Bush administration bungling the economy?
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I predict attacks on the author of this piece soon...he's probably some liberal wack job and shouldn't be payed attention to.
CADsortaGUY
Lifer
Originally posted by: Insane3D
I predict attacks on the author of this piece soon...he's probably some liberal wack job and shouldn't be payed attention to.
Actually I think the math he used is "fuzzy"
CkG
PS -that guy is a liberal whack-job!:Q
hehe you must watch Fox news.
Jimmy inherited Nixon's wage-price control fiasco.
And the economy was fine in 2000 except for a major correction in over inflated stocks. Unemployment was still low.
He may watch fox news, but that doesn't change the facts.
The economy was on a slide well before Bush took office. And the dems are just going to hate it when its healthy again. Bush still has another year.
Plenty of time.
Red Dawn
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The economy might have been on a slide but isn't it up to the current Administration to do something about it instead of passing the buck? If the economy picks up in a tangible way where were the public actually notices it (instead of just being told it is) then great, if not then it's time to change horses.
Don't you think that if Repubs would want to get rid of this stigma that they would focus on the Economy for a change?
Talk about History repeating itself... It's the Economy Stupid.
I always remember something I saw on cnn.com shortly after bush got elected when I see a thread like this
it was a table that showed how many years dems controled whitehous while repubs controled the senate, and just all the 4 variations. It also showed economic growth during those times, and in all cases but one had the economy grown, and that was when the repubs controled both the whitehouse and the senate.
it was a table that showed how many years dems controled whitehous while repubs controled the senate, and just all the 4 variations. It also showed economic growth during those times, and in all cases but one had the economy grown, and that was when the repubs controled both the whitehouse and the senate.
phillyTIM
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The economy may have been on some kind of slide when Bush took office, but it went over the cliff because Bush didn't do anything about it.
Plenty of time? To what? Keep the jobless recovering going?
This will be Bush's last year. You look at yourself and wonder if you are $Better off$ or safer than you were 4 years ago. What's the answer?
No to both cases.
The bottom line is, even if the economy was sliding when Bush took office (and I do mean "took") it was his administration's job to make it better.
They have failed miserably.
Someone should tell them to stop making excuses already. It's been 32 months. They sound like a bunch of whining sissies.
They should have been able to do something to help the economy recover by now. All they've done is make it worse.
They have failed miserably.
Someone should tell them to stop making excuses already. It's been 32 months. They sound like a bunch of whining sissies.
They should have been able to do something to help the economy recover by now. All they've done is make it worse.
Forgot this little blurb from the link. It's for all you folks who don't want to "contribute" anything to your nation.
"First, I counted the $2.4 trillion Social Security surplus, which the Treasury uses to offset its cash shortfall."
Wow, 2.4 trillion SS surplus. Just like I've been telling you people all along. SS is fine. It's the politicians who use the surplus after promising not to that are the problem. <cough>BUSH<cough>
"First, I counted the $2.4 trillion Social Security surplus, which the Treasury uses to offset its cash shortfall."
Wow, 2.4 trillion SS surplus. Just like I've been telling you people all along. SS is fine. It's the politicians who use the surplus after promising not to that are the problem. <cough>BUSH<cough>
You may be right, but most democrats on this board don't seem to feel the same way about it, or think about it in the same way... Everything, or anything is Bush's fault, when truly it''s not.
When something goes well for him, it goes unnoticed or just passed along.
It gets old.
The economy went belly up in Clinton's term. It will take alot to get it turned around, after the bungling that Clinton did to it.
Red Dawn
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Well I'm not most Democrats, I'm an Independant. With the Democrats running a bunch of Libbies or Knuckleheads like Lieberman I wish Bush would do something right because I don't have a lot of faith in them. Unfortunately it seems that Bush doesn't warrant much faith either. Of course that all can change. Let's hope it does, not because it means Bush would save his job, but for the good of the American people. If Bush can't do it then let's try someone else!
The NAS lost over 50% of its value under Clinton, he knew the bubble was bursting and did nothing to stop it or even try to make the landing a soft one. Greenspan could have started to lower rates but decided not to so we all paid the price for that. Then came 9-11 and that set us back years as far as a recovery goes but we are making a recovery now no matter what the far left say things are getting better. Thanks to the tax cuts by Bush I am also making more money every week and received 2 checks in the mail to help pay bills. BTW the tax cuts were not just for the rich, the middle class also made out pretty well and the middle class deserve a tax cut because we are the backbone of this nation. I net about 40 extra bucks a week from the cuts and that helps me pay for my Son's school every month. So why don't we just stop the lie about the tax cuts being only for the Rich.
"I net about 40 extra bucks a week from the cuts and that helps me pay for my Son's school every month."
I hope your Son will be happy to pay the cost of Bush's tax cut.. since it's going to come out of his pocket, with interest.
I hope your Son will be happy to pay the cost of Bush's tax cut.. since it's going to come out of his pocket, with interest.
Hey lookie lookie!
Iraq is but a drop in the bucket next to....
Social Security. Something virtually every single politician has failed to address. Well, every now and then a sensible GOP member will talk about privatizing it, only to be shouted down by a horde of little old ladies.
Iraq is but a drop in the bucket next to....
Social Security. Something virtually every single politician has failed to address. Well, every now and then a sensible GOP member will talk about privatizing it, only to be shouted down by a horde of little old ladies.
Sure let's privatize Social Security. Let the Wall Street crooks get their hands on the multi-trillions in the SS accounts and the recent scandals on Wall Street will look like church socials.
The guys on Wall Street are crooks! If they are presented with the opportunity to bleed Aunt Sophie's retirement account dry you can count on them to do a good job of it.
Of course when Kenny Boy (Lay) is Bush's good friend, the guys on Wall Street look like pikers! Maybe Bush is counting on them to only steal 60-80% of the accounts.
CADsortaGUY
Lifer
Well, I don't know if privatization will save/fix SS but all I know is that I won't see a freaking DIME of the money I've paid in. That is 100% theft - so if I could get 20-40% back - I'd say that it was better than 0%.
CkG
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