Let's start with your strawman that he's considered the worst modern day U.S. president; since he's not. Nixon and Bush are ahead of him...
Nixon and Bush were re-elected, Carter was not. How come?Let's start with your strawman that he's considered the worst modern day U.S. president; since he's not. Nixon and Bush are ahead of him...
Yes i am better off today Thnxs in part to our wonderful social security system and medical disability.
You are pretending that those are the only things to consider when discussing the overall condition of the economy. Inflation was 14% and the Prime rate was 20% when Carter left office. Inflation and interest rates were near zero when Bush left office.
Had Nixon and Bush served only one term, they likely would have ranked higher than they did. Carter lost his bid for re-election primarily because he failed miserably to bring home 52 Americans being held hostage in Iran.
Umm i always thought SS was an FOR program....
No, I clearly stated those two factors are the leading indicators of the economy. I never said they were the only indicators.
I'm better off ... waaaay better off.
For one, my 401K is up more than 30%, thanks to his policies which inspired a bull market. For another, my wife, who is a recruiter and stopped working in early 2009 when nobody was hiring, has gone back to work now that the job market is growing stronger, also thanks to his policies which have led to 2 million private sector jobs created since last year.
The Dow is not "the market." Don't you know anything? You also don't understand percentages. Shocker
It is a reasonable question. A statist believe that the state is, or should be all powerful. The statist minimizes the individual. The person is nothing more than a client to be deceived by the state or a victim to be fleeced by the state. Statists believe in utopias with themselves as the decision-makers. For the statist the ideal citizen is no citizen at all but a subject who is equal to all others in as many ways as possible, in dress, in housing, in transportation, in education, in everything. The statist is very often a socialist, a Marxist, a Communist, or a liberal. Statists dislike individualism but love state power, control, and authority. The statist prefers that the state have dominion over the people, their wealth, their businesses, in short, over their lives.
The Dow is not "the market." Don't you know anything? You also don't understand percentages. Shocker
The Dow was at 10,600 when Bush became president. It took 7 years for it to increase 34%, rising 3,600 points.
Under Obama, it didn't take 7 years to increase 34%. It was up 34% in 21 months. It's currently up 57%, after rising 4,700 points.
It's your sycophancy which leads you to believe that a 3,600 point gain after 7 years is better than 4,700 point gain in 3.
Not to mention the NASDAQ, which at 2,966 is nearly double what it was when he started and higher than at any point while Bush was president.
And of course, the coup de gras ... even though it took 7 years under Bush to increase 34%, it took 8 years under Bush for it crash to just over 8,000; a 2,300 point loss (22% drop)
And Bush remains in the undistinguished category with Herbert Hoover as the only presidents to leave office with all indexes of the stock market lower than when they started.
You're so proud, ain'tcha?
Actually Boo, there are many here who take statist positions. Those who want to increase taxes on "the rich" for example are statists. It is seductive to think you can get something that others must pay for. That is why the number of statists have grown over time.
Your inability to address a word that I said is duly noted, Con.