Originally Posted by
DVPGSR
The first chart is not comparing it to GDP. And you also forget that a recession started at the beginning of Bush's term, we had the Enron type scandals and a major terrorist attack on the US.
Downturn had begun before 9/11. 9/11 itself had little effect on the US economy.
Originally Posted by
DVPGSR
GDP will not always increase...we are lucky that it always has.
GDP hasn't decreased since the establishment of the Fed.
Originally Posted by
DVPGSR
Fiscal conservative he was due largely to a Republican lead Congress that was very tight on spending. Congress is the ones that actually spend the money, not the President.
Bullshit! You forget that the only reason that Congress didn't spend much money is that Clinton vetoed all the spending bills that Congress passed. Modern Republicans (at least the ones that make it in politics) wouldn't know fiscal conservancy if it shit on their faces.