Comments on: The State of the Union 2007 http://northshorejournal.org/the-state-of-the-union-2007 An on-line magazine supporting the Ninth Amendment Fri, 25 May 2012 21:30:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tully http://northshorejournal.org/the-state-of-the-union-2007/comment-page-1#comment-2745 Tully Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:05:48 +0000 http://northshorejournal.org/?p=3503#comment-2745 Poverty figures are a moving target. No, they don't mean the same thing from year to year or decade to decade. Federal debt is likewise a misleading figure, as much of that is the SS/Medicare trust funds, money the government owes to itself, an accounting fiction. External debt is the relevant number. Poverty figures are a moving target. No, they don’t mean the same thing from year to year or decade to decade. Federal debt is likewise a misleading figure, as much of that is the SS/Medicare trust funds, money the government owes to itself, an accounting fiction. External debt is the relevant number.

]]> By: anon http://northshorejournal.org/the-state-of-the-union-2007/comment-page-1#comment-2737 anon Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:09:00 +0000 http://northshorejournal.org/?p=3503#comment-2737 The inflation rate under our current President is the most troubling number. It is not surprising however, with the Federal Government spending $1,000,000,000 each day that it doesn't have. Lots of that went into vastly inflated home prices. While that market failing, it'll be the middle class that takes all the damage. Yet again. The inflation rate under our current President is the most troubling
number. It is not surprising however, with the Federal Government
spending $1,000,000,000 each day that it doesn’t have. Lots of
that went into vastly inflated home prices. While that market
failing, it’ll be the middle class that takes all the damage.

Yet again.

]]> By: submandave http://northshorejournal.org/the-state-of-the-union-2007/comment-page-1#comment-2736 submandave Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:05:11 +0000 http://northshorejournal.org/?p=3503#comment-2736 That teh poverty statistics come from the same source does not necessarilly mean it is the same definition. For example, does poverty in 2007 = poverty in 1987 x inflation? Or is it based upon real buying power? Or is it a moving scale? Not attacking the work, but I have little confidence in any government agency maintaining a consistent definition of so volitile a term. That teh poverty statistics come from the same source does not necessarilly mean it is the same definition. For example, does poverty in 2007 = poverty in 1987 x inflation? Or is it based upon real buying power? Or is it a moving scale? Not attacking the work, but I have little confidence in any government agency maintaining a consistent definition of so volitile a term.

]]> By: Billy Oblivion http://northshorejournal.org/the-state-of-the-union-2007/comment-page-1#comment-2733 Billy Oblivion Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:26:04 +0000 http://northshorejournal.org/?p=3503#comment-2733 Are you using the same definition of poverty in all three years? <strong>[EDITOR: Yes, from the Census report on Poverty in America.]</strong> Are you using the same definition of poverty in all three years?

[EDITOR: Yes, from the Census report on Poverty in America.]

]]> By: Daily Pundit » Check This One Out http://northshorejournal.org/the-state-of-the-union-2007/comment-page-1#comment-2732 Daily Pundit » Check This One Out Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:29:41 +0000 http://northshorejournal.org/?p=3503#comment-2732 [...] comparison of the state of the union at the same time in three different administrations: Reagan, Clinton, and G W Bush. These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] comparison of the state of the union at the same time in three different administrations: Reagan, Clinton, and G W Bush. These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

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