Bush Report Declares Economy Recovering

[rodbarnett]

Feb 9, 11:24 AM (ET)

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER


WASHINGTON (AP) - Declaring that "America's economy is strong and getting stronger," President Bush told Congress Monday in his annual economic report that last year's tax cut was doing the job in reviving business growth.

This year's 412-page "Economic Report of the President," is considerably more upbeat than Bush's report a year ago, issued at time when the country was still mired in a lackluster recovery with the unemployment rate continuing to rise.

In the new report, written as a strong defense of Bush's economic stewardship, the president says that the country has been able to overcome a series of shocks starting with the bursting of the stock market bubble in early 2000 followed by the first recession in a decade, the terrorist attacks, two wars and corporate accounting scandals.

"Americans have responded to each challenge and now we have the results: renewed confidence, strong growth, new jobs and a mounting prosperity that will reach every corner of America," Bush wrote in the message transmitting the report to Congress.

The release of Bush's economic report, prepared by the president's


http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040209/D80JR8H00.html

[raifield]

1. Yeah, I agree

We're all becoming "self-employed" :eyes:

[rodbarnett]

2. White House: 2.6 Million New Jobs in '04

Feb 9, 9:26 AM (ET)

By Tim Ahmann
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy should shed its jobless label this year with the creation of about 2.6 million new positions, the White House forecast on Monday.

If realized, the jobs turnaround could help President Bush's re-election prospects. Bush has faced withering fire from Democrats over the lack of new jobs.

http://news.myway.com/politics/article/id/81497|politics|02-09-2004::09:31|reuters.html

[Voice_of_Europe]

6. Declare...?

Out with you devil!!
Recover, Economy!! Recover!!

[sallyseven]

8. Jobs increase will not

give bush a boost. The deficit will be very high and people do not like that. Only good jobs will help. His buddies in industry are out sourcing so it won't happen. Kerry said they are Benedict Arnold's and they are. Our guys are overseas to help traitors.

[flamingyouth]

13. In India?

Sounds plausible to me.

[underpants]

14. I think they will start counting jobs from the immigration bill

IF it passes. They will IMHO try to pass the jobs people who register already have as "new" jobs. I posted this on the thread about the article you cited as well.

[htuttle]

3. His dad tried this too

Turns out, however, that no matter how many times you tell a hungry person that they are full, they are still hungry.

"A hungry mob is an angry mob..."

[grannylib]

4. Yeah, we've got a recovery and growth and new jobs like

Annthrax Coulter has a conscience...

Total complete myth.

[truthisfreedom]

5. this used to be called "talking up the economy"

back when we had a real president.

[lovedems]

7. Strong growth? New jobs? Mounting prosperity (for who)?

??????????

Are these idiots serious?

[JPace]

9. The governments count the unemployed as new

self employed entrepreneurs when they
start selling their belongings to but
food.

[UpInArms]

10. oh how in the world

did the Onion writers get their stories published in mainstream libral media so much today?

[llmart]

11. This guy is just like his father..

He just doesn't get it. No matter how many times they try to push this propaganda down our throats, the real Americans out here in the real world aren't buying it (we're not buying much of anything because we don't have the money or jobs, you idiot son of an idiot father).

[Laughing Mirror]

12. Recovering, but for whom?

renewed confidence (between my buddies and me)
strong growth (in our pocketbooks and bank accounts and national debt)
new jobs (with Bechtel and Halliburton building our war machines)
a mounting prosperity (I sing it again, between my buddies and me)
that will reach (my buddies and me who are buying up) every corner of America

[Moderator]

15. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=354132&mesg_id=354132