arianna, I wish you were my governess

Salon.com | Progress vs. products: "But that doesn't seem to faze the White House. Last month, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao said that when it comes to the state of the U.S. economy, 'the stock market is, after all, the final arbiter.' You know working stiffs are in trouble when the secretary of labor believes that the stock market is the end-all of our country's economic health. "