I think sunfrog has a point. The economic recession, after carrying on forever, is currently experiencing an inevitable resurgence--just part of the natural cycle, in my opinion. As a matter of fact, the overstocked inventories, following Y2K, have been depleted, and production is on the rise again to restock those inventories. This is leading to a resurgence in the economy, more than anything else. Jobs are slowly becoming available. People are slowly becoming more and more upbeat. Thus consumption is also on the rise. I'm not sure how the administration, with its ongoing war in Iraq, is playing a role in any of this. Tax breaks don't mean very much if you don't have a job. The victory in Iraq may have boosted public morale for awhile, but the subsequent news of ongoing trouble in occupied Iraq is having just as much of a demoralizing effect. So... is Bush in any way responsible for the current economic resurgence? I don't really believe so.