Leaving aside the "politics"...
 

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
...on Iraq...

How bad or good for the United States as a nation would it be if Iraq
devolved into a much larger scale, ongoing civil war that resulted in the
dividing of that country into Sunni and Sh'ite sectors?

Great news for pharmaceutical companies, since they're the major sponsors of
the 6:30 news.

Leaving aside the "politics"...
 

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
..

.....it'll be great for business in the US, because we can supply both
sides with weapons of mass destruction.

Jeez, Harry, I almost got sucked in. I was about to post a serious reply
to your original post, when I read this comment and realized [once again]
that you have no interest in serious discussion.

Leaving aside the "politics"...
 

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
. ..
John Gaquin wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
.
.....it'll be great for business in the US, because we can supply both
sides with weapons of mass destruction.

Jeez, Harry, I almost got sucked in. I was about to post a serious
reply to your original post, when I read this comment and realized [once
again] that you have no interest in serious discussion.

You want something serious? He

Fastest Decline in Real Wages on Record
Inflation Up; Wages Down
By JARED BERNSTEIN

Employers' wage costs grew 2.3% over the past year, the slowest growth
rate on record, according to today's report from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.

The number listed in the first sentence of this article are
incorrect...which makes me wonder about the accuracy of the rest of the
article.

Wages and Salaries increased 2.6%...which is 0.2 points higher than the 2004
increase of 2.4% ...and exactly the same number that employment costs
increased in 1997 (Clinton's fifth year in office).

Benefit costs increased 4.5%

And total compensation increased 3.1%.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf

http://www.bls.gov/web/echistry.pdf


So now I have to ask...
Who is Jared Bernstein, what's his agenda, and most importantly, who does he
write for?


Mr. Bernstein writes for the Economic Institute policy.

From their website:
When was EPI established, and why?
EPI was established in 1986 to broaden the discussion about economic policy
to include the INTERESTS OF LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME WORKERS. Today, with
global competition expanding, wage inequality rising, and the methods and
nature of work changing in fundamental ways, it is as crucial as ever that
people who work for a living have a voice in the economic debate.

Who founded EPI?
EPI was founded by a group of economic policy experts that includes Jeff
Faux, EPI's first president; economist Barry Bluestone of Northeastern
University; Robert Kuttner, columnist for Business Week and Newsweek and
editor of The American Prospect; Ray Marshall, former U.S. secretary of
labor and professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of
Texas-Austin; ROBERT REICH, FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF LABOR (UNDER PRESIDENT
CLINTON) and professor at Brandeis University;


So Harry is passing along partisan information from Robert Reich's socialist
think-tank. What's that saying he always uses? "How delicious!"

Leaving aside the "politics"...
 

"NOYB" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
. ..
John Gaquin wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
.
.....it'll be great for business in the US, because we can supply both
sides with weapons of mass destruction.

Jeez, Harry, I almost got sucked in. I was about to post a serious
reply to your original post, when I read this comment and realized [once
again] that you have no interest in serious discussion.

You want something serious? He

Fastest Decline in Real Wages on Record
Inflation Up; Wages Down
By JARED BERNSTEIN

Employers' wage costs grew 2.3% over the past year, the slowest growth
rate on record, according to today's report from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.

The number listed in the first sentence of this article are
incorrect...which makes me wonder about the accuracy of the rest of the
article.

Wages and Salaries increased 2.6%...which is 0.2 points higher than the
2004 increase of 2.4% ...and exactly the same number that employment costs
increased in 1997 (Clinton's fifth year in office).

Benefit costs increased 4.5%

And total compensation increased 3.1%.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf

http://www.bls.gov/web/echistry.pdf


So now I have to ask...
Who is Jared Bernstein, what's his agenda, and most importantly, who does
he write for?


Mr. Bernstein writes for the Economic Institute policy.

From their website:
When was EPI established, and why?
EPI was established in 1986 to broaden the discussion about economic
policy to include the INTERESTS OF LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME WORKERS. Today,
with global competition expanding, wage inequality rising, and the methods
and nature of work changing in fundamental ways, it is as crucial as ever
that people who work for a living have a voice in the economic debate.

Who founded EPI?
EPI was founded by a group of economic policy experts that includes Jeff
Faux, EPI's first president; economist Barry Bluestone of Northeastern
University; Robert Kuttner, columnist for Business Week and Newsweek and
editor of The American Prospect; Ray Marshall, former U.S. secretary of
labor and professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of
Texas-Austin; ROBERT REICH, FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF LABOR (UNDER
PRESIDENT CLINTON) and professor at Brandeis University;


So Harry is passing along partisan information from Robert Reich's
socialist think-tank. What's that saying he always uses? "How
delicious!"





You did your homework on this one NOYB.

Robert Reich.............I wonder which munchkin he played in the Wizard of
Oz.