Dave wrote:
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:17:24 -0800, "JG" said:


You mean like the tax cut improving productivity, when in fact the reverse
has happened?


Sorry, Jon, you're just plain wrong here, unless you propose to argue that
the increase in productivity over the last 4 years is the result of some
other factor than the tax cut. Those of us who read the financial press
rather than the liberals' propaganda sheets know that productivity has been
increasing.


You're right. You just can't trust the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

They don't publish very detailed numbers for recent years, but the
"output per hour" numbers show little increase (if any) in the last 4
years. Manufacturing may be slightly better than business, but this is
offset by the loss of manufacturing jobs.

http://www.bls.gov/lpc/home.htm

The specific promise of the tax cuts was an increase in quality jobs;
this simply has not happened. The primary affect of the tax cuts has
been to put more money in the pockets of the wealthiest 1%.