"A Home of Your Own"
In response to the weak job numbers, Bush is highlighting some of the positive aspects of the economy, such as the record level of home ownership:
Bush's aides said that in addition to talking about the changing economy as a way of explaining why jobs are being lost amid productivity gains, the president also will focus more heavily on the many economic indicators that suggest a recovery is underway. That was why, before the broadband message was tacked on, Bush's day was designed to highlight the nation's homeownership rate -- which at 68 percent is the highest in history.
"The housing industry is booming," Bush said at a carpenters union training center in Phoenix, his second stop of the day. "Inflation is low. Interest rates are low. Manufacturing activity is up."
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At the carpentry training building, Bush used a screw gun to help hang drywall and then spoke on a set that consisted of a framed house with two signs saying "A Home of Your Own."
Yes, Bush has done so much for home ownership that it's as if he built your new house himself.
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