Politics: A new beginning

[Hank Chinaski]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,106482,00.html

The U.S. economy, propelled by tax cuts and low interest rates, roared ahead at an 8.2 percent annual rate in the third quarter, the best showing in nearly 20 years, while Americans' incomes and spending both showed healthy gains in November.



The government reports Tuesday on the gross domestic product (search), the country's broadest measure of economic health, and personal incomes and spending provided further evidence that the economy was convincingly shaking off a prolonged period of lethargy and beginning to fire on all cylinders.