The US economy looking up

[cleveland45]

Quote from Ricter:

My company has hired a new engineer and a new draftsman in the past two weeks. I know some of you want the economy to continue poorly, for partisan reasons, and that's a sad reminder of the nasty side of humanity.

The US has been in worse shape and recovered, and it will do it again. Maybe train yourself to do something more useful than gamble and you'll be able to participate in that.

If the economy recovers, some of this will be long forgotten.

It still doesn't erase ideological differences.

The next 12 to 18 months should give you the answer, if nothing
else catatrophic happens, we may be able to pull out of it. I
am skeptical, but hopeful.

 

[smilingsynic]

Quote from Ricter:

BS. Our stimulus program is the same one being used worldwide, and it's working. We vote our wallets and the politicians know it.

The evidence suggests a correlation between the amount of stimulus and the speed of the recovery.

The US falls in the middle compared to the rest of the world. Countries with stronger stimulus packages are coming out of the worldwide recession faster.