Economics 101

"Between late 2008 and 2010, the Standard & Poor's 500 index rose in healthy double digits to the point that many investing stalwarts who stayed in stocks recouped the money they'd lost in that period, and then some. The national savings rate -- income minus taxes and household expenses -- rebounded from a negative number in 2006 to almost 6 percent in October 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis."

Then there are jobs:

I have a great idea. Let's put the party back in charge that brought about those negative numbers now that we're finally moving forward again.