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2010-12-22 Economy

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Posted by Fred 2010-12-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The only number I follow is the 84% of incumbents who ran & were re-elected last month.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-12-22 00:34|| 2010-12-22 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Two or three generations ago, 80%+ were extremely happy with about half the square footage of living space (which they far less frequently owned themselves), older vehicles (if they owned one at all) instead of the latest and greatest, about 10% of the toys (which were more often than not tools and not trinkets), having avocations outside of work (fishing, hunting, quilting, cooking, etc.) instead of having nothing but work and surveying your possessions to define one's life, and having to largely entertain themselves (you know, doing icky things like interacting with your neighbors and community).

Can't discount the political woes we face in the age of Obama, Reid, Pelosi, but a big chunk of "headed in the wrong direction" is from within. We've told ourselves we require what rich people had 60 years ago just to view ourselves as middle class. Stop that and a lot of the angst evaporates.

We can do it. On an economic level America is about opportunity, not outcomes. Get back to that, and reconnect with the main stuff America is about like liberty, and even in these hard times people can be happy.

The reason for the season, like the reason for America, isn't money and stuff. To the Christian 'burgers, have a Merry Christmas. To the others, enjoy the season.

Posted by no mo uro 2010-12-22 05:53|| 2010-12-22 05:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Close to half are unhappy because it's too liberal and close to half are unhappy because it's too conservative.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-12-22 10:48|| 2010-12-22 10:48|| Front Page Top

#4 half of us are mad because we are paying for the other half and see that the system punishes too much effort and success and rewards breathing and minority status. The others are unhappy because they don't get more....

Posted by NoMoreBS 2010-12-22 13:50|| 2010-12-22 13:50|| Front Page Top

#5 "17 percent of those surveyed said they were optimistic about the future and happy with the way things were going."

Are they stoned or stupid?

Or both? :-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-12-22 15:35|| 2010-12-22 15:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Public employees, Mrs Skolaut.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-12-22 16:54|| 2010-12-22 16:54|| Front Page Top

#7 17% strangely coincides with the percentage of the country that shares the current President's race.

Coincidence? His approval rating with African Americans is still over 90% I think.

Posted by bigjim-CA 2010-12-22 18:09|| 2010-12-22 18:09|| Front Page Top

#8 More like the percentage on Federal assistance. The African-American population is 12%, more or less.

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2010-12-22 18:23|| 2010-12-22 18:23|| Front Page Top

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