September 07, 2003
Fish Or Cut Bait?
"Tax relief is stimulating job creation all across the country," claims the Superbrain in acknowledging that "fell 437,000 jobs short of its own projections in August".
But it's all going to be okay, the White House explains, because the tax cuts "will ramp up business and consumer demand, ultimately leaving reluctant companies no choice but to hire more workers to meet that demand."
With friends like these, eh? Give them points for their honesty in expressing the state of employer/employee relations, at least.
Anyway, when will "reluctant companies" come face-to-face with this devastating reality? Bush is Johnny-on-the-spot in explaining this as well (a sawbuck to anybody that can successfully decode the logic here):
In order for job creation to grow, the economy must grow faster than productivity gains. Long-term it is good that we're more productive. It means higher wages for the American worker. It means we're more competitive overseas. Short-term, this economy needs to crank up faster than productivity increases in order for somebody to find a job.
Meanwhile, the Bush Administration's foreign policy -- which just a few short weeks ago was by acclaim considered the Crown Jewel in its '04 cap -- is in a shambles, as it has now been forced by those ungrateful Iraqis to go begging to the United Nations and the American Taxpayer to pull its irons out of the fire.
So, with Bush's approval ratings continuing their free-fall as Americans increasingly shift their worries to the ænemic economy, and with the military machine stretched too thin to drum up another war, what could Karl Rove possibly have up his sleeve?
Apart from the little matter of controlling the voting machines, it's not at all easy to say.
Well, there is that other little matter: the Democratic hopefuls are some lame-assed motherfuckers.
But, anyway, it's always nice to have two aces up your sleeve, is it not?
Posted by Eddie Tews at September 7, 2003 08:40 PM
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