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Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: Curval on July 31, 2003, 08:38:45 AM

Economy (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/dowjones/20030731/bs_dowjones/200307310846001111)

Good new for the US...and the world.

Consumer spending up by 3.3% and spending on durable goods, or items meant to last three years or longer, jumped by 22.6% after falling by 2% in the previous quarter. Spending on nondurable goods ticked up by 0.1%.

....I guess the tax cuts were a good idea.

Title: Re: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: Ripsnort on July 31, 2003, 08:59:46 AM

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Originally posted by Curval

....I guess the tax cuts were a good idea.

Hmm, not bad, the dubbing could have been wound alittle tighter...maybe too much glue on the thread end...other than that, not bad!

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: Saurdaukar on July 31, 2003, 09:42:49 AM

Shhh!!  Youll upset the Libs!!  :mad:

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: Toad on July 31, 2003, 10:09:43 AM

No, no, no... it's the end of the world! It's ALL over. We're DoooooOOOOOOooooooooOOOOOOOOm ed!

I'll somebody else come along here and explain it all to you though.

Title: Re: Re: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: Curval on July 31, 2003, 10:09:53 AM

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Hmm, not bad, the dubbing could have been wound alittle tighter...maybe too much glue on the thread end...other than that, not bad!

:)  I'm just testing my new tackle out.

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: Dead Man Flying on July 31, 2003, 10:21:34 AM

It's good to see that the America economy remains so strong that it continues to grow despite the horrible economic meddling by Republicans in the form of unnecessary tax cuts.  It succeeds in spite of, not because of!

-- Todd/Leviathn

(hope I have strong enough test line on this thing)

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: lord dolf vader on July 31, 2003, 11:35:21 AM

lies, damn lies and republican anmininistrations.


first quality of the data

 "However, the Commerce Department will revise second-quarter growth estimates two additional times and cautioned that Thursday's report is based on incomplete information."


then why its not really the economy


"Spending by the federal government jumped, with a rise in defense spending attributed to the war in Iraq. Federal spending rose by 25.1%, the largest amount since 1967. This more than offset a slight decline in spending by state and local governments. Defense spending spiked 44.1%, the largest amount since the Korean War. The increase in government spending added 1.4% to GDP for the second quarter."

and then the only part that really matters

"But the gains in business, government and consumer spending were tempered by a decline in net exports as imports rose and exports fell. Exports fell by 3.1% while imports gained 9.2%. A gain in imports subtracts from overall economic growth."


so it was 1.4% now it may be 2.4 (they arent shure) but 1.4 of the 2.4 is from the war spending (they are shure) so if its right and we dont have a perminent war it (the gdp this quarter) declined .4.


keep gloating fools. you add as well as shrub.

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: lord dolf vader on July 31, 2003, 03:40:47 PM

come on smart guys its the fool that cant spell.
 
all the usual suspects have chimed in what cat got you tounge?

its 6 on one just like you like it.

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: john9001 on July 31, 2003, 04:43:38 PM

Economy gets bad =booshs fault

Economy gets better= boosh had nuttn to do wid it.

maybe after gray davis is fired he can run for pres in 04, huh? what you think?

davis in 04, happy days are here again.......

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: lord dolf vader on July 31, 2003, 05:21:46 PM

grey davis started a illeagle war ? first i heard of it.

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: john9001 on July 31, 2003, 05:30:01 PM

could you define what a "illegal war " is?

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: Holden McGroin on July 31, 2003, 05:46:32 PM

Iraq war is a continuation of the Gulf War, it is just the second inning.

The cease fire agreement that stopped the shooting in the Gulf War had provisions put on the behavior of Iraq's government that were violated.  some of these provisions had to do with full cooperation with WMD inspectors. Note that it was a cease fire, not a treaty.

The violations were dealt with with 12 years of sanctions, no fly zones, cruise missle attacks, and finally invasion.  

Illegal just because the UN didn't sanction?

Then the only legal war has been the defense of South Korea.   The Korean war is still technically on, and a violation of the cease fire there could start the whole thing over again.

Illegal is not a critisizm that holds weight.

>edit: Sorry to post that in an economy thread.

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: lord dolf vader on July 31, 2003, 05:59:06 PM

nor is the argument that the sanction from the un was present. as they (the un)had specificly said it was not.


thus the argument does hold weight. not that it has anything to do with the thread


p.s. the economy is still in the dumpster conservative republicans are still liars and fools. bush is a conservative republican.


this thread is a testiment to that fact.


illeagle war my definition war not currently sanctioned by the un ( sorry if they ever said you could it dosent mean you can now)

or war with a declaration of war.


bush had neither ( but a big bunch of lies about wmd ect) really sad transparent lies you guys believe to this day. sad really


just in case you missed it

p.s. the economy is still in the dumpster conservative republicans are still liars and fools.

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: Sixpence on July 31, 2003, 06:29:02 PM

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Originally posted by john9001
Economy gets bad =booshs fault

Economy gets better= boosh had nuttn to do wid it.

Hmm, sounds familiar, although I think it was a different pres

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: midnight Target on July 31, 2003, 06:41:57 PM

All I know is.....

Its 4:40pm, our crew's been going since 5:00am, and we still won't be able to meet all our production goals for the month. Way more orders than we have time to fill.  :eek:

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: Holden McGroin on July 31, 2003, 07:01:04 PM

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Originally posted by lord dolf vader
nor is the argument that the sanction from the un was present. as they (the un)had specificly said it was not.
 

Who was it that was controlling the production of oil in Iraq for the past twelve years?  

I remember something about oil for food....

If the oil for food program was not a sanction I don't what you would consider one to be.

>Just realized that you were arguing something that I had not said. The sanctions were against Saddam's govt, which is what I argued, not for the action taken by US/UK this spring.

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: lord dolf vader on July 31, 2003, 09:47:34 PM

sorry i was unclear i ment sanction for military invasion of the country.

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: Toad on July 31, 2003, 10:12:08 PM

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Originally posted by midnight Target
All I know is.....

Its 4:40pm, our crew's been going since 5:00am, and we still won't be able to meet all our production goals for the month. Way more orders than we have time to fill.  :eek:

THAT, my friend, is the absolute LAST SIGN you get before the APOCALYPSE ITSELF!

It's over and we're all toast.


Note to Curval:

Suitably light tackle and an excellent presentation. You snagged the resident legend fish out of this hole, Old Grumpy himself. While OG is not a record book fish, the chip he carries on his shoulder will easily make the records, probably in the top 10 or so. So, congrats on a great catch.

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: Mini D on July 31, 2003, 10:15:50 PM

Wow towd... the only real response you had to curval's post was that bush started an illegal war?

Diversionary tactics are not your strong suit.

MiniD

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: john9001 on August 01, 2003, 02:09:54 AM

i don't think people should start work at 5 AM, we should be more like europe ,work 9AM to 11AM, loong lunch, nap,work 2PM to 5PM, and 6 weeks vac.

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: Harppa on August 01, 2003, 03:54:35 AM

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Originally posted by john9001
i don't think people should start work at 5 AM, we should be more like europe ,work 9AM to 11AM, loong lunch, nap,work 2PM to 5PM, and 6 weeks vac.

Hummm...

What country is that from ? I'll move there right away !!
;)

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: straffo on August 01, 2003, 04:01:03 AM

It's dreamland Harppa :)

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: GRUNHERZ on August 01, 2003, 04:03:21 AM

On top of it all you get to go on strike another 6 weeks of the year!  Thats why companies hate to have ffices in western europe, lots of them are moving east....

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: Sixpence on August 01, 2003, 06:03:24 AM

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Originally posted by john9001
i don't think people should start work at 5 AM, we should be more like europe ,work 9AM to 11AM, loong lunch, nap,work 2PM to 5PM, and 6 weeks vac.

I'm ok with that.

Title: US Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Post by: Scootter on August 01, 2003, 07:22:50 AM

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Originally posted by lord dolf vader
its the fool that cant spell.

one thing I agree with you on.