Originally Posted by Nightshade

Didn't see the addition to the post.

What is being done now as I see it is the added cost of the war and the billions going to it (87 billion+ last I heard). It is being added to our national debt bill and it adds to the destabilization of the dollar. Not gonna get into the whole war thing because you know how I stand there and there is no point rehashing that argument again.


I read a report the other day that had a nice little write up on how the average median income has dropped by nearly $4500 annually over the last few years.

Now this is not a regional study or selected numbering but rather a national poll to document how the economy is really growing as opposed to perceived growth which is what many of us go by (hence the employment number fallacy).

Some areas are showing a growth in the average income and that is great, but those are areas and not the nation as a whole. The same thing happens with employment numbers as well. Your area may be seeing a 10% increase in employment numbers while in my area we are seeing a 1% decrease or simply a leveling of the numbers. When you look at national numbers it looks great...hey look 5.4% growth across the nation. Of course (just an example not actual numbers) New Mexico just faced a 15% decrease.