  Just a few quick points on the supposedly bad economy we are experiencing right now:  * Since August of 2003 over 1. 5 million new jobs have been created (  urlLink www. bls.
gov )  * Unemployment rate as of July 2004:  5. 5%  -
 down . 7%  from July 2003 (  urlLink www. economagic. com )
 * Unemployment rate among all adult men and women:  4. 9%  (  urlLink www.
bls. gov )  * Average hourly earnings for adult men and women:  $ 15.
70 (  urlLink www. bls. gov )  * GDP growth for Q4 2003 and Q1 of 2004 was the strongest rate of growth this country has experienced in 20 years *
Net change in employment level ( age 16 yrs and older)  from January 2001 to July 2004:  + 1, 870,
000 jobs (  urlLink www. bls. gov )  * Homeownership rate is highest in the history of our country,
 coming in at 69. 2%  Q2 2004 (  urlLink www. census. gov )
