According to a new American Research Group poll, just 25% of Americans approve of the way President Bush is handling his job as president and 71% disapprove. These are record lows for the survey. When it comes to Bush's handling of the economy, 23% approve and 73% disapprove. http://politicalwire.com/archives/2007/07/23/bush_hits_25_approval.html
Count me among the 75% on his job overall, but I have to wonder about the people who think the economy is terrible. That's one of the few bright spots.
You are confusing low paying jobs, fake inflation reports, diminished benefits, exported jobs, massive profits for corporations and executives, exhorbident health care costs, and the rise in the stock market for the real economy and the reality that most people are struggling. No surprise that you are living in your own bubble and buy into the crap about the economy doing well.
On every metric, the Bush economy is better than the Clinton years. But you would never know that with the incessant bad news that gets reported.
Sad fact is, approval ratings for congress is even lower. They'd kill for 25%! What a screwed up government we have.
Bad news reported ?Have you ever watched CNBC ?. Christ, they staffed that place with pretty girls to cheerlead all day. Ours is a corporate controlled media. Corporations hate to report bad news. I would guess that as little bad news is reported as possible, which may explain why Paris Hilton's ridiculous life is often a feature story.
re: the low economy handling #s: Americans are pissed off about the INFLATION TAX......they're sick and tired of having what little money they have left after the government takes its cut getting devalued. AND NO FRIGGEN POLITICIAN IS WILLING TO EVEN SPEAK ABOUT INFLATION.