Some people are too kind and give too much credit where it is not due I can see right now that you aren't a very governmentally-aware person Idwitheld-1,`and you are acting like the average american and just blaming all of our problems on the president. I suppose you are going to blame the economic recession on Bush as well. Even though Greenspan is the iron fist and decided to make it happen in march of 2000. Hmm, if memory serves me correct, wasn't Clinton still president at the time and about 10 months before Bush truly took office? Timing was great being when he took office and all and the recession just started to be really noticed. Just like the average american also, they blamed the president even though he had nothing to do with the initial fall of it
1. National Bureau of Business Research: Non-proffit, non-partisan research organization comprised of 12 of 30 american Nobel Prize winners in ECONOMICS and with 600 contributing professors , defines and monitors US business cycles. This group determined that the recession began in March of 2001. Just in case your not politically savvy, thats 2 months after Bush took office.
You may choose to believe the spin doctors and Bush's unending "I inherited this problem" speech, but look to the source of your information.
2. As per the bureau of Labor and Statistics: 3409 private jobs have been lost every day since Bush has been in Office.
Of the last 14 presidents, only the Bush's (Jr and Sr.) have the greatest job loss rate. The only exception was Herbert Hoover in the Great Depression. For 87GT stang thats 70 years! Thats 8 Republicans and 6 Democratic Presidents. Every single Democratic President had a better record of job creation. Can you refresh my memory? Was Alan Greenspan in office during the: Rosevelt, Johnson, Carter, Truman, Kennedy administrations?
Employment statistics are a direct measure of a healthy economy. The Congressional Budget Office predicted a 5.6 trillion surplus for 2002 - 2011 period. After Bush's Tax cut for the wealthy that surplus has now been estimated at a DEFICIT fo 10 Trillion dollars. The clinton era provided deficit reduction (and subsequent low interest rates) and the first unpresidented 7 year DOUBLE DIGIT economic growth. Can you remind me again of who was head of the Federal Reserve during this period.. (Hint: Gtreenspan).
I don't blame the President. I blame the strategies and programs initiated by the president and HIS appointed cabinet.
Truman had a sign on his desk "The buck stops here!" We need THAT type of leadership!
Has anyone bothered to calculate the 'real' cost of gasoline compared to the price increases on other items over the years? Even at $2 a gallon, gas is cheaper than it's been in almost 40 YEARS! We've got it made on gas prices - we're spoiled.
I filled up both of mine today, and the bike. Just to make a point. Gas is a bargain. If you doubt it, check the price of it anywhere else in the world. C'mon guys - back to work.
Gas is still a bargain compared to other places, huh?
You know, Corvettes are still a lot cheaper than Lambourghinis, but I will still never be able to afford one- get the point? Just because gas is cheaper in th US doesn't mean it should be rising uncontrollably by the week.
I do agree with those who say "don't drive if you don't want to pay for the gas", though. I would not be terribly surprised if we see a revolt of some sort in this country based on something like rising gas prices. It does seem to be getting a bit out of control. I wil have to get a second job soon just to pay for my truck and stang's gas, but I guess that's the TS rule for me.
Look at it this way, the difference between gas being 1.80 a gallon and 2.25 a gallon (for 93 octane here in NY) amounts to a savings of 5.40 a tank in a stang- this is about the cost of buying some pig a drink the next time you go to a singles bar.