clinton will be unleashing her claws

>>Steve, I think the Bush administration would be happy if people "pinned" the economy on them. Other than the brief recession immediately following 9/11, the country has been on an amazingly good economic run, which as we all know, will eventually go south for awhile before beginning its climb again. I am not sure at this point how much fault for the subprime mess can be put on the administration, but it's a problem that is going to haunt the next president.

There are certain sectors that have done very well - exports in particular (which make up a larger portion of the economy than housing). But the problems are that people actually feel the impacts on them. $3.00 gas (and off the chart utility bills); ridiculous insurance costs; lending crunch; inflation which is masked by statisitics (think of that half filled basket you get at the grocery for $100 these days - annecdotal, but real); college tuition is through the roof; health care isn't rising as fast as it was a few years ago per annum, but it's a fortune to have an insurance plan and then you pay deductables and ridiculous prescription costs on top of that (says he who just paid $182 for some poison ivy cream last week). I mean people feel it out here in the real world. I'm make a good salary and have a good job and am not behind on anything. I have almost no debt, but my standard of living continues to plunge. It's not like I pay that much attention to the media (as what Limbaugh always says when he's touting how great the economy actually is) telling me things are bad. I can see it. Hell, milk alone (Borden's 2%) is like $5.69 at Wal Mart. Was $1.29 a gallon milk really that long ago? :covri:

TPS