Are you really this stupid?
No booming economy? Growth was brisk from 2001 to 2007.
No jobs? How about record low unemployment levels during that time?
Invasion of Iraq? WTF are you smoking? What does that have to do with anything?
WHy not go PUT IT ON C-SPAN????
When Dubya took office in January 2000, the umemployment rate was 4.8%. When he left office in January 2009, it was 7.7%. When he took office the GDP was $9.255 trillion; when he left it was $14.2 trillion. So, let's see. So, from bookend to bookend, in Dubya's administration, the unemployment rate went up, the GDP went up.
I would think that if you looked deeper, you'd find those at the high end of the income scale increased their take, while those in the middle and at the bottom, lost ground. So, if this is not a case of the 'rich getting richer', then what would be?
Actually when he took office the rate was 4.2%. When Democrats took control of Congress the rate was 4.6%, down from the recession's high of 6.1% (remember the news media screaming about Bush's "jobless recovery"??). The unemployment rate rose thereafter to our present over 10% rate.
Bureau of Labor Statistics Data
GDP rose nearly 50% during his tenure, despite a recession at the beginning.
I would think you would find that the middle class rose up into the wealthy and the poor saw their incomes rise.
If this is not a case of "Republicans benefit the economy, Democrats destroy it" then what would it be?
You're right, the number of millionaires did increase.
The number of households with $5 million or more in investable assets excluding the family home rose by 26 percent to a record 930,000, according to a study by Spectrem Group. That is the biggest jump since Spectrem began its survey in 1996. The number of millionaires rose by 11 percent, to a record 8.3 million the second biggest jump in the decade since they were surveyed.
But as you can see, it only grew to 8.3 million people. Howver, the number of people in poverty in 2000 was approximately 31 million. In 2006, the number was approximately 35million. So, as you can see, it appears Republicans economic policy lends itself to create two extremes: the rich and the poor. I would tend to think that the 20th century showed us the things that can be accomplished with a strong and large middle class. History is littered with the remants of societies who tried to live at the extremes. IMO, having large numbers of rich and large numbers of poor is not good for the nation.