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In reply to the discussion: Once Again, A Democratic President Cuts a Republican Deficit. Almost No One Notices. [View all]DCBob
(24,689 posts)118. Those f'kers will never be happy until they "take back THEIR country".
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Once Again, A Democratic President Cuts a Republican Deficit. Almost No One Notices. [View all]
riqster
Jul 2013
OP
That is a generalized MSM observation which has somehow become "common knowledge" by repetition.
riqster
Jul 2013
#18
But compared to 1999, in post I responded to, the economy and the job market is still nowhere close.
RC
Jul 2013
#22
5 years after the reagan & clinton recessions, UE was back to normal range.
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#113
how many manufacturing jobs do you think left under reagan? regardless, UE was back within
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#162
i'm saying that lsoing manufacturing jobs isn't an excuse for no labor recovery.
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#179
and i was offering reagan (several million manufacturing jobs lost in a smaller economy) as a kind
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#181
Just posting facts in response to tridim's anecdotal statement about job recovery.
progressoid
Jul 2013
#111
Apparently you don't notice the people on street corners, with cardboard signs and the
RC
Jul 2013
#26
The national UE average doesn't depend on where you are. And it's that number which is used
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#115
The bailout was necessary for Bush's wars and economic policies and lax regulation. To be accurate.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2013
#46
But wait, I thought he was helpless in the face of mean old republicans and that's why
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2013
#23
The fiscal aspects of this are something he specifically wrung out of Boehner in negotiations
Recursion
Jul 2013
#34
Wrong take. Yes, austerity fails now. No, Obama is not enacting austerity: GOP is.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2013
#49
Thank you. Why some are celebrating the victories that Republicans got is astounding. n/t
Dawgs
Jul 2013
#58
Destroying a bs meme is a poor excuse for applauding cuts that have done so much harm
magellan
Jul 2013
#86
So, basically, 'keep your mouth shut because there's nothing we can do about it'.
Dawgs
Jul 2013
#98
That's the pattern... Democrats clean up Republican messes and when things really start to turn
gtar100
Jul 2013
#35
Republicans claim Romney could have fixed the deficit in six months....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2013
#81
Of course they wanted more. Doesn't mean they aren't happy about what they got. n/t
Dawgs
Jul 2013
#106