One simple reason we could do much better than expected in November

Stuart G

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Wed Apr-14-10 02:02 PM
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One simple reason we could do much better than expected in November

Edited on Wed Apr-14-10 02:08 PM by Stuart G

Any smart poker player holds back some chips for the big hand.

This summer is it. The big hand is in November
So my guess is that a lot of the stimulus money, for ready to do projects, was deliberately held back, for this summer and through October. That extra push with government spending may create enough jobs to jump start a "recovery" that will include lowering the unemployment rate significantly.
If most people feel that Obama and the Democrats have honestly tried and succeeded to improve the economy, we may see a lot better election results in November than are now predicted.

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Gman2

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Wed Apr-14-10 02:09 PM
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1. Predictions now are stupid. Wait till they have to come up with better solutions.

And all they have are tax cuts for the rich, lower capital gains, cut all social safety nets. War with Iran,pakistan, south america, china, russia.

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proud2BlibKansan

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Wed Apr-14-10 02:14 PM
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2. Just read this same comment on a local blog

Posted by a right winger who was telling the others on that board that Obama deliberately held back stimulus money to win in the fall elections. My reply: Hey, whatever it takes.

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Stuart G

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Wed Apr-14-10 02:17 PM
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3. Every President since Nixon,,including Nixon has done this..

Bush did it too.
Summer work projects that stimulate local economies.

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zipplewrath

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Wed Apr-14-10 02:23 PM
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4. Wrong timing

Right idea, but your timing is a tad off. The money pretty much has to be in the pipeline by now. Folks will need to be seeing it over the summer, not just reading about it. By the fall, if they haven't, their minds will be made up. Truth is, the reports we're seeing now of increase consumer buying, increased hours for those who are working, and slowing unemployment rates, are the kinds of things we'd already need to be seeing to have the kind of payoff in the fall you're looking for. Me thinks the congressional leaders and the White House were already thinking this way when they scheduled much of the spending.

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arcane1

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Wed Apr-14-10 02:44 PM
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5. Considering the UNPRECEDENTED amount of corporate $ spent this year..

on elections and commercials and ads, every little bit counts!

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