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Linus wants to know---
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Linus wants to know if we, the 70% of the American public who aren?t bat-shit crazy, miss Dubya yet. Let?s take a look at Dubya?s economic legacy, as revealed in the recent Census Bureau report on income, poverty and access to health care---the Bureau's principal report card on the well-being of average Americans. Since the last two Presidents each served two terms, it's fair to compare their legacies.
Under Clinton, the median income increased 14 per cent. Under Bush it declined 4.2 per cent.
Under Clinton the total number of Americans in poverty declined 16.9 per cent; under Bush it increased 26.1 per cent.
Under Clinton the number of children in poverty declined 24.2 per cent; under Bush it increased by 21.4 per cent.
Under Clinton, the number of Americans without health insurance, remained essentially even (down six-tenths of one per cent); under Bush it increased by 20.6 per cent.
Bush built his economic strategy around tax cuts for the wealthy, passing large reductions in both 2001 and 2003. Yet the wretched two-term record compiled by Bush on income, poverty and access to health care should compel Republicans to answer a straightforward question: if tax cuts are truly the best means to stimulate broadly shared prosperity, why did the Bush years yield such disastrous results for American families on these core measures of economic well being?
http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/09/closing_the_book_on_the_bush_legacy.php
a few FACTS if you don't mind--
1st 2 years of Slicks reign were an abomination resultling in the greatest swap of political seats in history--
Here's what happened to the Democrats under Clinton, based on our latest figures:
- GOP seats gained in House since Clinton became president: 45
- GOP seats gained in Senate since Clinton became president: 7
- GOP governorships gained since Clinton became president: 11
- GOP state legislative seats gained since Clinton became president: 1,254
as of 1998
- State legislatures taken over by GOP since Clinton became president: 9
- Democrat officeholders who have become Republicans since Clinton became
president: 439 as of 1998
- Republican officeholders who have become Democrats since Clinton became president: 3
--enter the rebs with their Contract with America for his last 6 years--they then controled policy--with Billy Bobs only recourse being veto's (which he did twice on welfare reform) till he finally gave up.
Now let step it up to GW reign--
Rough times starting out with dot com recession--followed by Enron and Worldcom collapse--followed by 911 and Katrina-
Despite all the above we have unemployment/interest rates-inflation all around record lows--GDP record growth-market all time high under GW--and no whining about the hand he inheirited--just action.
Now being equally deceptive as Trench on his summation was Pelosi and the liberals who professed about to be worst economy since great depression--and while parlaying this deception with unpopular war they took over control in 2006---
--and as Paul Harvey would say--We know the rest of the story.
--any rebuttals on the facts presented:0corn
Deceptive? I?ll post those FACTS for you again Linus.
1. Under Clinton, the median income increased 14 per cent. Under Bush it declined 4.2 per cent.
2. Under Clinton the total number of Americans in poverty declined 16.9 per cent; under Bush it increased 26.1 per cent.
3. Under Clinton the number of children in poverty declined 24.2 per cent; under Bush it increased by 21.4 per cent.
4. Under Clinton, the number of Americans without health insurance, remained essentially even (down six-tenths of one per cent); under Bush it increased by 20.6 per cent.
Linus, you?re wasting your time debating Bush?s economic legacy. I challenge you to find one, just one, respected economist or historian who considers Bush?s economic legacy anything other than atrocious. I mean Bush has the dubious distinction of being the first President in recent American history under who?s leadership, the median household income DECLINED! Then after handing $700 Billion to his Wall Street cronies, he left office with the country spiraling into an economic abyss.
Bush?s presidency began with 9/11, caused by his own ineptitude and inaction in responding to intelligence and national security concerns and warnings. Then his presidency ended with an economic 9/11, caused by his failed policies. Bush was handed the keys to the Cadillac in 2001 and when he left office in January, he handed Obama the keys to a broken down, rusted, running on 3 cylinders, clunker.
So Linus, now that we've estabished that Bush's economic policies were a complete FAILURE, would you care to discuss Bush's failures in foreign policy, national security and the environment?
This is YOUR thread. You might as well own it.
:0corn
Deceptive? I?ll post those FACTS for you again Linus.
1. Under Clinton, the median income increased 14 per cent. Under Bush it declined 4.2 per cent.
2. Under Clinton the total number of Americans in poverty declined 16.9 per cent; under Bush it increased 26.1 per cent.
3. Under Clinton the number of children in poverty declined 24.2 per cent; under Bush it increased by 21.4 per cent.
4. Under Clinton, the number of Americans without health insurance, remained essentially even (down six-tenths of one per cent); under Bush it increased by 20.6 per cent.
Linus, you?re wasting your time debating Bush?s economic legacy. I challenge you to find one, just one, respected economist or historian who considers Bush?s economic legacy anything other than atrocious. I mean Bush has the dubious distinction of being the first President in recent American history under who?s leadership, the median household income DECLINED! Then after handing $700 Billion to his Wall Street cronies, he left office with the country spiraling into an economic abyss.
Bush?s presidency began with 9/11, caused by his own ineptitude and inaction in responding to intelligence and national security concerns and warnings. Then his presidency ended with an economic 9/11, caused by his failed policies. Bush was handed the keys to the Cadillac in 2001 and when he left office in January, he handed Obama the keys to a broken down, rusted, running on 3 cylinders, clunker.
So Linus, now that we've estabished that Bush's economic policies were a complete FAILURE, would you care to discuss Bush's failures in foreign policy, national security and the environment?
This is YOUR thread. You might as well own it.
:0corn
Interesting since Brownstein left no references or links on where he determined this opinion on 4 areas you call "facts" --and since your presenting them as facts--that leaves it up to you to back them up with references on where they came from or were determined--if not we will assume you've been punked by the liberal rhetoric --again
Apparently you missed our thread on debate on issue--feel free to jump in--
:0cornhttp://www.madjacksports.com/forum/showthread.php?t=343671&page=2&highlight=calculat
