With Wall Street soaring and unemployment low, America is enjoying its greatest prosperity since the mid-'80s. What do you think about the current economic boom?

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  The boom has been really visible around here: Lately, a lot of people are coming in and ordering the nine-piece McNuggets instead of the six.

  Duane Trammell
  Cashier

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  If the economy is doing so well, then why, like so many hard-working Americans, can I still not afford a decent speedboat?

  Steve DesJardins
  Pediatrician

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  I think I'm going to have two extra babies this year!

  Becky Woodson
  Homemaker

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  I'm so rich I'm going to sit in my desert house, watch Ice Station Zebra around the clock and grow my nails and hair out.

  Lou Steinhauer
  Architect

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  Congress should appropriate money for shades to shield people's eyes from the potentially harmful effects of the nation's unusually bright future.

  Ted O'Brien
  Systems Analyst

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  I don't see how the economy has improved so much. I'm still living in a crude dirt hole, with nothing to eat but nuts and berries. Oh, wait. I'm a vole.

  Cynthia Poulson
  Graphic Designer