bendog
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George W. Bush inherited a strong economy, a budget surplus, and a nation at peace.
Eight years later, he left Obama with a shattered economy, a trillion dollar deficit, and two useless wars.
Obama saved the country from another Great Depression, rebuilt GM, reformed healthcare, reformed Wall Street, doubled the stock market, created 16 straight quarters of GDP growth, created 60 months of private sector job growth, got Bin Laden, and got Gaddafi.
Obama has done a very good job.
To be fair, the housing bubble began with Slick. His famous comment on people who complained they didn't get a pay raise was his comment that they got to refi, which lowered their mortgage payments. Slick failed in stemming the stagnant income of workers, and he helped fuel the incomes of speculators.
That isn't to deny the Spendthrift Son was like having a raving alcoholic egotist driving a bus with armed guards preventing any intervention by the terrified passengers.
As for Obama, Jimmy Carter actually cut oil consumption, began the defense buildup, began killing inflations, and had some success on the deficit. If that's success for you, fine.
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