i'm confused.
i can find these articles that say the economy is just ok, yet there are all these OTHER pieces that illustrate just how many hundreds of thousands of jobs have been lost.
does exxon buying up its own stock count as "increased business investment"?
does the haliburton five-year no-bid contract (which are typically given out for ONE year) to clean up the gulf count as "increased business investment"?
does my dad's eight+ month long search for work in manufacturing management in the NE count as "good jobs available"?
does a major corporation's "relocating" of its headquarters to a carribean island to avoid paying taxes to the US gov't count as "increased business investment"?

the economy IS rockin'.... if you're in the upper 5-10% income bracket.
as for the rest of the country, keep on contributing! the rich really, REALLY appreciate it.