[Drew]

Sweet Lord, Bush just spoke in Spanish.

On a side note, his "job improvement zones" sound like a theory I've heard before.. sort of like Chinese spheres of influence. I've got to look back at some things, but as I recall the precendent is that it is extraordinarily efficient in equalizing trade defecits. In fact, spheres of influence in China are what have created a multi-billion dollar trade defecit in Chinese favor since Clinton signed the agreement.

Also, now that he's fully revealed his wage reforms, I'm liking them. I was worried before, but it seems like he may be modeling the reforms after German policies. Germans, like many other European countries, get MUCH more paid time off than we. In fact, they are guaranteed 30 days of paid vacation each year. The average vacation time taken in a year by a German worker is 6 weeks. In Sweden, it's 8. It'd be pretty cool to move in that direction.