Snow sees cutting budget gap despite hurricane

[Rose Siding]

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Snow, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao and Social Security Commissioner Jo Anne Barnhart traveled to Houston, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, to view the area ravaged by the hurricane and talk to people affected by it.

The visit came amid criticism of the administration's handling of the storm and its aftermath and as the Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff called Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown, whose leadership has been questioned, back to Washington.

But the traveling Cabinet officials said the region is poised to rebound from the destruction of the storm because President George W. Bush has strengthened the U.S. economy.

"There is unparalleled prosperity in this country because the president's agenda has been working," Gutierrez said before a meeting with business leaders in Mobile.

"So that should give us a great deal of comfort that the presidents' agenda will continue to drive the economy in the future," he said.

http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=9614788&src=rss/ElectionCoverage

[sniffa]

1. i don't understand this 'strengthened economy'

incLuding my famiLy, too many peopLe i know can't pay their biLLs (ontime or at aLL) and are Living off peanut butter. those empLoyed are making cLose to what they were Last year, yet we're paying more just for utiLities and gas. our heaLth insurance keeps getting changed, to where we're paying more, with Less coverage, and copays going up.

where's this great economy?

[MissWaverly]

4. what he is saying is that economy is booming for ultra-rich

their large supporters, the only ones they represent

[asjr]

2. We now know the real meaning of "Snow job."

[Maggie_May]

3. What and the hell is he talking about?

We are paying higher energy prices most people in America have no savings are wages have not increased. The job market sucks they say its good if you want a min paying job. We have the highest poverty rate we ever had.
Hey I wonder who put this man in charge?:sarcasm:

[VegasWolf]

5. These political appointees can go back to judging horses or whatever

else they were doing before Bush rewarded them for their campaign contributions by giving them government jobs.

They simply say these things to keep the fools happy.

:banghead:

[Lindacooks]

6. the presidents' agenda will continue to drive the economy in the future???

More like "the presidents' agenda will continue to drive the economy into the ground."