Well unemployment flirted with 4% under this new method when Clinton was experiencing his 'boom'. So we have remained a tad over this during the Bush 'boom'.

But comparing Bush to Clinton is one thing. Comparing Bush to anyone before Clinton is impossible because of the change to the calc method. Which is exactly what so many Bush backers like Larry Kudlow do. Even when he knows damned well that it is an apples oranges calc.

Same with CPI. It has been defined away.

Will

Smellin' a lot of 'if' coming off this plan.