akuma587 said:
Well saying "the economy" is too broad. The economy as a whole entails a lot of different things. And what people consider "better" can also be quite different. To me, better is just less bad in this context. So yes, I think the economy will be less bad this month than it was last month. And it will be less bad the following month than it will be next month. Yeah. That's all it is. Playing with numbers. I'm sure in this economic environment they don't have 100 different groups looking over their shoulders into the validity of their numbers. Its a massive conspiracy to defraud the taxpayers out of money. And you are also assuming that the toxic assets are as toxic as people thought. There are many signs that they might not be as toxic as people believed.
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Well we define economy getting better differently.
If flood waters in my home were rising, and then the water started to rise at a slower rate, I would still consider it getting worse. Only when the water started to go down would I consider the situation getting better.
And no, they are not lying, they are just playing with numbers. Just like when MS forward funded there warranty work on the 360, and then claimed a profit the next year, even though they lost a shit load of money. They could call it a profit, because the allocated those funds the year before.
Congress has given banks billions of dollars, and now they show a profit. Shocking.
