Ravi
Diamond Member
his tax refund certainly did not hurt the economy, that is a fact. if i recall at the time people were predicting the imminent demise of the economy, so bush proposed the tax stimulus plan that later became our tax refund and as we now know, the economy did not collapse as predicted in 2001.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2008-01-18-stimulus-impact_N.htm
interestingly, many dems this time believe the tax refunds WILL help and some dems called for even more money in the stimulus package. the fed chair also supports Bush's tax refund.
regardless of the politics of the african aid money, the fact remains that the aid has helped. just because people bicker of the politics of the package here, does not lessen the positive impact bush's aid package had in africa. i think i even heard air america admit that the african aid package was the only good thing bush has ever done....
Not hurting the economy wasn't the point. You claim it helped the economy. Care poked a big hole in that theory in another thread.
The AIDS thing, so far, is all you've got. And even that is questionable.
IMO, you're striking out.