Posted by
COBear on Thursday, July 13, 2006 10:04:36 AM
So Democrats don't think that Bush has anything to do with the great economy. Boy, I didn't see that coming. What's worse is that the media is more than willing to play along. Funny how Bill Clinton was responsible for sending the stock market through the roof. Everyone should have known that if it was because of him, it was going to deflate as soon as the Viagra ran out, which it did, so maybe after all it was his doing....
But since the media back then, gave him credit when everyone agreed the economy was good (even though it was phony), people now believe that the Democrats are better for the economy. The fact is that the economy was okay, even though a little phony because of a great thing called gridlock. If Clinton had his way, it would have been a disaster.
The economy does well when the government buts out, ie lower taxes. That's what gridlock did then, it kept taxes low, despite Willies wishes (remember Hillary Care?) Yeah that would have increased your taxes. But we didn't get it. And now we have low taxes and the economy is doing even better, since we let out a little air.
If we had a population that was more educated in economics we they would know that a president can only control so much, and really, the economy is not one of them. They can only get in the way by placing more government in it, ie raising taxes.
Just think if the education system in this nation would teach a little more economics and a little less tree hugging. No wonder the Democrats need to keep control of the education system in this country.