Census Report Shows Bush Economic Legacy Is Failure On Every Measurement

[Bfgrn]

Closing The Book On The Bush Legacy

Thursday's annual Census Bureau report on income, poverty and access to health care-the Bureau's principal report card on the well-being of average Americans-closes the books on the economic record of George W. Bush.

It's not a record many Republicans are likely to point to with pride.

On every major measurement, the Census Bureau report shows that the country lost ground during Bush's two terms. While Bush was in office, the median household income declined, poverty increased, childhood poverty increased even more, and the number of Americans without health insurance spiked. By contrast, the country's condition improved on each of those measures during Bill Clinton's two terms, often substantially.

 

[Annie]

Bush presidency is over. No longer relevant.

 

[Bfgrn]

Bush presidency is over. No longer relevant.

SURE it is... we are no where near out from under Bush's failures, and we will have to live with the carnage for decades...

And right wing pea brains are marching on Washington to preserve that failure!

 

[rightwinger]

Bush presidency is over. No longer relevant.

Unfortunately, what Bush dd to this country will be relevant for the next generation

 

[REVxERIK]

Bush presidency is over. No longer relevant.

Unfortunately, what Bush dd to this country will be relevant for the next generation

10000% agreed. ugh

 

[CrusaderFrank]

When Dems took control of Congress in Nov 2006

1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high @ 75;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.
4) Gold was $600 down from $700 in May 06 when it looked like Reps might hold control
5) Barrel of Crude $60
6) Value of Dollar (euro) 1.28
7) Deficit $342B
8) US Debt $8.4T

Since then:

1) Consumer confidence plummets down to 54 which is an increase over the last 2 months!;
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $2.58 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 9.7%
4) American households have seen trillions in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by trillions of dollars;
6) 1,900,000 American homes are in foreclosure.
7) Trade and treaty with Columbia thrown under bus with Wright and Obamas Gran momma
8) Deficit 1.9 TRILLION
9) US Debt ceiling just raiser to $12 TRILLION
10) Value of Dollar (euro) 1.4 Dollar in FREE FALLLLL

Capital markets are TERRIFIED of American Socialists aka: Dems.
China is lecturing us on Fiscal discipline!
The USA Stands to lose it AAA Credit Rating!
Capital markets are voting against Obama and his Dem Congress!

 

[concept]

You might as well talk to a wall Frank.

Because.... BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[Bfgrn]

When Dems took control of Congress in Nov 2006

1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high @ 75;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.
4) Gold was $600 down from $700 in May 06 when it looked like Reps might hold control
5) Barrel of Crude $60
6) Value of Dollar (euro) 1.28
7) Deficit $342B
8) US Debt $8.4T

Since then:

1) Consumer confidence plummets down to 54 which is an increase over the last 2 months!;
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $2.58 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 9.7%
4) American households have seen trillions in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by trillions of dollars;
6) 1,900,000 American homes are in foreclosure.
7) Trade and treaty with Columbia thrown under bus with Wright and Obamas Gran momma
8) Deficit 1.9 TRILLION
9) US Debt ceiling just raiser to $12 TRILLION
10) Value of Dollar (euro) 1.4 Dollar in FREE FALLLLL

Capital markets are TERRIFIED of American Socialists aka: Dems.
China is lecturing us on Fiscal discipline!
The USA Stands to lose it AAA Credit Rating!
Capital markets are voting against Obama and his Dem Congress!

No link huh Frank? Couldn't pick which pea brain BLOGGER to select?

Q: Did electing a Democratic Congress in 2006 really lead to increased unemployment, higher gas prices and more home foreclosures?
I received this by e-mail and I’ve also seen it posted as a comment on a lot of blogs and news sites. Is there any truth to it?

You Want Change?

A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) the unemployment rate was 4.5%.

Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we're [sic] seen:

1) Consumer confidence plummet;
2) the cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars;
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.

America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!


A: No, and most of the figures in a widely-circulated e-mail are made up. In fact, the entire premise of the e-mail is a logical fallacy.
Like most of the chain e-mails making the rounds, this one is inaccurate. Some claims are outright false while others are grossly out of context. Overall, the e-mail commits the logical fallacy known as post hoc ergo propter hoc (or after the fact, therefore because of the fact).

Here's what we found:

FactCheck.org: Did electing a Democratic Congress in 2006 really lead to increased unemployment, higher gas prices and more home foreclosures?

 

[Oddball]

Closing The Book On The Bush Legacy

blablablablablayammeryammeryammeryammer...

We should be so lucky....But the neutron brains just can't seem to let shit go.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I'll be back later to dismantle Bfgrn ridiculous Kool Aid snorting Cut and paste of stuff that 2 years old!

Instead of reflexively dropping to your knees to defend Obama, you should have noticed that I update my post-obama devastation.

YOU DON'T EVEN MENTION THE DEFICIT AND DEBT NUMBERS CAUSE YOU HAVE NO FUCKING BRAINS OF YOUR OWN!!

 

[concept]

Census Report Shows Bush Economic Legacy Is Failure On Every Measurement

What's hilarious here is that the op completely overlooks the fact that Obama is taking Boooooosh's "failures" and running with them.

Same foreign policy? CHECK!
Increase debt? FUCKIN' A! LETS INCREASE THAT BITCH!
Defecit Spending? LOL ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY? SPEND LIKE YOU ARE DYING TOMORROW!


My God, what a friggin great thread!

 

[midcan5]

Weird how the republicans could never forget Clinton but now they not only forget but run from their own. I still think it was Reagan who began the slide into failure that W only nailed down even more perfectly. A perfect failure, seems after all he was good at something. lol

"....there's a growing realization that the starting point for many of the catastrophes confronting the United States today can be traced to Reagan's presidency. There's also a grudging reassessment that the "failed"- presidents of the 1970s--Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter--may deserve more credit for trying to grapple with the problems that now beset the country."

OpEdNews - Article: Ronald Reagan: Worst President Ever?

 

[Dr.Traveler]

Bush presidency is over. No longer relevant.

Unfortunately, what Bush dd to this country will be relevant for the next generation

Probably more. Bush certainly won't go down as an inconsequential President.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

As promised, I will totally dismantle Brgrn KoolAid Snorter defense of Obamanomics:

Consumer Confidence. Then and Now

November 28, 2006 – The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index fell by 2.2 index points to 102.9 in November (Chart 1). This index has fluctuated between 100 and 110 for the last twelve months.

Economic Snapshots ® - November Consumer Confidence - Nov 28, 2006


August 25, 2009

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index ®, which had retreated in July, rebounded in August. The Index now stands at 54.1 (1985=100), up from 47.4 in July. The Present Situation Index increased slightly to 24.9 from 23.3 last month.

Total collapse in Consumer Confidence since Obama and Dems took Control!

Consumer Confidence Index - The Conference Board

102.9 Under Bush and Republicans
54.1 Under Obama and Dems.

Totally indisputable.

 

[Nosmo King]

Closing The Book On The Bush Legacy

blablablablablayammeryammeryammeryammer...

We should be so lucky....But the neutron brains just can't seem to let shit go.

Then never cite Clinton or Carter. Never cite Reagan or Eisenhower. Never cite Lincoln or Washington or Jefferson. Just keep reinventing the wheel at every turn.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Gas Prices: Then and Now

November 19 2006: 3:31 PM EST

CAMARILLO, Calif. (CNN) -- Gasoline prices at U.S. pumps rose an average of a nickel a gallon over the last two weeks, ending three months of falling prices, according to a national survey released Sunday.
The Nov. 17 Lundberg Survey of about 5,000 gas stations across the country showed the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gas was $2.23, a penny lower than the same week a year ago, publisher Trilby Lundberg told CNN.

Gasoline prices rise after 3 month slump, survey* - Nov. 19, 2006

(CNN) -- The average price per gallon of self-serve regular gasoline is $2.66, up 16.68 cents from two weeks ago, the Lundberg Survey found.

Survey: Gas prices up 17 cents in two weeks - CNN.com

Morale: Spend less time snorting Obama Kool Aid and Linking to out of date Obama defending articles and more time looking up stuff.

2.23 Gas Price Under Bush and Republicans
2.66 Gas Price Under Obama and Dems.

Totally indisputable.

 

[Article 15]

Bush presidency is over. No longer relevant.

Up until Obama is viewed as being treated different than Booooooooosh at which point it is perfectly a-ok to talk about the Boooooooooosh presidency but only if you are a rightie.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Next up: Unemployment, but first I need to be somewhere.

BFgrn, If you admit you're a lazy fuck who does no research and reflexively defends Obama at every turn. I'll save the electrons and not post my defense of the remaining items: Unemployment, prices of gold, crude, Dollar decline, debt, deficit

 

[Oddball]

Closing The Book On The Bush Legacy

blablablablablayammeryammeryammeryammer...

We should be so lucky....But the neutron brains just can't seem to let shit go.

Then never cite Clinton or Carter. Never cite Reagan or Eisenhower. Never cite Lincoln or Washington or Jefferson. Just keep reinventing the wheel at every turn.

Yeah, right.

No president in history or his sycophants has been so obsessed with blaming all the problems in the world on the previous administration.

Next thing ya know, the leftist nutter clods will be blaming everything on Warren Harding.

 

[Dr.Traveler]

We should be so lucky....But the neutron brains just can't seem to let shit go.

Then never cite Clinton or Carter. Never cite Reagan or Eisenhower. Never cite Lincoln or Washington or Jefferson. Just keep reinventing the wheel at every turn.

Yeah, right.

No president in history or his sycophants has been so obsessed with blaming all the problems in the world on the previous administration.

Next thing ya know, the leftist nutter clods will be blaming everything on Warren Harding.

Are you talking about the Bush Supporters or the Obama Supporters?

Because during Bush's administration literally anything that went wrong got a pass back to Clinton.

I'm of the opinion that most of the first year to year and a half of a President's term is spent cleaning up the predecessor's mess. If you're still blaming the previous guy after that, man up and get to work.