Reply #14: it's the truth, wake up, you people! [View All]

gdp IS up dramatically. of course, the over $500,000,000,00 that bush is pumping into the boardrooms has something to do with it.

the problem is that despite the fact that the nation is producing more in dollar terms, (a) the dollar is worth less, (b) the new growth is in non-productive sectors like war and iraqi rebuilding, and (c) the benefits of and increasing gdp are not widely distributed -- republican fat cats are quite richer, but the rest of us are none improved.

gdp is a single statistic, and is not always a good indicator of the health of the economy. so don't let republicans tout this statistic. instead, let's find some numbers on how the economy isn't delivering extra production to the middle class....