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| ImpulseEngine | Dec 1 2004, 11:13 AM Post #31 |
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AB, I honestly hope you're right. I'm just not ready to believe it yet. |
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| Fesarius | Dec 1 2004, 12:08 PM Post #32 |
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Well, my spending does have to do with the current economy. I can't recall a time where the economy was thriving this well--maybe the 1980s.
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| ImpulseEngine | Dec 1 2004, 01:17 PM Post #33 |
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^Fesarius, You forgot the ---> Didn't you?
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| Fesarius | Dec 1 2004, 01:45 PM Post #34 |
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^^^ Nope, not this time.
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| Admiralbill_gomec | Dec 1 2004, 02:37 PM Post #35 |
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... and this time it isn't built on a fabricated bubble of "what if" and technical buzzwords. |
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| Fesarius | Dec 1 2004, 02:49 PM Post #36 |
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^^^ True. I prospered rather well then and now. I hope the economy continues its upward movement.
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| ImpulseEngine | Dec 1 2004, 03:10 PM Post #37 |
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Well then, it's nice to hear at least one person is doing well currently. :lol:
Edit: Make that two. AB is happy too. |
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| gvok | Dec 1 2004, 03:14 PM Post #38 |
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Is this a reference to the 80s or the 90s? |
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| Fesarius | Dec 1 2004, 03:20 PM Post #39 |
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IE, Define prosperous, please. (I mean your own words as to what it means to prosper, rather than a dictionary definition.) I know many people who believe they are doing very well currently.
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| Admiralbill_gomec | Dec 1 2004, 03:24 PM Post #40 |
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The 90s, especially the period of late 1995 until early 2000. |
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| Hoss | Dec 1 2004, 03:34 PM Post #41 |
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My spending was alot easier before about 1986.... when I started having to spend my own earned money instead of my parent's
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| Dandandat | Dec 1 2004, 03:52 PM Post #42 |
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Make it three I am doing better now then I was 4 years ago. Maybe we should have a poll. |
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| ANOVA | Dec 1 2004, 05:35 PM Post #43 |
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I still haven't read anyone talk about what metrics would define a "Good economy". Me, I'd say 3-5% annual growth in the GDP with a 2% inflation rate A 12% annual shrinkage in the national debt. Employment of between 80 and 90% (Unemploymenyt rates are bogus and discount too many people.) Steady to mildy decreasing new home sales (the 4% interest rate made new home starts unstastainable at the present rate), with a 1-2% increase in first time (starter) homes. A rise in the median income of 1-2%, discounted for inflation. A rise in new business starts. A sustained increase in the Dow (>10%) with a similar increase int the NASDAQ. I think if a majority of these things occurred then one MUST admit the the economy is doing well. No downward or stagnant trendline would indicate the the economy is no longer "faultering" ANOVA |
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| ANOVA | Dec 1 2004, 05:38 PM Post #44 |
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Fes: I can't say I'm prosperous. Since I'm am gainfully employed wereas I was a student 4 years ago, I maust admit to being a statistical outlier. ANOVA |
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| Fesarius | Dec 2 2004, 08:28 AM Post #45 |
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Anova, Thanks for the guidelines. Maybe I'm not prosperous--I really don't know what that means, and I have no context in which to know. But I do know that we are always in the black, and that our income-to-debt ratio is well within reasonable limits.
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