Comments on: Republican Recession Watch: There Go Those Jobs

By: C.S.Strowbridge

C.S.Strowbridge — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:30:24 +0000

“Vote Republican for Senate: your wallet depends on it!”

The only way this makes sense is if you are a leftist and are trying to make the Republican party look bad.

By: durablend

durablend — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:05:48 +0000

OK people…Bush came on teevee and acknlowedged that there “MAY” be a ’slowdown’, but those tax rebate checks plus some more tax cuts for his base will save the day.

WHOOHOO

By: ed

ed — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:03:40 +0000

What this economy needs is a regressive tax cut. Stat!

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:17:31 +0000

Farris is right.

Everyone remembers the non-stop recession that ran from 1955 until 1981 when the Democrats held the Senate for 25 straight years.

By: durablend

durablend — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:44:39 +0000

Aw come on SF everyone knows the real reason for the slowdown (not recession–nope, not in one, not going to happen) is because the “dims” refuse to make Bush’s tax cuts permanent and they haven’t sent that improved FISA bill to be signed.

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:32:23 +0000

Actually, recessions for the last 20 years or so have tracked pretty closely with which party held the Senate. The 90’s boom didn’t take off until 1995 when it finally stalled out … right around the time Jim Jeffords split. and it didn’t pick back up again until 2003.

Vote Republican for Senate: your wallet depends on it!

By: duros62

duros62 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:31:24 +0000

I have a solution…

Actually three. End the war, provide jobs AND fix the roads and bridges.

By: (: Tom :)

(: Tom :) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:14:54 +0000

Good thing we’ve got those small-gubmint Republican’ts in charge, so that we could see an increase in federal gubmint employees along with the decreases from the private sector.

I wonder how many of those 63K positions that were eliminated were corporate executive positions?

By: durablend

durablend — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:54:46 +0000

http://www.sail-world.com/australia/As-Economy-Slips,-Yacht-Sales-Skyrocket/42098

By: C.S.Strowbridge

C.S.Strowbridge — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:41:56 +0000

I have a solution…

Stop paying for Iraq and instead rebuild the infrastructure in the United States. There, you’ve solved two problems at once.

By: durablend

durablend — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:39:42 +0000

Tsk tsk tsk Oliver…always harping on the negatives. We haven’t been hit by republic…uh…terrists in close to 7 years and you’re worried about some insignificant people losing their jobs.

By: midderpidge

midderpidge — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:39:32 +0000

But how are those all important Yacht sales?

By: I'm a Hick

I'm a Hick — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:32:09 +0000

As the old joke goes, a recession is when your neighbor loses his job, and a depression is when you lose your job. A good friend just got downsized out of his job when his company was bought out, and I only have firm funding through July. I know we’re still better off than a lot of people, but still a pain.