nbcrusader
Blue Crack Addict
When the Misery Index (unemployment plus inflation) is low, and has gone down since GWB took office, what do you do?
Re-define the Index!
Re-define the Index!
Though it has been cited in practically every national (and many local) elections for more than a generation, this misery index was apparently not good ? or, perhaps, complicated ? enough for the Kerry camp. So they collected seven data points (median family income, college tuition, health-care costs, gas prices, bankruptcy rates, homeownership rate and private-sector job growth) to make their own index. All but one of these indicators ? home ownership ? have fallen over the past three years.