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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Welllllll, for starters, folks, I said to read it for a laugh.  Some of it's 
true and some isn't and some is just plain silly.

HOWEVER, the unemployment rates of Carter and Bush have to be compared 
*using the same method*!  Shortly after election, Dumbya changed how the 
numbers are calculated.  Our current unemployment rate is HIGHER than in the 
Carter years IF you use the same methods of calculating unemployment!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DSanner106 AT aol.com>


> Nothing like the Carter years. I remember that 13.5 percent inflation in
> Carters last year was 5.8 percent in his first,  compared to about 4 
> percent
> now, A 1.00 loaf of bread when he came into power was 1.52 just four 
> years
> later. we had unemployment in Michigan well over 20 percent compared to 8 
> percent
> now, and 7-8 percent nationwide compared to a little over 5 now.  Interest
> rates climbed above 20 percent, compared to about 6 percent now.Short 
> memory is > our biggest enemy.