Economy Quote Of The Day

My hunch is that no one talks about the birth and death rates of American business because Wall Street and the White House, no matter which party occupies the latter, are two gigantic institutions of persuasion. The White House needs to keep you in the game because their political party needs your vote. Wall Street needs the stock market to boom, even if that boom is fueled by illusion. So both tell us, "The economy is coming back."

Jim Clifton, chairman and CEO of Gallup

http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/180431/american-entrepreneurship-dead-alive.aspx