The media and leftist politicians have tried ceaselessly to portray the US and its economy in the most negative light possible. Consistently, leftist politicians, contrary to factual evidence, have berated the US economy as faltering with devastating job losses and stagnate growth. The leftist media, for their part, have continuously published slanted polls to drive the message home. The ultimate goal is to convince the American people that America is on the wrong track and who’s to blame for that? Obviously the president and his allies in the Congress.
The left wants desperately to return to power, even at the expense of truth and reality. This is the same strategy employed by the left in addressing the issue of Iraq. Leftists have ignored the reality of Iraq’s WMDs and have even forgotten their own statements on the matter as they stake out a position contrary to the president. The press ignores the hypocritical nature of these positions, as it would be contrary to their leftist agenda to report such conflicts. Again, USA Today has released yet another poll highlighting the mood of the American people. According to the USA Today poll, 60% of respondents rated the economy as “fair” to “poor.” Such a result boggles the mind and lends credence to one of three possible explanations. The respondents have been thoroughly brainwashed by leftist negativism, the respondents are categorically stupid and have no hope of understanding even the most basic economic concepts or the poll was conducted in a welfare office. Barring those scenarios, there simply is no way on Earth a logical human being could view the American economy as fair or poor without a serious mental defect.
Even the leftist politicians in Congress know the truth, though to admit such would be contrary to their political interests. Hundreds of thousands of jobs have been created each month while GDP has grown consistently at over 4%. Indeed, the US economy has far eclipsed every other industrialized economy in the world from Japan, to Germany to Great Britain. Economic growth during the past three years rivals the economic boom of the late 1990s, yet the media and the left portray the economy as languishing in recession. Such a position is inconsistent with facts, yet the administration does nothing to advance that reality, ceding the argument to the left and allowing them to set the debate in the country.
The fact of the matter is, the US economy is performing exceedingly well. Should Americans be concerned because backward companies like GM and Ford continue to falter? Yes, but their ongoing troubles are not indicative of the overall health of the US economy, their difficulties are the results of poor management, high labor costs and a failure to understand their own markets, it does not reflect a general decline in the US economy or even the auto industry, if so, how does one account for the fact that companies like Honda, Toyota and even Chrysler increased their domestic auto sales? The simple reality is, the state of the Union is good, very good indeed, to think otherwise is a reflection of one’s own ignorance, rather than an acknowledgement of reality.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-01-26-bush-sotu-cover_x.htm
http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/gdpchg.xls
