bcroz said:
Since when is everything to do with the economy a direct result of what the government does? The last 6 months of Clintons 2nd term saw the nation being put into a recession that should have lasted much longer than it did. The economy runs in cycles. Top that with what happaned to the economy as a result of 9/11 and it's a wonder the stock market is where it's at. Listen to any UNBIASED economist and they will tell you that the economy as a whole is going well.
The fumes from my MG smell like perfume compared the crap your shoveling.
Many other countries were faced with similar pressure on their economy, but none sunk as low, for as long, as the US has. Putting billions of dollars into a war that was - at best - ill conceived, and at worst criminally myopic, has done some serious damage.
Saying that the recession "should have lasted much longer than it did" is another Bush sound bite. How in the world can anyone say this with any certainty. No one knows what the economy would have done without the billions that have been sapped out of it to fight the war.
I suppose your qualifier of "UNBIASED" is based on one that supports your view of the economy. It seems that you can find economists on all sides of the issue, and the truth is they may all be correct, with certain caviats.
Victor
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