XPost: alt.society.liberalism, alt.atheism, talk.politics.guns   
   From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net   
      
   "linuxgal"  wrote in message   
   news:rvidnW6B7_FNtATMnZ2dnUVZ_radnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   > Scout wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> "Free Lunch"  wrote in message   
   >> news:u6qhp8hmnl22qknmiid45pg44em64pumv6@4ax.com...   
   >>> On Sun, 19 May 2013 07:47:48 -0700, linuxgal    
   >>> wrote in alt.atheism:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Free Lunch wrote:   
   >>>>> A recession is over when jobs are freely available.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> A recession is over when there is at least one quarter of GDP growth.   
   >>>> Words mean things, as El Rushbo often says.   
   >>>   
   >>> I understand that technical definition, but we have been seeing this   
   >>> growth for a long time with minimal growth in private sector jobs and   
   >>> decreases in public sector jobs. What good is it to have millions of   
   >>> people twiddling their thumbs when there are things that they could do   
   >>> as government employees?   
   >>   
   >> So you agree the recession is over.   
   >   
   > Note the high bar the country has to leap to get into a recession, two   
   > quarters of negative growth to start one, one quarter of positive growth   
   > to end it, unless it's an election year with a GOP incumbent President,   
   > ala 1992, then the media requires six quarters of positive growth to   
   > declare the recession over.   
      
   How true.   
      
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