S&P 500: –15%So that's a solid F in economics as well as foreign affairs. And you may recall the Rand Corporation gave Rumsfeld a solid F for the Iraq war the other day.
NASDAQ: –36%
Dow Jones: –5.3%
Price of a Gallon of Gas: +46%
Real Value of the Minimum Wage: –7%
Poverty Rate: +11%
Americans without Health Insurance: +18%
Federal Debt: +39%
Dollar vs. Euro: –30%
Dollar vs. Yen: –11%
Median Household Income: -4%
Average Cost of 4-year Public College: +24%
Monthly Trade Deficit: +75%
Annual Trade Deficit: +53%
Americans Filing for Bankruptcy: +33%
Annual Increase in Prescription Drug Prices (from 4.1% to 6.8%): +68%
Home Mortgage Borrowing: +100%
Total Outstanding Consumer Debt: +28%
Household Debt as a Percentage of Assets: 20%
Household Debt as a Percentage of GDP: +21%
I temporarily reopened Middle Earth Journal when Newshoggers shut it's doors but I was invited to Participate at The Moderate Voice so Middle Earth Journal is once again in hiatus.
Saturday, May 07, 2005
The D- president is really an F student
Dubya's report card from Magpie:
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