Hi Simon -

If you are going to list the things that Bush inherited from Clinton,
don't you think the surplus should be in there? Your post also fails
to mention that the largest component of job 'gains' were in temporary
or retail services; not the kind of jobs America needs. It is not as
blunt as Reagan reclassifying all armed forces personnel to employed
and gaining a percentage point or two overnight; but to trumpet this
type of increased employment as any type of a turnaround is either
ignorance or deception.

CM