before president obama agreed to the tax package republicans were constantly carping about uncertainty and its effect on business yet all the way up until december 17th of last year corporate america managed to endure all the uncertainty and reap massive profits as well. now back to the congressman. same issue but broader. yes, there have been additional positive economic indicators. labor department announced private sector job growth had been increasing since the fall more than expected just as consumer spending rose in the third quarter of last year at its quickest pace since 2006. third quarter means july through september of last year, which is well before the republicans took over much less passed anything just as home sales surged in october, again pre-republican glow which must have been transmitted backwards in some republican party time machine. well, at least there is the next generation of college graduates to be smarter and more thoughtful. 36% of whom complete their educa
package that had nothing to do with 2010. before president obama agreed to the tax package republicans were constantly carping about uncertainty and its effect on business yet all the way up until december 17th of last year corporate america managed to endure all the uncertainty and reap massive profits as well. now back to the congressman. same issue but broader. yes, there have been additional positive economic indicators. labor department announced private sector job growth had been increasing since the fall more than expected just as consumer spending rose in the third quarter of last year at its quickest pace since 2006. third quarter means july through september of last year, which is well before the republicans took over much less passed anything just as home sales surged in october, again pre-republican glow which must have been transmitted backwards in some republican party time machine. well, at least there is the next generation of college graduates to be smarter and more
senator kyl is claiming that corporate profits were way up in 2010 in part because of a tax package that had nothing to do with 2010. before president obama agreed to the tax package republicans were constantly carping about uncertainty and its effect on business yet all the way up until december 17th of last year corporate america managed to endure all the uncertainty and reap massive profits as well. now back to the congressman. same issue but broader. yes, there have been additional positive economic indicators t. labor department announced private sector job growth had been increasing since the fall more than expected just as consumer spending rose in the third quarter of last year at its quickest pace since 2006. third quarter means july through september of last year which is well before the republicans took over much less passed anything just as home sales surged in october, again prerepublican grow which must have been transmitted backwards in some republican party time machine
those laws that focus on criminalizing migration in this way open the door to intolerance, hatred, discrimination and abuse of law enforcement. but for much of the last decade, mexico had similar or harsher laws on the books. the measure signed by calderon in 2009, reducing some penalties fry to fines, st requires local authorities to enforce immigration law. sure to enflame the issue further is shooting of an arizona sheriff deppy on friday. the would was not serious. the lawman was par trolling the desert 50 miles south of phoenix. shooter believed to be part of a group of illegal immigrants smuggling drugs used an ak-47. shannon? shannon: thank you, james. consumer spending rose .6 of a percentage point in march, the largest amount in five months. manufacturering sector expandsed at the fastest pace in six years from march to april. a big day on wall street. the dow gained 143 1/4. the s&p 500 added 14 and change.
month of december with current production and new orders at the highest level since 2004. those factories were making products that more americans can afford to buy. the commerce department reports personal incomes in the united states rose last month by a better than expected .4%. and that s the third straight month in which incomes have gone up. but most of that growth came as the result of one-time social security payment. and in the end, it did not translate to a huge jump in spending. the commerce department reported today consumer spending rose in december by .2%. that s slightly less than what the analysts were expecting. the worse news and by far the worse news came from the construction business. the feds report spending on news homes, office buildings and highways plunged 1.2% last month to the lowest level since 2003. that was much worse than wall street expected. tonight, we get a look at what more than three months of capacity has done to a british