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To: combjelly who wrote (457406)	2/18/2009 11:48:47 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578138

CJ, > The real gdp growth rate rose to a peak in 2005, ever since then it has been stagnant at best. Usually declining. A declining growth rate is still growth. You're still repeating the Democrat talking points, that the economy had never fully recovered from 2001 and that the only people who benefitted were the rich. Can't wait to see how $250K/job is going to help "create" a recovery ... Tenchusatsu

To: combjelly who wrote (457406)	2/18/2009 11:49:30 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578138

Yes, I can cherry pick good and bad statistics. But you're trying to rewrite history. On 9/12, most everyone believed the economy would suffer badly and that we would have another attack within Bush's term. As it turned out, the economy handled it well and we did not have another attack. The current economic problems are largely a result of bad policy by the Democratic congress and massive, systemic government spending that cannot be stopped for SS and Medicare which have left the country teetering on bankruptcy. Were we not $50 Trillion in debt on these failed social programs it would be no problem to borrow-and-spend our way out of this mess. While we've given our Seniors a standard of living like no other people, we may find that this is what killed our democracy.