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Originally posted by MrSelfDestruct
It seems that those who blame the bad side of the economy on Bush are unwilling to accept that he may be responsible for the positive side. The underdog will change the "facts" to fit the situation and support himself, and there will be a split between those who point out hypocrisy, and those who find "facts" to defend themselves from such allegations.
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Personally, I still know a lot of people out of work or underemployed, so I'm seeing the "jobless recovery" that everyone keeps talking about. I think a lot of people are in this situation, and until they or their friends get jobs the fed can reports all the numbers they want and it won't matter.
But yes, both sides play up the numbers they want. I can point to a few bad things that Bush has done to the economy: talking down the .com crash and making it worse than it needed to be; not using FERC to defuse the energy crisis; not putting credible people in charge of the SEC after the Enron crisis; and spending too much on a tax cut. I personally don't buy the story that a president can't really control the economy during their term.
Sure, there are macro forces at work that they can't control, but, in my opinion, Bush has been especially inept on the economy.
It looks like a lot of people in this survey agree.