Comments on: Does a Republican Congress Create More Jobs?

By: John Doe Soetoro

John Doe Soetoro — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:50:13 +0000

Let’s see… at the end of 2006: unemployment was 4.6%, prior GDP growth was +3.5%, & the DOW was at 12,621.77. George W. Bush with a Republican Congress set a record of 52 straight months of job creation. Progressive-controlled Democrats took majority control of Congress starting January 2007. Their political allies expressed desires to socialize America in the name of social justice and equality.

The economy must be looked at partially psychological. If you push a massively expensive radical agenda, you will naturally create uncertainty and cause investors to pull back and sit on their money. The outcome of doing so is easily understood by looking at any of the long-term liberal enclaves in many of our cities and states.

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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:32:29 +0000

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By: Correlation does not imply Causation | VizWorld.com

Correlation does not imply Causation | VizWorld.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:09:15 +0000

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By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:47:06 +0000

Hey Matthias,

Here’s an article that reports similar findings with regard to debt: http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=522949

Here’s the main point:
“During the most recent seven years that the Democrats have controlled Congress, their deficits have averaged $619 billion a year, or 5.3% of the gross domestic product (GDP). During the most recent seven years that the Republicans have controlled Congress, their deficits have averaged $93 billion a year, or 0.6% of GDP. Over their entire seven-year spans, the Democrats’ deficit spending has totaled $4.3 trillion, the Republicans’ $651 billion.”

By: Andrew Berman

Andrew Berman — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:02:53 +0000

I like most of your charts/videos (and have done posts on many of them as well) … but the sample section is way to small here. Unless you are trying to say that had the Republicans remained in control we would have avoided the recent bust, you need to go back at least a few decades if not a full century.

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