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Originally Posted by dippin
what's the obsession with 20%?
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Yeah, you'd think the obsession would be over a figure closer to the tune of 3.5%.*
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Do these elections serve as a reflection of wider political implications, or is this just speculation? You'll have to help me out. I'm not up to speed on the impact of these elections in American politics. Voter ignorance/enlightenment aside, what does it mean to the players?
* U.S. GDP increase in the third quarter over the second quarter. (Hint: it's the first posted quarterly gain since Q2 2008. Read: there wasn't a continued recession.)
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Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 11-04-2009 at 07:04 PM..
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