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2006-10-29 Home Front Economy
Robert Reich - 'The Economy Has Gone To Shit"
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Posted by Raj 2006-10-29 09:18|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Just look at how hard it is for former Clinton officials to get high-ranking government jobs!
Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford  2006-10-29 09:26|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/]  2006-10-29 09:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Here is another quote from him- "oompa loompa diddley do..."
Posted by JerseyMike 2006-10-29 09:31||   2006-10-29 09:31|| Front Page Top

#3 
Was he standing or sitting on a pile of phone books when he made that remark?
Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-10-29 10:44|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com]  2006-10-29 10:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Okay, I'll do it.
Khaaaaaaaaaaaaan!
Robert Bee Reiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiichuh.
Posted by Shipman 2006-10-29 11:07||   2006-10-29 11:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Does Nurse Ratchett know he's loose ?
Posted by wxjames 2006-10-29 11:27||   2006-10-29 11:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Inflation under 3%? Check
Interest rates steady and historially low? Check
Unemployment below 5%? Check
Job creation of over 6 million? Check
Home ownership up across the board? Check
Taxes down, takehome pay up? Check
Real Wages increasing? Check
GNP up? Check
Productivity up? Check
Wallstreet at multiple record high? Check

And ALL that while running a war? Check!

OK what Riech means by "shit" is that its an economy that's working as well or better than under Clinton, but is not being run by his political cronies.

Thats one of the big injustices of the modern mainstream biased press: that you have NOT seen that checklist brought up when talking about the economy.

Any decent respecter of fact would have bitchslapped Reich with the facts after such a stupid statement. ON the front page of all the US Newspapers, demonstrating how much a fool he is.

Its a shame our press has sold its role in being objective reporters of fact to the American Nation in favor of their lefty politics.

The press has abdicated thier responsibility - they should be thrown in jail for their treason and replaced by people willing to do the job with NO idealogical tilt.
Posted by OldSpook 2006-10-29 11:31||   2006-10-29 11:31|| Front Page Top

#7 OldSpook, you forgot one important variable: the newspaper industry is going to hell thanks to the competition from the web (and because no one believes the MSM anymore), so all the journalists naturally believe the entire economy is in the toilet. Easy mistake to make, no?
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2006-10-29 11:38||   2006-10-29 11:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Ain't Reich the one who tried (and failed) to get the Bush administration to intervene on behalf of Enron, and stretch out the suffering until a new batch of suckers was found?
Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2006-10-29 11:42||   2006-10-29 11:42|| Front Page Top

#9 Good point Steve. When one is standing in the unemployment line and no one will even talk to them, it is true that things have gone to shit. Why are the rest of us happy??
Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan  2006-10-29 11:45||   2006-10-29 11:45|| Front Page Top

#10 Inflation under 3%? Check
Interest rates steady and historically low? Check
Unemployment below 5%? Check
Job creation of over 6 million? Check
Home ownership up across the board? Check
Taxes down, take home pay up? Check
Real Wages increasing? Check
GNP up? Check
Productivity up? Check
Wall Street at multiple record high? Check
And ALL that while running a war? Check!

Of course he says the economy has gone to shit -- it's a socialist's worst nightmare!
Posted by Darrell 2006-10-29 11:56||   2006-10-29 11:56|| Front Page Top

#11 
Posted by DMFD 2006-10-29 14:33||   2006-10-29 14:33|| Front Page Top

#12 Nice graph, DMFD. Can you find one for the NY Times?
Posted by mrp 2006-10-29 14:45||   2006-10-29 14:45|| Front Page Top

#13 turn that one 180 degrees
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-10-29 15:15||   2006-10-29 15:15|| Front Page Top

#14 Yeah, I know - but the graph'd be just about as pretty as a Joan Blondell-in-the-bathtub pic.
Posted by mrp 2006-10-29 15:23||   2006-10-29 15:23|| Front Page Top

#15 steeper downward curves too... :-)
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-10-29 15:25||   2006-10-29 15:25|| Front Page Top

#16 I actually got to comment to Reich on a radio show, pointed out why we don't need national health care, his response to my email was Britain has improved in the last 1-1/2 years.....

OK, what about the other 40-odd????
Posted by anonymous2u 2006-10-29 15:28||   2006-10-29 15:28|| Front Page Top

#17 On the other hand,

I sold all my shares in a S&P index fund last month when it finally crawled back up to the level I bought in at, way back in January 2000. I thought I'd quit while I was even.
Posted by Croling Shineck2383 2006-10-29 16:07||   2006-10-29 16:07|| Front Page Top

#18 #12 - Here's one for the NY Times:
Posted by Croling Shineck2383 2006-10-29 16:08||   2006-10-29 16:08|| Front Page Top

#19 "Bill Keller? May I see you in my office?"
Posted by Pinch">Pinch  2006-10-29 16:15||   2006-10-29 16:15|| Front Page Top

#20 Thanks for the NYT graph, CS. The Los Angeles Times isn't doing so hot, either.
Posted by mrp 2006-10-29 17:50||   2006-10-29 17:50|| Front Page Top

#21 Tribune Co (LA Times, etc.)
Posted by DMFD 2006-10-29 19:04||   2006-10-29 19:04|| Front Page Top

#22 
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Posted by Shomogum Shineling8027 2006-10-29 19:58||   2006-10-29 19:58|| Front Page Top

#23 Hey Shomogum - laugh now, cry on Nov. 8th.
Posted by DMFD 2006-10-29 20:21||   2006-10-29 20:21|| Front Page Top

#24 "Your all a waste of US tax payer money"
1. I pay more taxes than average.
2. I wish your thinking was better than your spelling, but I doubt it is.
Posted by Darrell 2006-10-29 20:22||   2006-10-29 20:22|| Front Page Top

#25 
The troll is posting from the Dominican Republic. The Dominican-fucking-Republic. One step up from Haiti.

We may be in the minority, but a) I'm tired of you idiots, b)I have the power, and so, c) you're redacted.
Posted by Pappy 2006-10-29 20:36||   2006-10-29 20:36|| Front Page Top

#26 And thus Pappy demonstrates the empowerment of a minority.
Posted by Darrell 2006-10-29 20:40||   2006-10-29 20:40|| Front Page Top

#27 Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]
Posted by Shomogum Shineling8027 2006-10-29 19:58||   2006-10-29 19:58|| Front Page Top

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