Faltering economy ties war as top issue

[DrJohn]

According to an AP/Ipsos poll, released Friday, the faltering economy has tied the war in Iraq as the top issue in this campaign.

I know that some feel that the economy is getting better but apparently most Americans disagree.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22621994/

[red states rule]

What faltering economy?

[DrJohn]

What faltering economy?

It would appear that a majority of Americans see a recession coming.

Didn't the repubs discuss this in their debate???

[red states rule]

It would appear that a majority of Americans see a recession coming.

Didn't the repubs discuss this in their debate???

I have heard about that coming recession for the last 4 years

Here are the current economic stats

Real GDP grew at a strong 4.9 percent annual rate in the third quarter of 2007. The economy has now experienced six years of uninterrupted growth, averaging 2.8 percent a year since 2001.


Real after-tax per capita personal income has risen by 11.7 percent – an average of more than $3,550 per person – since President Bush took office.


Over the course of this Administration, productivity growth has averaged 2.6 percent per year. This growth is well above average productivity growth in the 1990s, 1980s, and 1970s.


The Federal budget deficit is down to 1.2 percent of GDP (in FY07), well below the 40-year average. Economic growth contributed to the highest tax revenues on record and a $250 billion drop in the deficit over the last three years.


U.S. exports in October 2007 were 13.7 percent higher than exports in October 2006.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/economy/

[DrJohn]

I have heard about that coming recession for the last 4 years

Here are the current economic stats

Real GDP grew at a strong 4.9 percent annual rate in the third quarter of 2007. The economy has now experienced six years of uninterrupted growth, averaging 2.8 percent a year since 2001.


Real after-tax per capita personal income has risen by 11.7 percent – an average of more than $3,550 per person – since President Bush took office.


Over the course of this Administration, productivity growth has averaged 2.6 percent per year. This growth is well above average productivity growth in the 1990s, 1980s, and 1970s.


The Federal budget deficit is down to 1.2 percent of GDP (in FY07), well below the 40-year average. Economic growth contributed to the highest tax revenues on record and a $250 billion drop in the deficit over the last three years.


U.S. exports in October 2007 were 13.7 percent higher than exports in October 2006.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/economy/

You should probably send that information to the republcan presidental candidates. I don't think that all of them got the memo.

[red states rule]

You should probably send that information to the republcan presidental candidates. I don't think that all of them got the memo.

The economic doom and gloomers have not been right on any of their forcasts. The US economy is in good shape despite the issues of high oil prices, and falling housing prices

Yet, the liberal media would have you believe we are days aways from another great depression

[DrJohn]

The economic doom and gloomers have not been right on any of their forcasts. The US economy is in good shape despite the issues of high oil prices, and falling housing prices

Yet, the liberal media would have you believe we are days aways from another great depression

So the repubs are forming their platforms based on info gleaned from the 'liberal' media?

Wow!

[red states rule]

So the repubs are forming their platforms based on info gleaned from the 'liberal' media?

Wow!

From waht I have seen Republicans wantmore tax cuts to fuel the US economy - while Dems want to raise taxes which would suck the fuel out of the economy

Where is the US ecoomy hurting"?

Inflation, and unemployment is low. Wages are rising, productivity continues to go up, and most economic indicators are going in the right direction

Interest rates are fallling

[red states rule]

It would appear that a majority of Americans see a recession coming.

Didn't the repubs discuss this in their debate???

It would seem Republican voters know what they want - more supply economics.

Which is the way to go if you want a strong economy



GOP Candidates Go Supply-Side
By Lawrence Kudlow

The New Hampshire primary may not have confirmed who's going to win the GOP nomination (or the Democratic nomination, for that matter). But it just may have told us where voting Republicans stand on the economy and supply-side policy.

Exit polls in New Hampshire reveal that the most important issue for Republican voters is the economy, at 31 percent, trailed by the war in Iraq, at 24 percent, illegal immigration, at 23 percent, and terrorism, at 18 percent.

Overall, 54 percent of New Hampshire voters said that reducing the budget deficit is the highest priority for the next president, while 44 percent believe in cutting taxes. And it's from here that an interesting split develops between Sen. John McCain and Gov. Mitt Romney. While McCain leads Romney 41 percent to 21 percent on the economy, McCain is the voters' deficit-cutter of choice, while Romney is the voters' tax-cutter of choice.

Of the deficit cutters, McCain boasted a 20 percent lead over Romney, 46 percent to 26 percent. Of the tax cutters, Romney led McCain by 10 points, 37 percent to 27 percent.

McCain, of course, voted against the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003, while Romney didn't support them as governor of Massachusetts. Noteworthy, however, is the fact that McCain favored the Reagan tax cuts in the 1980s, while Romney indicated a lack of support for the Reagan program during his unsuccessful 1994 Senate run against Ted Kennedy.

for the complete article

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/art...upplyside.html

[typomaniac]

What faltering economy?

Get a job.

(The board will be way better off, too!)

[April15]

I don't see any good economy! Maybe work is slow because I have a good imagination?

[LiberalNation]

If people see a recession that means there will prolly be one. A lot has to do with consumer confidence tho spending hasn't gone dowm much. The problem will be if all this spending is on credit, will the credit industry take a down turn like home buying. Anyway, that's my simplestic view gleened from talking heads on the news.

[Hugh Lincoln]

So the repubs are forming their platforms based on info gleaned from the 'liberal' media?

Yes, except Ron Paul. That's why they call him "crazy."

[red states rule]

I don't see any good economy! Maybe work is slow because I have a good imagination?

Trying taking off your liberal blinders. We do have a 95% employment rate despite all the doom and gloom from the left

[red states rule]

Get a job.

(The board will be way better off, too!)

Thanks for showing once again how little you contribute to any thread and all discussions