Let’s Look At The 1st Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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Much of the current financial industry is in upheaval. There are banks deemed too big to fail, while major companies such as GM and Chrysler, are deemed able to fail, if the White House does not agree with their direction.
According to the Brookings Institute, the normal number of government jobs that includes all Federal civil servants, contractor jobs, grantee jobs, uniformed military personnel and postal jobs is 11,028,000 jobs. When one checks and takes into the account the masses who mostly are not counted: the unemployed, those retired on social security, those on welfare public assistance, state and local workers, police, teachers, firemen, road departments and the legislature payroll, those figures become alarmingly large!
There is little surprise that the public in general is getting more optimistic about the economy.