No I didn't realize that economy goes in cycles. Is this kind of like the global warming cycles too
Let's consider a few FACTS from the Bush years:
worst job growth since herbert hoover
unemployment rate up
projected surplus when he took office turned into huge debt
cut taxes on millionaires
household income has declined when adjusting for inflation
income inequality has grown
poverty rates have risen
more people without healthcare
I guess this is all just part of the "cycle".
What I like about Obama:
1) Tax relief for the middle class, higher taxes for the rich
2) Reducing health care costs and making it more accessible
3) Diplomacy rather than war
4) Improve veterans rights
5) Improving educational access, including no child left behind
6) Creating green jobs and funding alternative-fuel research (this is my line of work so I am particularly fond of this and could point out Bush's abysmal funding record here as another of his myriad of failures)
7) Pay equity for women and a women's right to choose
Like I said, no politician is going to be able to accomplish everything they say they are going to, but I agree with nearly all his positions..
Lets take a look at your
"facts"
worst job growth since herbert hoover
show us your supporting facts please
unemployment rate up
since when the last few months--
the facts
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0104719.html
now report back to us what you find comoparing unemployment rates of Clinton vs GW--we just hit all time high of 6.1 after chos appears your boy billy bob had 3 years of 6.0 and over. ?
projected surplus when he took office turned into huge debt
You get one right--but then again was no 911-katrina and 2 wars in equation under surplus
cut taxes on millionaires
cut taxes on everyone that paid taxes
-considering--he replaced the current tax rates of 15, 28, 31, 36, and 39.6 percent with a simplified rate structure of 10, 15, 25, and 33 percent--
Ponder these #'s for a while and report back to us who got biggest tax break and who got the least
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household income has declined when adjusting for inflation
I'm somewhat confused on these if and when facts
--are you implying incomes were down or inflation up?
income inequality has grown
clueless what you mean here --inequality for who--those that work or those that don't?
poverty rates have risen
Give us last year they declined
more people without healthcare
again give us last year they declined
About the only facts I can see is you must have been a "liberal" arts major.
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per what you like about him--show us a bill he past showing decrease in any tax --would you like reference on how many he voted to increase in Ill and u.S. senate--
Do you know last time healthcare cost decreased-
ie How do you define naive?
Diplomacy rather than war or surrender vs victory?
You can put green jobs on back burner--the cost was unaffordable before financial chaos (would kill growth )and out of the question for immediate future.
While on that topic would you have been one of those applauding.
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Gore to the greenies @ Clinton Global Initiative
"If you're a young person looking at the future of this planet and looking at what is being done right now, and not done, I believe we have reached the stage where it is time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new coal plants that do not have carbon capture and sequestration," Gore told the Clinton Global Initiative gathering to loud applause.
