity. Both Japan and Germany could soon slip into severe recessions with France, the UK, Canada, Mexico, and Asia not far behind. Even China is suffering from banking problems and a lack of domestic demand coupled with high unemployment. Using the hot media word "robust" to describe anything economic today just doesn't apply.

Richard W.

[BushCountry]

Didn't say we had a robust ecomony, just that if we had one, unemployment would not be a problem. Also, that trade barriers would not create a robust ecomony.