> Sam wrote: > How come you still think the economy is a failure when everything is > good?
As I've said many times, I'm surprised the short term numbers are as good as they are, but here's the deal: While all of the normal economic indicators look good, their comparative ratios look crazy. This indicates that the economy is definitely NOT normal; Mr. Greenspan has called it a "conundrum", in fact. So this is where the art comes in. You've got some people, such as yourself, who are looking at the standard indicators and saying everything is fine, and you've got others who looking at the comparative numbers and sensing something is wrong. (For example corporate cash) For sure we know we're deep in debt and we've got huge obligations coming up. How it's going to turn out, I don't know. But I'm an engineer by training so I don't like when things don't add up and I don't see things adding up. So, it comes down to how you view an unseasonably cool sunny day. Some say it's sunny so who cares, some say warmer days are ahead, and some say storms are coming. I say storms are coming. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170993 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
