The Bush years — then and now
January 7th, 2009 at 05:33pm Pat Cunningham
Is “legacy” really the word for THIS?
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January 7th, 2009 at 05:33pm Pat Cunningham
Is “legacy” really the word for THIS?
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3 Comments Add your own
1. Mike Carroll | January 8th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Not quite Craig.
Private sector employment grew under Reagan in 7 out of his 8 years in office (you may recall that he inherited quite a recession) and in 4 out of 7 years under W ( also recall that he inherited a recession, the bursting of the tech bubble and the aftermath of 9/11). 2008 numbers are not yet in.
You might also want to recall that the economy took off when Clinton was in office only after the Republicans got control of Congress.
Facts are annoying, aren’t they.
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/dsrv
2. Craig Knauss | January 8th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Not quite Mike,
How did private sector jobs grow during the Reagan years when unemployment hit the highest levels since the Depression? When Reagan was president, unemployment in Rockford hit 22%. Did you forget that? I didn’t. Also the Reagan years saw the greatest number of business failures and bankruptcies since the Depression. The only job sector that really grew was defense contractors. The steel industries and auto industries were on life support while Reagan let the country get flooded with foreign goods. Did you forget that too? I didn’t. Facts are really annoying aren’t they, Mike?
3. Mike Carroll | January 9th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Craig-Your comments (# 4 above) were wrong whether you like it or not. Go the the Bureau of Labor Statistics site that I provided the link for and check it out. And yes, I lived and worked in Rockford when the unemployment figures hit 22%. Blame Jimmy Carter because Reagan inherited his mess.
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