Reviving the 'Misery Index'

**Ya_know** · April 14th, 2004, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by techs

Apparently Bushes 200 million dollars can't convince people that they are really happier and more comfortable than they are.
And last I looked when the economy causes millions misery any candidate had sure better point that out to the electorate or else he doesn't deserve to win.

So there.

Bush hasn't spent all $200 million yet, give him time, he might just convince even you...

Of everyone that I know, everyone is working and making good money. So where is the misery? Oh, right, the dumba$$ on Kerry's ad that can't find a job, "it's been over a year now". Well, you can't blame that on the president. The jobs are there, you just can't keep holding out for the dream position, or go out golfing every day for the first six months after you were laid off. Sounds to me more like the guy lacks *****ion.

A friend started a new job, and got fired in the first week for goofing off. Couldn’t go back to the place that he left, they already replaced him. In less then a month he found a job 1500 miles away from here, so he packed up his wife and kids and moved. It wasn’t easy, but his *****ion paid off, and he is doing just fine. The only person he blames is himself for losing the other job in the first week…

You have to take a lot in to perspective here too, and I see your side of the story, there are jobs in large numbers disappearing in certain industries, and at those times it’s hard. 2500 people in the same town, doing the same work, all laid off at the same time…really hurts the area, and there are just not enough jobs to recuperate, without some people moving elsewhere, or changing careers. But you also have to put into perspective the flip side, and take the whole thing in context. You are reading the worst of the Kerry campaign against Bush, and I am reading the best of Bush’s. The truth is somewhere in the middle…

**techs** · April 14th, 2004, 08:13 AM

And btw I think the Misery Index is not a really good idea. I understand that it was an attempt to emphasize the Bush economic failures and keep them in the news. But it really may go down with the "WIN" program of President Ford. Anyone remember "Whip Inflation Now"?