so the economy is not good and i will tell you where the democrats are going to point the strength and that s in the stock market. so be aware of that because we are, as of today, hitting record highs in the s&p 500 but that wasn t without government intervention. u.s. central bank has been pumping money into this economy and as such, the u.s. stock market has continued to hit record high after record high. they re currently getting out. that whole tapering thing has happened now so it s something to watch very closely because they will try to spin the stock market hides as they tout that as gret news for the economy but at the same time, unemployment is above 6% and arguably, our economy is shrinking by the day. i have just a quick question about and you re right. the government has its own set of numbers and how they look at things so there are many factors but i ve read that economists agree if you have two quarters like we just had, we re right back into a recession. maybe it s