Reply #13: Easiest boost for the economy... [View All]

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Consumer confidence. It plunged when Bush "took" office in January 2001. There was an overwhelming sense of pessimism when he got into office after losing the popular vote. The Consumer COnfidence Index has lagged terriby since then.. just when it starts to move up a bit.. it falls again.

Consumer Confidence drives the economy train. It's something so seemingly insignificant, yet it does more than any tax cut could. And.. it's nothing you can actually manipulate. Oh, the Bushies try to trot out positive economic news as a conerted push, and the CCI may move up a little bit.. but it plunges when reality meets press release.

When John Kerry is elected, the economy will improve. Consumer confidence will rise (as it did when Daddy Bush was voted out), because people associate Bush with a bad economy (and for good reason!), and Kerry is our fresh start. If Bush wins (by some means), it will plunge to the depths again, ESPECIALLY if he steals it.