Economy Grows at Slower Pace Than Expected

[arlib]

More economic good news from the folks that brought you layoffs, downsizing, outsourcing, low-wage no benefit burger flipping jobs, etc.....

Quite a bit of spin in this article by the AP.:eyes:

<<<The 2.8 percent growth rate for the overall economy in the second quarter was the smallest gain since the first quarter of 2003, when the economy expanded at a 1.9 percent pace.>>>

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=716&e=5&u=/ap/20040827/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy

[NewJeffCT]

1. but, we're turning a corner

Turning it right back to a recession!

[johnfunk]

3. Yeah... that's the ticket... we're "Turning the corner"... just like...

... John Dillinger!

[shaolinmonkey]

2. Come on now, those burger flipping jobs are

now considered manufacturing jobs. And ketchup is a vegetable.

Which if you think about it, is ironic. How much money did Heinz make when Reagan declared ketchup a vegetable? How much did Theresa end up with because of this? I know she doesn't make money off of Heinz, but some of what she inherited from her late husband must've come from that lamentable policy decision.

I think I'm off-topic.

[Moderator]

4. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x780406