Awful.

I was listening to the job numbers on CNBC and a half-hour before the Squawk Box crew interviewed Tom Friedman.

Friedman is wet behind the ears. He, like Krugman, continues to clamor for infrastructure spending (stimulus in the case of Krugman). What the h*** was the 1 TRILLION dollar American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for?

A picture is worth a TRILLION dollars (yuans in this case).

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Congress has lost the luxury of extended debate on boutique social issues. All focus should be on growth. Every policy should be evaluated for its impact on growth. Wake up.

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