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greiner3

(5,214 posts)
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 06:13 PM Apr 2015

Americans' view on economy reaches 8-year highs

Ok, that's decent good news but the reason I'm posting is one little bit at the end of the article.

" A year ago, just 16 percent of the public gave the economy good marks, and it was just 4 percent at the beginning of the 2008 recession."

"...carries a margin of error of 3.5 percent."

So the 0.5%ers were happy at the beginning of the recession, if you are the stats half full

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/americans-view-economy-reaches-8-110000888.html

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