"The Democrat administrations achieved the three fastest rates of growth and four of the top five on that ranking. Real GDP advanced at an annualized rate of 5.2% during the Kennedy years, 5.1% during the Johnson years, and 3.6% when the Clinton administration was in power. GDP rose 3.5% per annum in the Reagan years despite a severe recession in 1981-2. Growth averaged a respectable 3.2% per annum when the Carter administration governed — and yes, some people no doubt were better off in 1980 than 1976 — and the Nixon years experienced growth of 3.0% per annum. In none of these presidential periods was growth substantially less than the 3.4% average pace for the whole second half of the 20th century.

Both Bush presidential periods and the Ford years experienced growth of barely more than 2.0%. The growth rate in the first Bush presidency was 2.1%, identical to the performance of the Ford Administration. The current Bush administration has achieved marginally faster growth of 2.3% per annum. However, that pace has also been substantially less than the long-term trend. From several respects, the current administration’s performance is puzzling, worrisome, and instructive. It is puzzling because a 7.5-year period will be less sharply influenced by a recession than an administration with a shorter lifespan like Ford’s and because fiscal policy and monetary policy were loose. Also, productivity was strong during this period. It is worrisome because this is the most recent presidential observation and might reflect a stochastic downshift in what the United States can expect in long-term average growth. It is also worrisome because the banking crisis and the drag from the implementation of solutions to the current problem suggest that worse times may lie ahead. Finally, it is instructive in discrediting the theory that war is good for growth. Sometimes that has been unquestionably true. World War II helped America escape the depression, and growth was very buoyant when the Vietnam War was fought in the 1960′s. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and tightening of homeland security have not given a discernible lift to growth."

Weird huh? It's almost like most of what Republicans say is exactly the opposite of the truth.

More sadness on your part.

Ok...so in your world it's the President that runs everything and congress and senate are just holding meetings.

No?

Please elaborate on your point more because I think you're missing the "bigger picture"!

I think I feel a 98.2% outrage coming on...:-k


Having said that my best business years WERE under Slick Willy... and his Republican-controlled congress. (cough cough)

Damn it...go showing him the trump card...don't ya know I just love yanking the rug out from Snickerdoodles? You took away the suspense of this post. Damn you.[whip]

You think I didn't expect that response?

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As Perry would say, 'Oops'.

LOL!!@ Mr. McFeely! Fuzz's best days may have been under FDR. He posts younger than he looks.

Btw, where'd you get that "snickerdoodles"? My ex used to call me that back in the day... till she discovered more descriptive terms of endearment.😍

Sorry to disagree, Fuzz, but there's the reality which actually occurred to myself and most of my colleagues during the 90's and your blog-generated bar chart which I don't buy. Anybody can use pweeddy colors but we've got the W2s' s to prove it.

From his "I bake cookies" posts.

Oh please share the "website" you're getting this info from!

***holding back laughter***

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Fuzz bakes cookies??? Oh my... (in my best Sulu)

I smell an avatar change a'comin'![whip]

This should be added to my "More Reasons to Like Obama" thread.

Well, some people's kids just feel the need to be "special" and create "Look at me...I'm an Attention Whore" threads all the time!

The rest of us try to run a neat and tidy place around here.

I thought all the worlds problems are Obama's fault? Are we suggesting congress has something to do with it too? What's next? Suggesting we can not just hit a reset button and ignore the Bush years? Maybe Bush is still to blame for much of our ills? LOL no way. It's all Obama. I heard he was really from Kenya.

We need to pass legislation so we can find out what's in it!🐴

Stupid statement by the EX speaker of the house.

It's a sign of what's so damn wrong with our sitting President!

LOL if you say so. I am always amused that when someone is so crappy (as Obama is) the stretch people will make when they don't need to. Pelosi stands on her own. She was just as much an idiot before him as after him.

I actually agree with your intial post about drawing the conclusions Fuzz suggests without considering the craphole we know as congress. I'm just suggesting it goes both ways and you can't be selective about it.

Being a Paul supporter I suspect you really know that and have no love for either party but that would get in the way of bustin fuzzie's balls. Which I totally understand since he hates the baby jesus and stuff.

A couple of things opened it up for the small business community during Slick's admin:

1. Internets invented by Al "Ozone for brains" Gore which made intros, marketing & registration of small businesses much easier;
2. Introduction of credit cards for Government purchasing (have to give Ozone legit credit for this one) with the large corporate sector following suit- this eliminated tons of paperwork & made the bidding/buying process easier & fairer;
3. Rampant open bidding on all sorts of Government AND Corporate contracts (large or small) open to EVERYONE- blanket agreements soon to follow based on performance.


NOW? Rampant cronyism (longterm awards to favored sources) & no-compete contracts awarded to large corporations and favored "victimized" classes- exacerbated by bureaucratic nepotism (note the Bush/Kennedy/Cuomo, etc dynasties).

RIP the free market. Viva Obama! Viva Amerika!
Keep the pay per views, porn, sports, & fried foods a'coming so that we remain oblivious.=d>

Fortunately Baby Jesus still loves him!