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Under the circumstances of 9/11, war and recession; the economy has been pretty good.
-inflation is low (except for health care, housing, energy, and bread)
-unemployment is low (a lot of low wage service jobs for everybody)
-the stock market has made gains (great for the top 1% of the country)
-corporations are making money (CEOs richer, workers poorer, makes since)
-interest rates are low (already in debt, lets borrow more)
-oil is still priced lower than 25 years ago- corrected for inflation of course (Yah, didn't we learn our lesson about foreign oil 25 yrs ago?)