Economy

Things That Should Be Up are Up, Things That Should be Down are Down

Last week, I started this riff based on Al Gore's 1992 stump speech:

Job creation is up. Inflation is down. Business profits are up. Consumer debt is down. American auto sales are up. Middle class taxes are down. Prescription drug savings are up. The deficit is down. The stock market is up. Unemployment is down. Consumer confidence is up. Spending growth is down. GDP is up. Wars are down. Home values are up. Bin Laden is down.

We can add the following:

Retail sales are up. Foreclosures are down. Housing starts are up.