frankj1 wrote:due to possible (your) smartphone issues, I'm not sure if I am reading your premise correctly. But from what I surmise, my response would be that 0.8% growth following several years of strong growth is dismal. But 0.8% following possibly the worst economy in our history is hopeful.
LOL!
"Wost Economy in History?" What? The Bush years or Idi Amin Jr.'s first junta?
I'd trade eight years under Bush for 8 years under Idi Amin Jr. any day of the week.
In fact, with continual double-digit unemployment, rationing, and an 8-year drought (known as the Dust Bowl), FDR easily had the worst economy over the last century or more.
You are seriously brainwashed.