40-year-old homeowner says economy doesn’t add up: ‘I’m making the most money I’ve ever made, and I’m still living paycheck to paycheck’

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40-year-old homeowner says economy doesn’t add up: ‘I’m making the most money I’ve ever made, and I’m still living paycheck to paycheck’
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“There's this wild disconnect between what people are experiencing and what economists are experiencing,” says Nikki Cimino, a recruiter in Denver.

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Like Dubya said, you should get 2 or 3 more jobs so you can put more food on your family.

"You work three jobs? Uniquely American, isn't it. That is fantastic that you're doing that. Get any sleep?" - President George Bush to a divorced mother of three. Omaha, Nebraska Feb. 4th 2005

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful - and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people and neither do we.

It was funnier when it wasn't so blatant. A politician saying this today might mean it.