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you obviously have not read many of my posts regarding congress in the past. I do not beleive the president has any control over the economy. Only congress does. And as for congress, I am one of those that see them as a bunch of children wearing big boy clothes....all of them.
Now...that being said...
I am a firm believer that government intervention can nothelp the economy....but it most certainly can hurt it.
I watched a congress with a majority rule of those with an ideology of "government can fix things" do all they can with top fix the economy.....and nothing got better....nyumbers actually got worse.
Now....I am a conservative...so when a conservative politician speaks I do not hear it with spin....Ihear what they say.....so during the 2010 campaigns, I heard the GOP politicians say "vote for me and I will ensure the demiocratic policies will no longer stunt economic growth."
NONE had a "plan to fix the economy". They all had the plan of "let the private sector do as they do best"
Sure...their opponents spun it and said "he doesnt have a plan"....but that WAS the plan....the GOP candidates made it clear that their plan was to block any further legislation that spends money to fix the economy becuase SUCH ACTIONS DO NOT WORK.
So they acheived a majority in the house and sure enough they did exactly what they said they would do...BLOCK ANY DEMOCRATIC INITIATIVES THAT WERE DESIGNED TO GROW THE ECONOMY BECUASE THEY DID NOT BELIEVE THEY WOULD WORK AND TO THE CONTRARY SLOW DOWN THE RECOVERY, IF ANYTHING...
So when you say that I pretend to believe the GOP had the best intentions for the country.....well...first oif all...THAT is rhetoric from you so I suggest you practice what you preach......but all I know is that they did exactly what they said they would do....and based on the numbers that came out today, it seems it is working.
As for Bush's last year...irrelevant....but a recession takes 6-18 months to recover if NOT TOUCHED BY THE GOVERNMENT......so I did not expect a recopvery until 2009.......unfortunately, as I expected, the stimulus stymied the recovery.....
That is some spin, Jarhead.
how is it spin?
It is not what I said...it is what Reid, Pelosi and Obama said.
They claimed the reason the economy is not recovering is becuase the GOP is blocking progress in congress.
Yet there are signs now that the economy is recovering.
So they admittedly can not say it is becuase of Democratic policies....they havent been able to enact them becuase of the GOP.
So it must be the GOP blocking everything that is responsible....
So how is that spin?
Because you have not discounted the TARP and the stimulus as finally overcoming GOP stupidity from 1994 to 2006, with a lot of Dem help.
Can you do that? Didn't think so.