If America were a stock, what would its charts look like under Bush?

[gulliver]

The country is an asset to Americans. What has happened with that asset under Bush? What if America were a company with stock owned by every American? What if there were an "America" asset in everyone's Quicken?

What has happened to the average "net worth" (financially and culturally) of an American under Bush? How has that average American's buying power changed relative to other countries? What is the value of American services and goods in the international market? How are we doing in the intangible assets: reputation, security, esteem?

Bush has now repeated many times that the American economy is the "envy of the world." But, of course, that is not the point at all, and he damned well knows it. The point is that under him, the American economy is far less the envy of the world than it was before he took office. Indeed, America itself is far less the envy (and light) of the world it was pre-Bush.

We need indicators, charts, graphs, guages... America is suffering a disaster under Bush not unlike the meltdown of Enron. There just isn't anyone tracking the fundamentals.

[cosmicdot]

1. a chicken hawk in every pot ... light's at the end of the tunnel ...

[long_green]

2. Your subject line would make a great campaign talking point

for the Dems in '06.