Carol Shea-Porter: “for months now, economic experts have been warning that our economy was in trouble. After some disturbing signs about…”

“for months now, economic experts have been warning that our economy was in trouble. After some disturbing signs about job losses in this country, the President finally came out and made some comments saying that there were ``mixed signals'' about the state of the economy. These are not mixed signals about the state of the economy, and Americans understand. Americans know they are having more trouble paying for their mortgages, having trouble paying for their heating bills, having trouble paying for their gas, having trouble paying for all the costs of living in America right now. The President should not continue to call these signs ``mixed signals,'' should acknowledge that we have some problems, and work in a bipartisan manner to straighten this out. He might also wonder what impact the war in Iraq is having as we pour billions of dollars into Iraq and take the money from our own people and then borrow the money to continue the fight in Iraq. He might ask himself if this, too, is hurting our economy. I ask the President to work with us to find answers for America's working people.”