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kentuck

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11. They believe his taxcuts kept us from a more serious recession ...

Thu Apr 26, 2012, 01:32 PM

Apr 2012

...after the tech bubble burst. However, the unemployment rate was just above 4% when Bush took office and there was a surplus for as far as the eye could see, even with the tech bubble bursting. It did not have a huge impact on our economy. Even 9/11 events "only" contributed about $200 billion in losses to our economy. It was the Bush and the Republican policies that almost destroyed our nation. We are still not out of the woods. We may never get out of the woods. One thing for sure, if we go back to the Bush policies, we will be lost in the woods.

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Freepers and false assumptions... [View all] kentuck Apr 2012 OP

Most Republican voters will only quote you talking points rustydog Apr 2012 #1

That's true. It's much easier to let someone else tell you what your opinion should be than it Arkansas Granny Apr 2012 #3

Most Republicans (or any authoritarians for that matter) don't have a good grasp on causality TrogL Apr 2012 #2

"I question their sanity." Yep. Economic denial is just like climate denial or fascism denial saras Apr 2012 #4

They believe broad 'ideas', but not specifics. democrat_patriot Apr 2012 #5

Study that is relevant to the question at hand. Versailles Apr 2012 #6

From my observations... kentuck Apr 2012 #7

And that study is far too complex for the low information voter to understand. CenaW Apr 2012 #9

That infamous Republican voter base has no idea how bad the financial disaster was, CenaW Apr 2012 #8

They also forget that this was Bewsh's second recession. HughBeaumont Apr 2012 #10

They believe his taxcuts kept us from a more serious recession ... kentuck Apr 2012 #11

And they'd believe wrong. HughBeaumont Apr 2012 #12

the beginning was not so bright either belcffub Apr 2012 #14

Part Of The Plan... KharmaTrain Apr 2012 #13