Lies and Perfidy
Gentleman of the Road
Historically, economies IMPROVE during time of war. And there was a huge surge in consumerism. Remember that whole "BUY AMERICAN PRODUCTS!" deal?
Bill Clinton spent time defending himself from accusations that had NOTHING to do with his presidential record and everything to do with the Republican party's spite at losing the White House. He wasted valuable time going on trial for something that was not a crime, while conservative pundits assaulted him from all sides with baseless idiocy like the "Nationwide Clinton Murder Ring" or whatever Ann Coulter was babbling about; now these same pundits scream "TREASON!" at anybody who dares to criticize George W. Bush's actions as a president. Hypocrisy at its finest.
The stock market is improving, but it's still nowhere near where it was during the Clinton years...and judging solely on the stock market false economics, anyway. The REAL problem is jobs. Unemployment has soared under Bush; I repeat once again: BUSH WILL BE THE FIRST PRESIDENT SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION TO PRESIDE OVER JOB LOSSES.
Stocks are making money because corporations are making money; therefore, the rich benefit (and benefit more from Bush's one-sided tax cuts). And don't pull that voodoo economics "trickle-down" card; it didn't work with Reagan and it won't work now. The rich don't spend their extra money improving the American economy; they invest more and spend overseas.
Jobs are going overseas too. The reason there's job losses is because Bush is urging American corporations to outsource jobs to India and Japan. American jobs are being sacrificed for the profit of the companies, who can pay a guy in Pakistan ten bucks an hour to do what an American would demand fifty for.
A Nobel Prize winner for economics called Bush's economic plan "the worst in American history." That oughta tell you something.
Bill Clinton spent time defending himself from accusations that had NOTHING to do with his presidential record and everything to do with the Republican party's spite at losing the White House. He wasted valuable time going on trial for something that was not a crime, while conservative pundits assaulted him from all sides with baseless idiocy like the "Nationwide Clinton Murder Ring" or whatever Ann Coulter was babbling about; now these same pundits scream "TREASON!" at anybody who dares to criticize George W. Bush's actions as a president. Hypocrisy at its finest.
The stock market is improving, but it's still nowhere near where it was during the Clinton years...and judging solely on the stock market false economics, anyway. The REAL problem is jobs. Unemployment has soared under Bush; I repeat once again: BUSH WILL BE THE FIRST PRESIDENT SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION TO PRESIDE OVER JOB LOSSES.
Stocks are making money because corporations are making money; therefore, the rich benefit (and benefit more from Bush's one-sided tax cuts). And don't pull that voodoo economics "trickle-down" card; it didn't work with Reagan and it won't work now. The rich don't spend their extra money improving the American economy; they invest more and spend overseas.
Jobs are going overseas too. The reason there's job losses is because Bush is urging American corporations to outsource jobs to India and Japan. American jobs are being sacrificed for the profit of the companies, who can pay a guy in Pakistan ten bucks an hour to do what an American would demand fifty for.
A Nobel Prize winner for economics called Bush's economic plan "the worst in American history." That oughta tell you something.