Does it appear despite Dems trashing the economy that Bush has avoided a recession?

Question

Thank you Presidnet Bush.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy

Answer 1

lol you are so delusional i imagine you are posting this from some Phsyc ward somewhere.

Answer 2

I'm not thanking the Bush regime for ANYTHING.

Answer 3

Have you ever heard that Bush lies when he opens his mouth and can't be trust?

Answer 4

Yes but not only that he managed to get us out of the recession he inherited from Clinton..

Answer 5

You must be a really happy person.

Answer 6

YEAH!!!!  We didn't have a recession, time to remove term limits from the constitution, we didn't have a recession!!!!

Do you cheer when your child does poorly in school and you know they can do better?  Do you cheer when your stock doesn't go down in value (not increase, just doesn't decrease)?

Bush's economic policies over the last 7 years have resulted in one recession, one near recession, record debt and a continually falling dollar....

Do you cheer for those?

Answer 7

We have also not had another 9/11. The american public is very fickle. I think history will prove alot kinder to Bush. If Obama bin Biden gets elected, they will wish Bush was back,

Answer 8

Wow!!!!  Bush did that???  I'm sure the hundreds of thousands of Americans feeling pain right now will thank him.

Answer 9

No, it doesn't appear that way.  Every time republicans try this 'trickle down' economics plan it leads to recession, and the rich get richer.  The last time our economy was doing great was under Bill Clinton's administration and he raised taxes.

You must be part of that 25% of Americans that thinks George Bush is doing a great job.  I always wondered where you people were.

Answer 10

After 7 years of Bush and SIX YEARS of Republican control

EVERYBODY in America except the blind partisan GOP fools

know who ruined the economy

You can not point to ONE thing the democratic congress elected in 2006, has done to hurt the economy or cause fuel prices to rise

BUT

we sure can point our fingers at the billionaires that BUSH and the GOP made from millionaires as the ROOT CAUSEof a poor economy !!

Multi million dollar bonus's for these constituants of the GOP is fine and dandy as far as your party is concerned

meanwhile the middle class has nearly disappeared

Answer 11

Why would he?  Credit, housing, and financials are still taking a beating?  800 billion dollar bail out, anyone?

Answer 12

A record budget deficit is an economic time bomb.

Budget Surplus under Clinton, now those were the good old days.

Answer 13

Nope and it looks like some of the countries in Europe right now are about the enter a recession.  Looks like high oil prices have an impact on lots of economies.

Another fact Mr. Clinton omitted has to do with terrorism and attacks against US interests worldwide.  During Clinton's terms, there was the first World Trade Center attact, Khobar Towers, East Timor, Nairobi, and the USS Cole, not to mention the planning of the second World Trade Center attack which reached fruition on 9/11.  During the Bush years no other terrorist attacks were launched against US interests.

The Congress was Republican for 6 of 8 Clinton years.  Congress controls the purse strings and maybe their budgets had something to do with the good economy in those years.

Answer 14

You must be joking.  The stimulus checks had a short-term effect and the very weak dollar helped exports.  Those checks are spent.  The US is facing its greatest economic challenge since the Great Depression and that is thanks to Republican policies under Bush.

Answer 15

Did you even read the article...it says NOTHING about avoiding a recession..in fact it states we aren't on "solid ground" yet and we won't be for a while.

Exports might remain steady due to the weak dollar but it also credits a bump due to the stimulus package, which is a one time thing, unless of course you're suggesting we borrow a whole bunch of money again for a second stimulus package.

Answer 16

I've never quite understood this intense focus on whether or not we have met the precise definition of "recession", as though that is the only gauge of our current economic condition.  Are you really implying that as long as we are not technically in a recession that things are fine?  Really?  Don't you feel it's just a tad bit naive to place all of your economic judgments on one factor?