Yeah, yeah, it's all a smoke screen, start stocking up on those canned goods for the fallout shelter. :) In the 90's we were told the economy was great but in reality that was based on 20 years of projected growth, which we all know never came about. Your analogy assumes the deficit is skyrocketing, but it's actually going down faster than projected. Not rosy but much better than it was.
On 8/24/05, Matthew Small wrote: > Um, hmmm, how to say this... > The economy right now is like that person who goes to the check-cashing > place on payday every week. That person is fine the first week because he's > now got almost twice as much money to spend. The second week he's got to > get enough money out to pay off the check fee from the first week. The > third he's got to get out enough to survive on because the first and second > are gone. It repeats itself every week, it's a trap and there's no real way > out of it other than starving for awhile. That's why everything looks ok at > the moment, but like Gruss said, the long-term indicators are pointing > south. > > Matthew Small > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Captivate from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=52 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171009 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
