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- Insightful, on 02/23/2009, -47/+222Republican mind:
Clinton: 23 million jobs, luck and left over from Bush I and Reagan years
Bush: 3 million jobs, which is excellent considering the historic unemployment rate and disastrous economy that Clinton left behind (/sarcasm mine)
Obama: ? jobs but he has already failed the 2 years ago when he entered in the Democratic Primary and no facts can change my mind - Alheithinn, on 02/23/2009, -36/+125Further proof that trickle-down economics enrich the rich rather than create jobs.
- inactive, on 02/23/2009, -16/+92No one listens to you, LoneRanger. You are a laughing stock.
- siggyfawn, on 02/23/2009, -11/+77Most Republicans with a clue, hate the Bush Administration.
1) They weren't conservative. Govt grew to insane scales, power grabs, less civil liberties, needless wars around the globe.
2) They weren't fiscally responsible. The wars. Insane debt, huge deficits. He basically spent like a liberal.
Between the foreign policy, economic mistakes, growth of govt, insane spending, most Republicans were left saying WTF. Bush was a tax and spend liberal. Except he gave tax breaks instead of taxing, which made things even worse. Less taxation, more spending. Wonder why we're broke?
The GOP got away from their core values. Which is why they got their ass handed to them. To me, the core conservative values are, fiscally responsible, small government, respect the constitution. Lately, the GOP have failed on most of that. - inactive, on 02/23/2009, -12/+60Every time I think I've seen the dumbest person on digg, a new contender emerges.
- harrisbradley, on 02/23/2009, -20/+66It's should not be the government's role to create jobs.
- TheTaoOfBill, on 02/23/2009, -25/+67but but but I thought tax cuts for the rich create jobs!
Corporate tax cuts do not create jobs. Do you buy a new computer if you just bought one last year that's top of the line simply because you have an extra 2500 dollars lying around? If you just bought a new car do you buy another one simply because you still have 20,000 dollars left in your account? No. Of course not. You buy things based on your needs. Not based on how much money you have.
Why would a corporation hire more unless it actually needs to hire more? Answer: It doesn't.
The key to creating jobs is not corporate tax cuts. It's middle class tax cuts. It's programs that help the middle class stay afloat. Because when the middle class is happy they buy more products. When they buy more products that increases demand. When demand increases corporations need to hire more to keep up with demand, thus more jobs are created.
You don't increase jobs by increasing corporate income. You increase jobs by increasing demand. That's why food stamps do more good for the economy than corporate tax cuts. - treehugger87, on 02/23/2009, -11/+51LoneRanger has hid head in the same hole that Bush had his in for the past 8 years.
- inactive, on 02/23/2009, -9/+48Is that your way of saying you voted for the worst Republican president in history twice in row?
- thebigredcat, on 02/23/2009, -5/+43Bush created millions of jobs- in India and China.
- Trifold, on 02/23/2009, -7/+44Regardless of politics, I hope we can all come together and rally against terrible, unclever, unfunny writing such as this.
- Carv, on 02/23/2009, -2/+38"no facts can change my mind"
Yep, looks like we've got a hardcore Republican here. - inactive, on 02/23/2009, -7/+41Someone help me out here: when did the actual Lone Ranger ever side with the wealthy ranchers at the expense of the little guy just trying to make a living? Isn't that sort of against the ideals that the character represented?
In the spirit of truth in advertising, maybe you should change your name to MarieAntoinette85 or VichyCollaborator85. Either one would be a much more appropriate handle for the ideology you cling to.
Your mom must be so proud. - inactive, on 02/23/2009, -5/+36Yeah, but Obama's been in for a month - shouldn't he have turned everything around by now?
- theaceoffire, on 02/23/2009, -0/+28Not even a good laughing stock.
I used to feed a platoon of fifty with my Laughing Stock™ brand laughing stock, but the quality we get now is pathetic.
At best, I would consider it Giggle Stock™, possibly worse. You can't cook noodles in this, not if you wanted to wake up the next day. - THETEH, on 02/23/2009, -20/+48Yet another demonstration of how badly thought-out modern Republican economic policies are. Yet many of them still stubbornly say that trickle-down economics and deregulation will lead to a healthy economy.
- kingmanic, on 02/23/2009, -1/+28[citation needed]
- imagic, on 02/23/2009, -14/+41Clinton: Internet boom
Bush: Internet fail.... - blackcloud333, on 02/23/2009, -3/+30I'd start talking to Fox News and your current party leaders who are constantly attacking the president about complete ***** at a crucial time if you really are tired of being divided.
- bokononrock, on 02/23/2009, -1/+27Then why did so many Republicans support him in the '04 elections? The tax cuts, the wars, the infringements upon civil liberties...these things did not begin in Bush's second term. There was overwhelming evidence in 2004 that he was a terrible president, yet he enjoyed fantastic Republican support. So if you're right that "most Republicans with a clue" hate the Bush administration, then either they took a ridiculously long time to come to their senses, or there must not be that many with a clue.
- inactive, on 02/23/2009, -3/+29Hey, how's capitalism workin' out for you by the way?
Whats your 401k at?
How's the economy lookin'? - inactive, on 02/23/2009, -3/+27Once again, you FAIL at capitalism. If you are pro-wealth-inequity, you are anti-capitalism. If you are pro-laissez-faire government, you are anti-capitalism. If you are pro-monopoly, you are anti-capitalism. Capitalism cannot function without proper oversight.
Don't believe me? Name one single functioning capitalist democracy where economic activity, taxation and wealth distribution are NOT regulated by the government. Just one. - 1longtime, on 02/23/2009, -2/+26Then you aren't a Republican. You're a free thinker. Well done.
- inactive, on 02/23/2009, -7/+29then you aren't a republican!!!
- krahzee, on 02/23/2009, -6/+28Thank you. Government's role should be to foster an environment that makes job creation possible, not force workers on the private sector, or pay for public works that are not needed for the sake of jobs.
- inactive, on 02/23/2009, -3/+25Dude I'm telling you this for your own good:
Shut you're face. You are an embarassment to Christians and conservatives and you are lowering the quality of the human race ever so slightly. - trogdor282, on 02/23/2009, -2/+24I kinda feel like this is not only from stupid short term policies but also total lack of long-term planning. Clinton's idea was pretty great - borrow money to cut taxes, wait until the economy surges as a result, use the way higher tax base to eliminate the red ink. Woulda worked too, if Tardy McStupid hadn't come along.
- kp998, on 02/23/2009, -22/+44He can't do any worse!
- YEEK, on 02/23/2009, -3/+24Most rich are rich because they inherited it, or knew the right people, or fell into it.
I know plenty of people who work their asses off at two and three jobs that aren't rich by any measure.
Get a grip on reality.
Look at the chart. Every repub did worse then every dem. Coincidence?
George Bush had 8 years and did nothing for the economy. - enki25, on 02/23/2009, -5/+26You disagree with us not because of ideology, not because you are a patriot, and certainly not because you understand what our views are. You disagree with us because we're not your kind. Your kind are uneducated, bigoted, "christian!", hicks. You're upset that your gang is losing power, and so you make a lot of noises to back up your emotional reaction. That's all this is.
This is why nothing you write makes any logical sense.
Well guess what, you're right about what you are feeling. Your kind is losing power. The moderates in the US saw Palin and realized she was just Bush in high heels. They no longer give people who cannot articulate their thoughts the benefit of the doubt. You may have 25% of the population, but the rest of us have moved on.
Get used to being irrelevant, history is leaving you behind. - scottknick, on 02/23/2009, -13/+31Creating jobs puts upward pressure on wages and working conditions (remember how businesses were bending over backwards to accommodate workers in the late '90s?) Why would Republicans want that? That's why they bray about the "ownership society" -- forget working, make all your money day trading! It's also why they're so winky-wonky about tax cuts; it transfers money to those who already have it, while doing little to strengthen the job market. This "creating jobs" crap is just to keep the social-conservative rednecks mesmerized.
- treehugger87, on 02/23/2009, -0/+17You mean one-term no-name president
- kukurio, on 02/23/2009, -8/+25I hate when conservatives do this. "Oh, Bush was a tax and spend liberal." Except he was voted into office twice by people who called themselves conservative, and Democratic presidents have a better record with the deficit than Republicans. I think it's more accurate to say, "Bush was a tax-and-spend conservative."
- buddyw, on 02/23/2009, -2/+19Bush was also the least fiscally conservative president we have ever had.
- inactive, on 02/23/2009, -1/+17I hate to break it to you guys, but you're not republicans any longer. The party has moved away from what you believe in.
- shamanking911, on 02/23/2009, -7/+23Bush would have became another no-name president if it weren't for 9/11
- ihavetop, on 02/23/2009, -2/+17Its not dividing a country when you are stating a fact. Quit using republican rhetoric to justify your position.
- kingmanic, on 02/23/2009, -2/+17Most non-fundamentalist Republicans you mean. But I guess clueless and fundamentalist are synonyms.
- techweenie, on 02/23/2009, -6/+21Wow. Even with the +40% expansion of the Federal government that Bush presided over?
I guess we didn't get much for our $5.7 trillion. - inactive, on 02/23/2009, -18/+33Hey bush may have lost lots of jobs but he made his and Dick's buddies filthy rich!
- mgraham80, on 02/23/2009, -1/+16Actually, you're wrong. You have to keep in mind that Dubya created 3 million over eight years, while Ford and HW Bush only served one 4 year term. If you look at jobs created per year in office, then Dubya is indeed the worst ever at 375,000 per year. HW clocks in at 625,000 and Ford at 745,000. So, title not misleading.
- RipleyIsDead, on 02/23/2009, -1/+14Bush, a tax and spend liberal? Wow...
More like a perfect post-Reagan Republican: Spend, spend, spend, but don't raise taxes to pay the bill, cause that would make our constituency angry. Besides, we can let the Democrats sort the budget out, and then blame them for the mess we left. - skipdog172, on 02/23/2009, -14/+27Yep. The president is completely responsible for unemployment rates.
I know we don't like him, but stories like this are just bush hater circle jerks. they serve no point, other than for the bush haters to stroke eachother. hes gone, can we move on???
and im a bush hater... - publiclurker, on 02/23/2009, -3/+16Tinkle down has been proven false. Just look out the window to see the proof. Just because you thing that you can lie and cheat for the chance to get screw others over for a multi million dollar handout does not mean that the rest of us are willing to turn our brains off in order to let you do so.
- Pstmann, on 02/23/2009, -0/+13"they are rich, because they worked their asses off"
Many of the "rich" haven't worked a day in their lives. We aren't talking about highly paid workers or honest business owners.
The quickest way to get wealthy will be as it always has been, to be born into it. - xEn1gma, on 02/23/2009, -3/+16LoneRager85 was.
Learn to infer *****. - Bloodwine, on 02/23/2009, -9/+22Clinton was responsible for the dotcom boom?
- mille716, on 02/23/2009, -4/+16Thats not what it means when people talk about an administration "creating jobs". Clinton didn't hire 23 million people to work but his administration did help foster the economic conditions to help businesses create those jobs.
- Montious, on 02/23/2009, -3/+15Fail
- duncan202, on 02/23/2009, -27/+39Governments don't create jobs period. Except for government jobs.
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