[Rhodes22-list] Politics

[Philip]

With a 4.4% unemployment rate, I would say the economy isn't doing bad.
Revenues to the Federal Government are up (in spite of the tax cuts) and
people are working.  Under Clinton the ephemeral Dot.coms made money without
hiring anyone and the unemployment rate stayed around 5.6%.  That is not a
bad unemployment rate either, but it isn't 4.4%.  The whole Haliburton
controversy is a shibboleth, a talking point.  At the time Haliburton was
selected for the contracts in Iraq they were the only ones capable of the
job.  That may have changed but I can't say.


Philip


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Philip,
Economically he failed by increasing the national debt to record levels.
Normally a war time economy is considered good, but there were so that
profited
(Haliburton comes to mind) that it didn't create jobs or fuel the economy.

Rummy
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