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In my book, the U.S. economy is improving gradually and doing better than it was 4 or 5 years ago. The stock market has had an especially good run, thankfully. However, the economy is still far from doing great - as the unemployment rate is still 7.4%, the GDP growth is small and the national debt is very high and rising.
If Mitt Romney were president, do you think he would have been able to use his decades of business skills and knowledge to bring more positive numbers in the U.S. economy by now and going forward? What, if anything, could he have done differently?
Simple answer: NO, and the majority of Americans, including many that voted for Mittens, agree. Heck the only reason he got the nomination after having already been rejected by the voters in his own Party is that the other choices were actually worse. Until the GOP can run candidates that are not past rejects or nutjobs they will not be winning the Whitehouse any time soon. Either the GOP reforms their Party before 2016 or they will remain where they are, No. 2 in American Politics, their choice.
Well, during most years that George Bush was president, the economy was doing considerably better than it has during the last 5 years (since 2008). The unemployment rate was lower, GDP growth was higher, the stock market was going higher and the national debt was lower (but growing too rapidly nonetheless). So, I'm not so sure about this.
Kind of like saying the Titanic's maiden voyage was going beautifully until that pesky iceberg showed up...
In my book, the U.S. economy is improving gradually and doing better than it was 4 or 5 years ago. The stock market has had an especially good run, thankfully. However, the economy is still far from doing great - as the unemployment rate is still 7.4%, the GDP growth is small and the national debt is very high and rising.
If Mitt Romney were president, do you think he would have been able to use his decades of business skills and knowledge to bring more positive numbers in the U.S. economy by now and going forward? What, if anything, could he have done differently?
Since economic policy is not decided on Pennsylvania Ave ... but at the Federal Reserve on Constitution Ave ... no ... not much difference.
The assault on civil liberties however, would have been lesser under Romney, but only because the left-right illusion must be maintained.
It would be worse. They would have put the United States under a permanent austerity dictatorship similar to what is happening in some cities in Michigan but expanded nationwide.
It would be worse. They would have put the United States under a permanent austerity dictatorship similar to what is happening in some cities in Michigan but expanded nationwide.
We will note........the sequester did not cause the end of the world as it was claimed it would.
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Do you not realize that when the rich benefit, everyone benefits? Or are you one of those who still thinks poor people create jobs and pay tax?
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Nice glittering generality. How about some specific, fact based examples of everyone benefitting when the rich benefitted?
And, the grand total of specific examples at this point is................................................ .........0
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How about some specific, fact based examples of everyone benefitting when the rich benefitted?
