Does anyone else notice that the economy was good until the Democrats got control of Congress?

Answer 1

As an infantry Marine who has deployed twice to Iraq, and served under both Clinton and Bush, I have seen Clinton completely gut the military, no money for training or people, and the result being when it was needed, Bush had to spend trillions to build us back to where we should have been in the first place. I was on a Military Transition Team training and operating with the Iraqi Army, and I saw the press come to write about us, and the good things we have accomplished, only to have them go home to write hatchet jobs about how poorly things are. Now, since things are going much better in Iraq, I see them write about the economy instead of the gains we are making. The economy is not bad right now. What is bad is people borrowing more than they can afford, they crying when they have to pay it back. I have been able to invest in the stock market and real estate and make a decent amount of money. I am able to feed, clothe, and house my family and still save plenty for retirement. If people are not making what they feel they are worth, they need to reevaluate what they are doing and improve themselves to make more money. Why is it the governments job to dictate how much the private sector pays? So, to answer your question, the economy is not bad, it is just being protrayed in that light to divert our attention from the success we are begining to have in Iraq.

Answer 2

the economy has taken a dump due to the democrats and their policies, I will explain.

Several years ago all the dems complained that it was to hard for all the minorities and everyone else to own a house, they said the policies discriminated against minorities and the lower economic classes, even though these people could only afford to drive a 93 Grand AM, so the restrictions were lifted and look what happened. All those people who should of stayed in the projects and under bridges bought houses and realized they could not afford them and defaulted. And now look at the effect that it has had on our economy, all the dems are blaming the republicans, NICE, why dont the democrats do something besides throwing stones. Get a job besides a government job, Leave the labor Union, and realize that global warming is a good thing. George Bush will be remembered as a great president 20years from now unlike Jimmy Carter. If you want something to really ponder, consider this what would AL gore have done during the attack in NY, Look at how he reacted to his election loss. I can tell you what he would have done, he would have been under his desk sucking his thumb while tipper rub his fat belly.

Long Live The GOP

Hillary is a Man
Obama is a terrorist
Edwards is a woman

Answer 3

This down turn in the economy has nothing to do with Congress. Besides, the economy was ALRIGHT (not particularly good and not bad) before the Democrats took control. The economy isnt doing so well right now because of the morgage situation and other economic factors.

Answer 4

Yes, Good Observation, some say it is the housing crunch that has hurt the economy, and they are correct-partly that, and the gas prices. Lets examine why this is happening. The Dems. passed laws requuiring lenders to meet racial quotes for home loans (Basically affirmative action for the lending industry) We are finding a lot of these defaults are coming from economically rough neighborhoods that are very sensitive to even the slightest economic turn. Basic demographics show that in the rough neighborhoods you will find your highest concentration of different races. So if a guy gets a home loan in "the hood" and defaults it is not Bush's fault, you can blame the dems that forced this law. Rather than allowing lending industries to do their due dilligence and provide loans based solely on financial standing they made loans to meet their racial quotas.
As for the gas prices, if we drilled in the U.S-namely Alaska and built an additional refinery we wouldn't have the high prices we are seeing, you can blame the dems for that as well. OPEC would have a lot less control.

Brian S., The U.S spending money in Iraq only benefits the economy. It keeps defense workers employed. That has nothing to do with it. Nice try Hippy.

Answer 5

A Republican talking about economy and government having a hand in it? I thought the Republicans believed the private sector controlled the economy and that the government should butt out? I haven't heard of the Democrats recently hurting this philosophy besides a slight boost in minimum wage. And honestly with a record in increasing the national debt beyond what anyone could of imagined from a Republican President. Republicans shouldn't be throwing the "economic" stones when the Democrats have "economic" ICBM's to throw back.

btw: Thx Sageands , I could think of a word and you used it.

Answer 6

Your attempt to blame a Democratic Congress for Bush's seven years of ineptitude and fraud isn't going to work. You know the economy has been tanking since "the Decider" took office. THAT is when the slide began, not just this past year. Or, maybe you don't know the difference between a good or bad economy.

Answer 7

No because i live in reality.
I do not think that we got 9 trillion dollars in debt this year alone.
I do not think that the mortgage crisis appeared only in the last 9 months.
I do not think that the growth of the last 6 years being built entirely on the unfunded Keynsian effect of the war only came about because of last year's election result.
This is the most pathetic of all arguments. A pure post hoc with a smug but completely indefensible partisan agenda.
The economy is tanking now because of 7 years of abject mismanagement - where moderate growth was presented as being more impressive than it was, and misassociated with tax cuts that demonstratively had little impact (unless the tax cuts only applied to energy and military sectors where almost all of the private sector growth has been) while the outrageous cost of that growth was passed to future generations to pay.

Answer 8

No.. Well it wasn't very good by any means under the Republicans, but the Democrats sure haven't done any better at all!

It's because the Neocons weren't listening to my man Dr. Ron Paul!

Answer 9

No, but I noticed the economy was doing great under Bill Clinton until George Bush was elected. By using "trickle down economics", a theory that has been disproven during every Republican Presidents reign since Reagan, Bush has taken a growing economy and killed it. Bush and the Republican Congress doubled the National Debt which is now over nine trillion dollars. 70% of the National Debt was created by Bush, Bush, and Reagan.

Answer 10

Its really not all that bad. It was FAR worse near the end of Clinton's administration. Contrary to Zardos' comment. He sucked all that remained of the Reagan economy. Remember the NASDAQ and plummeting tech stocks. Millions were lost. I've definitely made up for what I lost during that embarrassing administration. The current housing market drop is predicted to be near, or close to an end.

But, its just coincidental. They don't have that much direct control over it. The US economy is like a huge ocean liner. It takes a long time to turn around and controls are slow and sluggish.