growth is natural, growth is to be expected, the population grows
that's why we need to add some 150,000 jobs per month just to stay even
a 3.2, considering what we're coming out of, is NOT good news
it's lower than analysts projected, for example
and housing, the pointy pin that particularly popped subprime, contracted TEN POINT NINE PERCENT in q1
we are looking at FOUR POINT FIVE MILLION more foreclosures in terrible '10
that's SIXTY PERCENT MORE than in awful '09
MORE THAN HALF who've received "assistance" from this addled administration have ALREADY re-defaulted
yet, we just do more of the same
commercial real estate is next, all know
fannie and fred are said by cbo to cost the taxpayer ultimately about FOUR HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS
fannie and fred are EXEMPT from dodd's reg reform package
fannie and fred in december were beneficiaries of a ROOFLESS reconstruction
once again, just more of the policies which got us here in the first place
that is, the FIXES to what BROKE us are NOT in place
service of our debt, MERE INTEREST ALONE, is to approach A TRILLION DOLLARS PER in just over 5 years, according to the ny times in november
the "undervalued" yuan, which bernanke bellyaches is a major contributor to our catastrophe, hu refuses to renegotiate
and obama is impotent when it comes to hu
at&t and the other megacorps are being forced to book an extra BILLION DOLLARS EACH for obamacare merely to remain in operation, not a single new hire
consumer confidence is near an all time low
our biggest and most expensive states are drastically underwater
obamacare places TWO HUNDRED BILLION dollars of burden on their already broken backs---completely UNFUNDED---in the form of medicaid expansion
public pensions are popping all over, what's that do to confidence?
personal income is down 3.2% since obama took over
uncertainty abounds, confronting every step of every employer, investor, consumer, in the hundreds of unanswered questions contained in the thousand unread pages of legislation pertaining to health care, cap and trade, reg reform...
the CONTAGION, the EXISTENTIAL THREAT, emanating from greece, spain, portugal and their eu environs is another major concern
a full EIGHTY SIX PERCENT of americans describe our economy as IN CRISIS
that's not spin, folks, it's trillions of ugly realities
sorry