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Originally Posted by Ustwo
The economy survived a recession from the Clinton era dot com bubble, 9/11, and then its weathering a housing bubble, but of course its all Bushes fault.
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You left out fiscal health....the national debt nearly doubled in the last 8 years - $5.7 trillion to projected over $10 trillion when Bush leaves office...almost as much as during the terms of ALL the previous presidents combined.
And, 2007 with the largest annual CPI increase in 10 years, declining personal savings and soaring personal debt and bankruptcy, decline in the value of the dollar...
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Energy dependence - worse eh? The democrats don't want new drilling but other than that I don't see where you get this, but whatever its just opinion. It seems we still get our oil from abroad, maybe we are using more but thats the sign of a growing economy. Unemployment is at historic lows I might add.
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We import more oil than 8 years ago, thats a fact not an opinion.
I dont see Republicans wanting to build more refineries, thats a fact, not an opinion
Unemployment is NOT at historic lows...it was just over 4% when Clinton left office, its now at 5%
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Health and welfare - You are just guessing but I can't see where this change was, hell Bush got that perscrption drug plan passed thats better than anyone else in the last 30 years if you are into socialized medicine.
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Millions more families below the poverty line, thats a fact, not a guess
Millions more families without health insurance, thats a fact, not a guess
The biggest beneficiary of the medicare prescription drug plan was the pharmas....Bush promised to veto the bill if it contained a requirement to negotiate prescription drug prices (in a manner similar to the Vet Administration)
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Americas place in the world - .....Don't care what they think just buy are stuff, sell us your stuff, and do your own thing...
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They like us less but we buy far more from then than we sell to them...the trade deficit is far worse than eight years ago....fact, not opinion.