You're right about the relationship between unemployment figures and the GDP. I was simply giving current figures. Let's see... more bad numbers... Personal income went up .02 percent. Wicked corporate American had 80 plus billion in profits in the 2nd qtr... bad, bad, bad!

Unemployment figures also drop when unemployed people get frustrated and STOP looking for jobs which is a lot of what we have been seeing. They are still unemployed, they just gave up looking so they are no longer included in the calculations.

Coming from one of the states at the top in unemployment, we have a LONG way to go.

And the stock market isn't anywhere NEAR where it was a couple of years ago. It's not even close to the highs in the 10K's that we've seen it hit.

Oooooohhhh........ 0.02% increase in personal income. Not even enough to buy a new cd.

You realize you guys really don't understand any economics right? Some of you say some really bizarre shiznit.

-Rudey
--Everyone needs to know I'm ridiculously smart.

please, enlighten us.

Kitso
KS 361 times no seriously, who's talkin out their ass? I'm a coach.

I'm also employed - in fact, just got home from work. Not to mention i'm also rich :)

uh, no?

let's stop lauding presidents for economic growth, period, there's no foundation for it.

except for my keynesian brother, Ron dot reagan, he can stay.

Not allowed dude, you lose five points.


I agree with rudey and people saying weird shizzle.
But I can't give you any points this time.

HAHA! We already had that email, I'm in a class called "Politics of the Internet" so naturally our good friend Al came up. And I'm way cuter than Hillary, tyvm.

Provide a link. Where do those numbers come from? Also, anybody who's had Econ knows that unemployment figures really aren't counted correctly. And that's according to my NRA member Republican party belonging professor, just so you don't call me a whiny liberal.

if the economy is "booming" why am I still broke :( ;)

I keep hearing rumors this is going to be a good holiday season for retailers, but everyone I know is doing secret santa because they are oh so broke like me.

Why would I call you a whiny liberal? Have you ever seen me call you or anyone else a whiny liberal? Are you a whiny liberal? You can find the figures on the Department of Labor site. Unemployment has started a downward trend. Will it continue? Who knows? Would you like to see it 4% range anytime soon? I would. An NRA member, Republican party belonging professor, what a rarity!

I didn't mean you, I meant someone who likes to call people whiny liberals approx. 361 times. And there are TONS of conservative professors at my school - they're the norm here. Then again, many professors here are also priests. There might be a correlation. ;)

ahem

I never said WHINY liberal.

I have been known to call people hippie liberals, tree-hugging liberals, bleeding-heart liberals, and my personal fave: left-wing, tree-hugging, commie, pinko, Barbra Striesand, bleeding heart liberals

Please get that right.

Kitso
KS 361 times more fun it is to name call when people don't understand what you're saying

LOL!

Yay for Democrats! Moderate and liberal ones! ;) :p