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Thursday, 26 Jul 2007
If you could ask the White House economic team one question, what would it be?

"Why is it that we understand the problems of the mortgage industry as it sits today and we cannot accept the fact that a rate cut is imminent to boost the economy along with the restoration of the housing industry?"
-- Chito S.

"The Working Group on Financial Markets was established to avoid another 1987 type one day crash, are you using it now to stop any normal downside? How many times have you used it this month?"
-- Joe F., Connecticut

How low are we going to let the dollar drop before we start to support it? At the pace we are going you won't have to print dollars anymore just open up more foundry's and make more coins. Well at least they last longer and are much more difficult to counterfeit.
-- Tony P., Illinois

"Will we control the value of the dollar versus the euro or will we allow the euro to dictate the exchange rate?"
-- Louis S.

"Why are food and energy prices excluded from inflation figures when they make up the bulk of the products experiencing inflation, and certainly the most visible signs of inflation?"
-- Peter M., South Carolina

"Why is it good policy to tax the wages of working men and women at a higher rate than capital investments, when much of the capital gain wealth is related to trading paper and does not go directly to the business, unless it is an IPO?"
-- Randy M., Massachusetts

"Do any of you folks know the current cost of a gallon of milk in comparison to the cost last year at this time?"
-- Mike J., Texas

"Why doesn't the liberal media give the president more credit for a great economy?
-- Bob N.


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