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Of course economists wanted to extend tax cuts in the years during and after the Great Recession. Raising them at the point would have been economic suicide. The tax cuts were a bad idea in the first place.
Ah so in other words, Bush shouldn't have used tax cuts to spur growth during the recession in 2002/03' but because he did Obama had to keep them so. Check
What about the Clinton tax cuts of 1993 and 1997? Where they bad for the economy?
Are you against all tax cuts or just the ones that enable wealthy Americans to keep more of their money?
Btw surplus only occurred when the Republicans controlled Congress.
And actually the deficit spending as percent of GDP under Bush aren't as bad as other Presidents (but remember, who controls Congress controls the Purse strings).
but entitlement spending (which Democrats don't seem to want to touch) dwarfs any revenue loss from the Bush tax cuts
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It's never Bush's/Republicans fault. Pretend 2001-2008 never happened and blame everything on our current president. We get it.
No you don't get it, because I never said that....
So lets see what the same people said about Congress:
13%, oh my So, that means the American people approve of the President more than twice as much as Congress. No Improvement for Congress' Job Approval Rating
Everyone right and left say they hate congress, but few dislike their congressman. We will reelect 90 percent of congress, so congressional rating mean little
Over the years congressional approval is always lower than the presidents. What matters this year is that it is a mid-term election and the voter almost always votes based on the president's performance. If Obama's poll numbers stay in this low range, the Dems are in for major losses. 2006 was a disaster for Republicans and 2010 a disaster for Democrats.
The Dems will care come November if obama's ratings continue to skid or are below that 45% range. That is why many Dems running for re-election this year are telling obama to stay away.
The Dems will care come November if obama's ratings continue to skid or are below that 45% range. That is why many Dems running for re-election this year are telling obama to stay away.
Yet Obama is out fundraising all the time instead of doing his job and except for one... not a word from Democrats.
You're missing some economic dats there, chief. Specifically late 2007-2008.
Bush's economy was propped up by an enormous housing bubble that was doomed to burst. Those tax cuts? They cost us trillions in lost revenue. Bush was an incalculable failure and no president was going to look good cleaning up after him.
Enormous housing bubble because dems insisted that there was not a housing bubble when bush tried warning them 17 times. See what happens when you try to give to the poor... they screw the whole works up.
Enormous housing bubble because dems insisted that there was not a housing bubble when bush tried warning them 17 times. See what happens when you try to give to the poor... they screw the whole works up.
Oh and Raymond...... Booooooooooooosh!
The Bush White House did in fact plead with Congress to act. You can see official statements here
To blame GW on the financial meltdown is wrong. To blame GW on the mess in Iraq is right. We should have let them keep their petty dictator and continue allowing him to stonewall the basically irrelevant UN and their useless resolutions.
So many nicknames for Obama.
Commander in Dolt.
Cretin In Chief
Bush Dark
D'oh! bama
The *Asterisk* President
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Of course economists wanted to extend tax cuts in the years during and after the Great Recession. Raising them at the point would have been economic suicide. The tax cuts were a bad idea in the first place.
So, that means the American people approve of the President more than twice as much as Congress. 
