Reply #41: If you recall, the economy was a non-issue in the 2000 campaign [View All]

[JackS124]

because it was so strong. It was only after the fraud was appointed by the SCOTUS that our unelected pResident started talking down the economy as the basis for justifying his first tax cut, because a "stimulus" was needed. The more he trashed how well the economy was doing, the faster things fell, starting with the stock markets and then into employment.

I remember this all too well. By June 2001, the company I work for began a round of layoffs and announcing "right-sizing" that continues until today. The company I work for went from having 46,000 employees at the end of 2000 to a current workforce of 25,000 - a 46% reduction in staffing. Just today, more layoffs were announced as well as "outsourcing" certain activities to India and the Phillipines.

The building where I work had close to 4,000 employees during the Clinton years. We're down to 750 people thanks to these cheap labor 'pubbies.