Right now the interest rate is at 0%. That means there is nowhere else to go but up. The gains quoted in this blog are entirely statistical, which cannot last because they were created with utterly unsustainable policies.

Are you f-ing kidding me?

Cynthia, I typically do not agree with any of your opinions but come on, this one has got to take the cake. Did you really say that? Is this coming from the same person who blames everything on Bush because of the spending that occurred during his administration? Can you spell H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-E??? Why is spending by a Republican administration the next best thing to devil worship, but spending by a Democratic one has saved the country?

First of all, only a small fraction of the stimulus money has been spent, so you can’t attribute the recession being over because of that. Secondly, part of what has helped the recession end is CONSUMER SPENDING!!!!! If you get outside of your tortoise shell, consumer spending accounts for the majority of the economy; therefore, giving more of the money to consumers is what will help the economy, not the government spending more of OUR MONEY.

Surely you are not stupid enough to think that the way out of this is by the government spending more money. Please say it isn’t so.

By the way, history has shown that even when a recession has ended, unemployment doesn’t improve right away. Usually unemployment reduction is 6 months or more behind a recession ending.

If anyone says the second great depression is over, they’re lying. If they say they haven’t a job and are homeless, it’s they’re own fault for not having an IRA that was depression proof. Gee, why do these people whine?

Cyth has once again told us what we need to know. It’s up to us to fix the problem that she has pointed out. Next time you see a homeless person and it’s rained, splash him with your car. He’ll thank you for the free shower.

Look up on google obama, japanese and verb. Guess what you’ll find?

How about you give them all your money and let them spend it on other people. But wait, you wouldn’t go for that, would you? Would you live at the bare minimum to make sure others were ok? I HIGHLY doubt it!

One question Cynthia-where would this money you want to spend come from, considering the U.S. is broke and borrowing money!

No where did you mention the fact that because Obama and Democrats borrowed billions, our dollar now is losing value at the fastest rate it EVER has!

You also forgot to mention that CEO pay was just stripped by 90%, BUT, the CEO’s of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (both ex-democrat politicians) were allowed to keep their FULL BONUSES!! They received bailout funds too…oh, but they’re Democrats, so we gotta hook a brutha up!!

Yeah…Really smart there…

So we really do not and will not know how this thing worked. What we do know is this:
-Obama and Pelosi said if we cramed through the stimulus package on an emergency basis unemployment would be held to 8.8%. We are now at 9.8% and growing.
-2.7million jobs have been lost since the stimulus package was passed.
-only 40% of the stimulus money has been spent and some are clamoring for more. This includes Cynthia.
-The industralized countries who spent the least on stimulus are the first to show significant recovery. Those who spent the most [US and Great Britian] are experiencing the slowest recovery.
-California, who has had one of the more significant growth in jobs says this growth has cost over $500,000 per job in stimulus money.

Now I know Cynthia will declare this thing a success as long as Obama says it is, but for those of you who can think for yourself, look at the evidence.