My friend, who works for one of those huge, huge corporations which I won’t name, called last night to sing Happy Birthday to me. It’s certainly the thought that counts.
He said the business he works for was doing very well and I think he even mumbled something like “the recession is over.” I say mumbled, I was having difficulty hearing because I am unfortunate enough to have a two-year T-Mobile contract.
Lo and behold, today I see signs of the recession having ended. The Associated Press online hed:
“Economy grows in 3Q, signals end of recession”
Though described as “sluggish” it is heartening to see the end of something some thought might be a repeat of the dreaded “Great Depression,” or perhaps an ever greater Great.
Thank goodness that didn’t happen.
If you remember back toward the end of the (sigh) Bush administration some of the efforts that were taken to stem the tide of this fiscal disaster began with consultation between the incoming and outgoing administrations. So, if this all turns South, it’s Bush’s fault — it is anyway because it started under his tenure.
You can bet no matter what part the Obama administration played in the recovery, shaky as it remains, no praise will come from the Republicans. That is because they say no to everything. They praise nothing Democratic. Like one of my long ago country pals said as well long ago: “You’d bitch if you had a loaf of bread under each arm.”
Well, it seems we’ve got more than a half a loaf, so let the GOP bitching begin.