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		| Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop this Admininistration has taken a cynical strategy of doing things that will not help the economy particularly out of ulterior motives, and then hoping to claim vindication from the natural functioning of the business cycle.
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 And that would be different from the Clinton Administration (which claimed credit for the bubble) how?
At least you can point to something that the Bush admin did (i.e., cut taxes) to help along the business cycle.
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		| Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop edited to add: You still seem to be missing the point that, because of demographic realities, adding 60,000 jobs in a month is not a net gain.
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  But has the unemployment rate risen or fallen?  [This is a real question.  I haven't been following it closely.]