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2008-07-31 Home Front Economy

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Posted by Steve White 2008-07-31 12:06|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 There are fears that as the bracing tonic of the tax rebates fades,

Is the AP saying tax rebates are a good thing? Then perhaps they'd support more and deeper tax cuts?

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-07-31 12:49|| 2008-07-31 12:49|| Front Page Top

#2 The AP economists are probably looking at ponies in every stable and fluffy bunnies for all as an indicator.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2008-07-31 14:00|| 2008-07-31 14:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Ummmmm, fluffy bunnies - tastes just like chicken!

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-07-31 15:28|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-07-31 15:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Wait... I'm confused.

We had positive 0.9% growth? And now the pace has more than doubled to 1.9% annualized growth? Just what kind of 'recession' are we having with positive growth rates?

Posted by Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2008-07-31 15:35|| 2008-07-31 15:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Our wonderful liberal RINO governor here in Mexifornia just signed an order laying off 10 thousand part time state employees and ordering the state controller to investigate ways of reducing all 200 thousand state employee's pay rate to the $6.55 federal minimum.

As much as I'd love to see a lot of state fatcats get their pay slashed there are a lot of people who work for the state who will be devastated by this (even though it will never happen - the CSEA and SEIU will have it in court by this afternoon).

Sixty-four days and counting until I'm out of California and I can't wait.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2008-07-31 17:29|| 2008-07-31 17:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Fotsgreg, I think Arnold is bluffing to force the Cal government to act.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-07-31 18:31|| 2008-07-31 18:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Where are ya headed, Greg?

Posted by DarthVader 2008-07-31 19:45|| 2008-07-31 19:45|| Front Page Top

#8 rj's right. It's grandstanding, just like demanding the remaining State employees only make the Fed min wage during this emergency. It turns up the heat on the CA Donk legislature majority who keep trying to ram tax increases (go figure?) down the minority GOP's throat. It's deadlock time and the stakes are high

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-07-31 21:56|| 2008-07-31 21:56|| Front Page Top

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