Gould 0738 wrote:

The Latest Republican Zogby Poll Results......

...is meaningless. What people THINK about the economy means nothing.

Screwy statement, Dave.

No it's not. If you ask a bunch of er.... "minimally educated", people
what they think the state of the economy is, how is that relevant?
Unless you're Alan Greenspan or Lou Dobbs, or make your living in a
related field, your opinion is meaningless. I know very little about
boat brokering. What if I took a survey of my boating friends (Many of
whom have never used a broker) and 75% of them said that they felt
brokers were a big rip-off. What would it mean?



What people think about the economy will influence their behavior. People who
are uncertain about the future are less likely to
go into debt for a major purchase, hire employees, invest in a business, etc.

Ah! You have hit on a big point here. Perception is a big part of the
picture. When the media reports that the economy is crashing, the people
cease spending, and they exacerbate the problem. The reverse is also
true. I wonder why the left leaning (supporters of democrats) keep
floating the notion that the economy is not recovering? It couldn't be
that they WANT the economy to stay in the hole, so they have a bigger
political issue in 2004 could it? Nah.......



After 3 years of you guys on the right denying that there ever was a recession
(or if there was, it was certainly Clinton's fault), it's a hoot to see you
assembled into some impromptu barbershop quartet
after a few weks of better economic news singing "Happy Days are Here Again."

Read the numbers. The major economic indicators are showing growth. You
can either accept that, or pull a Harry and try to spin the numbers into
something that they're not.

Dave