Let the good times roll . . .

Listening to the rhetoric during the election campaigns, you'd get the impression that Democrats are "tax and spend liberals" and Republicans are "for small government and reducing taxes." How accurate are those labels and doesn't this whole concept beg a larger question.

Are working Americans better off financially under Republican administrations or Democratic administrations. How would you measure the difference? Tax rates, wages, level of regulation, strength of the dollar, the spending power of your income? What has happened to the wage-earner's income under the two scenarios?

1) Write down your answers, then read:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/business/31view.html?ei=5070&emc=eta1


2) After reading the article, share your reactions and make comparisons.

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