tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990421549250217168.post8572991693643039132..comments2023-11-01T06:43:49.254-04:00Comments on The New Conservatives: Spare Us More Change.....We've Had Plenty the Last Two YearsDaniel Nicholshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00547574601332320411noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990421549250217168.post-76570069194764922042008-09-11T13:12:00.000-04:002008-09-11T13:12:00.000-04:00To further the discussion on the DOW-14,000, can ...To further the discussion on the DOW-14,000, can you tell me what President Bush or Clinton did to get the DOW to climb that high?.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01952767256046335144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990421549250217168.post-43463967420602690742008-09-09T13:07:00.000-04:002008-09-09T13:07:00.000-04:00Interestingly Stacy, I've actually been reading th...Interestingly Stacy, I've actually been reading the news for the last eight years. I'm well aware of what the economy has been doing.<BR/><BR/>Also, I did read the post, which is why I felt compelled to respond to it. I've gotta run now, but I'll get into more specifics about the insanity of this post when I get back.<BR/><BR/>But in short, of the stats she mentions, two were longterm problems that were going to catch up with us eventually and there was nothing really that could have been done to stop them: oil prices and the housing crisis. One was highly misleading: that the Dow Hit a record 14,000. The stock market generally goes up. Pretty well any president can talk about "hitting an all time high." The problem is, the stock market grew considerably more during the Clinton administration. It more than tripled in value during his two terms. At it's best point, it's only risen about 30% under Bush.<BR/><BR/>The consumer confidence number is meaningless, because she only compared it to a different point in the Bush administration.<BR/><BR/>And the unemployment numbers are okay, but not fantastic. Moreover, since we don't count people who have given up looking for work because they cannot find any, unemployment numbers tend to be overly optimistic.<BR/><BR/>So again, this piece is total garbage written by someone who either didn't understand what they were talking about, or just didn't care about being honest with the relevance of the facts they were presenting.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12691245697175068653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990421549250217168.post-83170850274631158452008-09-09T10:25:00.000-04:002008-09-09T10:25:00.000-04:00Big Blue...if you read the article..the writer gav...Big Blue...if you read the article..the writer gave specific economic data. If you hear for six years that the economy is bad...you probably start to believe it whether it is fact or not. Most economic indicators were must higher than during the Clinton years....until Congress went Democraat.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840211114576187128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990421549250217168.post-27443712470522455892008-09-08T16:55:00.000-04:002008-09-08T16:55:00.000-04:00Only the most ignorant people on earth could possi...Only the most ignorant people on earth could possibly blame the Democrats for the price of oil or the housing crisis.<BR/><BR/>And the economy was most definitely not fine a year ago, or two years ago. Bush's economic record has been pitiful from day one. His job creation record has been pitiful. These aren't opinions, they're easily demonstrated facts.<BR/><BR/>Leave it to the GOP to argue with reality.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12691245697175068653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990421549250217168.post-36789310499740667832008-09-08T12:35:00.000-04:002008-09-08T12:35:00.000-04:00But it's so much more fun to blame the Democrats G...But it's so much more fun to blame the Democrats General.Daniel Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547574601332320411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990421549250217168.post-50492338119306681052008-09-08T10:31:00.000-04:002008-09-08T10:31:00.000-04:00While I agree that a democratic congress is not th...While I agree that a democratic congress is not the best direction for our country, I'm estatic knowing that they haven't been able to acoomplish anything in the past year.<BR/><BR/>I tend to subscribe to the philosophy 'the less congress does, the better off we are'. While there are serious financial troubles occuring in the banking markets and in the housing sector, it would be unfair to peg all the fault on the democrats. Both parties unfortunately have subcribed to 'spend more than you make' way of doing things - and now we're in a big mess..https://www.blogger.com/profile/01952767256046335144noreply@blogger.com