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Thanks Bush voters: 2000-2010 nets zero job growth

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Heck of a job, Bush. Thanks Bushies...

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For most of the past 70 years, the U.S. economy has grown at a steady clip, generating perpetually higher incomes and wealth for American households. But since 2000, the story is starkly different.

The past decade was the worst for the U.S. economy in modern times, a sharp reversal from a long period of prosperity that is leading economists and policymakers to fundamentally rethink the underpinnings of the nation's growth.

It was, according to a wide range of data, a lost decade for American workers. The decade began in a moment of triumphalism -- there was a current of thought among economists in 1999 that recessions were a thing of the past. By the end, there were two, bookends to a debt-driven expansion that was neither robust nor sustainable.

There has been zero net job creation since December 1999. No previous decade going back to the 1940s had job growth of less than 20 percent. Economic output rose at its slowest rate of any decade since the 1930s as well.
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72 comments // Thanks Bush voters: 2000-2010 nets zero job growth

  • slarabee
  • Lucretia_Gross
  • EdJoyProductions
  • SleepDirt
  • EdJoyProductions
  • neocongo
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      neocongo  

    • For the conservative comments on this article, I will attempt to speak in your language, you will have to imagine the mouth breathing:

      Bush fukked tings up real bad. Gon take long time ficks. Long time. Dont poop yer pants waiting. It take longer den dat.

    • 2 years ago
  • EdJoyProductions
  • SleepDirt
  • sonnnnicboom
  • 2helenahandbasket
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      2helenahandbasket  

    • It's quite funny how you lefties refuse to admit that Democrats had ANYTHING whatsoever to do with what was happening in this country for the last 10 years. I guess they were all just looking the other way while Bush used his awesome unlimited power to do evil. Their poor hands were probably tied behind their backs and they were totally helpless. They can't be held responsible or accountable for anything except maybe the good things, if there were any. Why, I bet old Dick Cheney himself threatened them with the torture chamber that he had built under the White House unless they went along with the administration. Poor guys. Well, I'm real glad they have some power at last. Things are gonna be great!

    • 2 years ago
  • Lucretia_Gross
  • SleepDirt
  • slarabee
  • EdJoyProductions
  • tommic
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      tommic  

    • Still no jobs under Obama? It takes more than 11 months to undo what real dickheads Bush and Cheney did for eight years, screwing the American public of money, truth and honesty. It will take the Obama administration at least two and a half years to get the economy moving again to the point where more jobs are being created. The Republicans and blue dog democrats de-regulated the banks and many other industries for the benifit of profit over people, the enviornment, and 90 percent of the wealthiest. There re no silver bullets just hard work something Bush used to joke about but never knew.

    • 2 years ago
  • kagemusha23
  • Lucretia_Gross
  • Jahvega
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      Jahvega  

    • 1)Democrats are not Liberals -such foolish people

      2)Bush was voted the power to rage war by a republican house and senate. A few democrats doesn't cut it for them to share the blame. By the time 2006 came around we were already at war. march 2003 we went to Iraq on a lie!!

      3) The billion dollar war funded by cutting taxes on the rich, while allowing the really damaging deregulation of real estate and wall street; As well as, never fixing our country's biggest bill - health care, is how we got our country in bad shape.

      4). All republicans and enough democrats in the pockets of corporations is the real blame. bush Jr. was always a puppet.

    • 2 years ago
  • Lucretia_Gross
  • cztheday
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      cztheday  

    • Sure, CIVILIAN jobs went to hell, but how 'bout them MILITARY ones, huh? HUH? See, I can say nice things about Georgie after all...

    • 2 years ago
  • EdJoyProductions
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      EdJoyProductions  
    • cztheday:

      Only if you are working for one of those enchanting little private military contractors that Cheney's filthy hands are all over. The poor regular kids that join the government military because they have not other options do not have it so good. Their exploitation over a criminally perpetrated war has no equal in disgraceful acts.

    • 2 years ago
  • SleepDirt
  • cztheday
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      cztheday  
    • cztheday:

      Phew! Edjoy, you got me little hot and bothered with all that talk about Cheney's filthy hands being all over...something...I think I have been reading too many posts about G-spots and orgasms lately...

      But just so you know, I was trying to be snarky about the massive buildup in the defense budget under the Bush-Cheney Thugocracy...certainly did not mean to imply that the troops had GOOD jobs...

      But, speaking as one apricot to another (my ancestry is Swedish and Greek...one hell of a Spring Break story in there somewhere), I found your reply...enchanting... : )

    • 2 years ago
  • EdJoyProductions
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      EdJoyProductions  
    • cztheday:

      No worries. I knew you were being snarky, I just needed an excuse to use "enchanting little private military contractors" in a sentence.

      "Cheney's filthy hands" in the same paragraphs as "orgasms" may prevent me from having the latter for a long time. Eewwww visual.

    • 2 years ago
  • cztheday
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      cztheday  

    • Hee hee. You gotta love the breathtakingly in-depth analysis one sees at times on Current such as that the Democrats "controlled things" since 2006 (Yep -- that was the year we established an absolute monarchy, all right) and that Obama doubled unemployment in one year (Gosh, all by himself. Well done.). Sigh.

    • 2 years ago
  • NickerBocker09
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      NickerBocker09  

    • When the Democrats voted to give Bush the authority, they were entrusting the President with the simple task of going in and getting rid of the weapons of mass destruction. Then it was expected that in a small desert country we wouldnt have much trouble. Well the Democrats were wrong. First, they were called traitors and unpatriotic if they didnt vote for it. Secondly, they were told a lie about weapons of mass destruction. Thirdly, they thought a man who never led anything in his life (Governors of Texas have barely any power, its in their legislature) except the failed oil company, and the failed baseball franchise, would be able to handle it; he couldnt.

      Oh and dont bullshit us and say that the economic policies werent conservative. Giving the wealthy tax cuts IS conservative, you believe it will trickle down and help us non-wealthy people...wow that really worked.

      And stop calling the Democrats liberal!!! Jeeze. Theres very few liberals in the government ever since the media became anti-liberal because they were scared to be called liberal.

    • 2 years ago
  • SleepDirt
  • lopinjop
  • bailey78
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      bailey78  

    • Hey for all he did wrong he did manage to get us into a war that will last at least another five or six years. Ya'll have to give him credit for that. So you can't say he did nothing. He did piss of the whole world and thats a hard thing to do. hell I can only piss off a few people at a time so he is better at it than me.

    • 2 years ago
  • SleepDirt
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      SleepDirt  
    • bailey78:

      "Hey for all he did wrong he did manage to get us into a war that will last at least another five or six years."

      Really? I surmise that there will still be a significant troop presence in Afghanistan *and * Iraq 25 years from now.

    • 14 hours ago
  • cztheday
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      cztheday  
    • bailey78:

      Well, since we still have troops stationed in Germany and Japan 65 years after World War II, I think that is a fairly safe bet, Sleep. Now what do you suppose the odds are that Iraq and Afghanistan will similarly be among the world's 5 largest economies by then? (Boy, will my corpse feel foolish if they are...)

    • 2 years ago
  • Lucretia_Gross
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      Lucretia_Gross  
    • bailey78:

      He did waaaaay more than that. He managed to doom our childrens' education with the failed "No Child Left Behind", he wasted countless dollars on the "War on Drugs", and spent nearly twice as much ($331 Billion) per year on military budgets than Cuba, Sudan, Libya, North Korea, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, Taiwan, South Korea, China, India, Saudi Arabia, Germany, France, Russia and the U.K. COMBINED. Talk about achievement! I don't even think Paris Hilton could blow through that many tax dollars in such a short amount of time. Indebted tax dollars I might add.

    • 2 years ago
  • 2helenahandbasket
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      2helenahandbasket  

    • LOL! It's all Bush's fault, all the evils of the world since the beginning of time. Never mind that the Dems controlled things since 2006. You libs need to put your heads back in the sand and see what you want to see.

    • 2 years ago
  • NickerBocker09
  • schrock
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      schrock  
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    • --In response to BrushwithDeathToothpaste--

      >Democrats have not controlled congress since 2006.<
      WRONG, please read the following
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2...
      and the following
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2...
      Democrats had the majority with 233 to 202 in 2006. In 2008 they also had the majority with 257 to 178. And yes it is very relevant considering they just passed health care with every republican voting against it. Not to mention the majority of Americans are against it from all of the polls I have read. Good luck this year I think the democrats are going to get their butts handed to them.

      >On the subject of the war in Iraq, they voted to give the power to the president to go to war if the situation required. They did not simply vote to go to war.<
      This is a sorry argument. By giving someone the authority to go to war you are voting to go to war. In fact using this as a scapegoat only shows how stupid the followers of the democrat party are (not that the republicans are any smarter). This does not remove the democrats responsibility if anything it shows how inept they are in making decisions to govern. It also shows they are willing to go along with the republicans. Lets not mention the constitutionality of this to begin with. When a large percentage of the democrats voted for "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002" they voted for war and they also ignored the constitution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Resolution

      >The bottom line is that republicans completely controlled congress since 96, the White House since 2000.<
      WRONG AGAIN, the republicans have controlled congress since 1995 please read
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2...
      WRONG AGAIN bush was inaugurated January 20, 2001.

      >Finally, you clearly do not understand the term fascist. Tossing a term like that around and applying it to America clearly shows what spoiled little whiners we are. Maybe you should spend some time in Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan for a little overseas education.<
      Clearly you do not understand the term. Your going to tell me to educate myself when you cant even get a couple simple facts correct. Wow this country really is in deep trouble. Yes our country is becoming more fascist by the day. The very fact that you advocate a one party system is in itself a symptom of fascism. How about you first get your facts strait and then I will give you a lesson on what the definition of fascism is. Or maybe you could find the google button or read a book.

      >Our government is truly represented by the people of this country. As are the corporations.
      What in the world are you talking about. How are the corporations represented by the people. I do not recall voting in corporations. This only proves further that the citizens of this country becoming fascist.

      >Check out some reality court TV and you will see that we are all the same.
      I think that's your whole problem, you have been watching too much reality TV. Give it a break and read a book for once.

    • 2 years ago
  • NickerBocker09
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      NickerBocker09  
    • schrock:

      picking little unimportant facts makes yourself look like a moron. 2000 or 2001 it makes very little difference. You didnt really prove anything in what you said, all you did was pick little mistakes.

    • 2 years ago
  • schrock
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      schrock  
    • schrock:

      You were wrong on almost every fact you presented in your arguments including dates, your understanding of politics and governance. I pointed these out to you with the intent that you learn from your mistakes. You should also think really hard about not supporting either of the two corrupt political parties in this country and learn to think for yourself. They are both about big government and big business.

    • 2 years ago
  • Freedem
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      Freedem  
    • schrock:

      So much talk about Democrats controlling either Senate or House is nuts as actual Liberals have not controlled either body since they managed to pass the civil rights legislation.

      At best they have passed a few human rights issues, but the gradual Corporate takeover that is the Libertarian ideology has steadily increased, and since Reagan it has done so at an ever increasing pace.

      There have been a few Democrats that have sold out to the Gang Of Pirates, some on just a few issues, some on most issues, but the Republicans are proudly and unashamedly the tools of Corporate Power and the destruction of any actual human values.

    • 2 years ago
  • Jahvega
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      Jahvega  
    • schrock:

      1) OK so an all out Republican government - cause they had all three branches of our government at the time - voted a Republican President the right to rage war, but because there happen to be a few democrats in office you want them to share the blame for a retarded war. Sorry you are wrong. No it was a republican war just like Vietnam.

      2) the polls you read are bias. The vast majority want Health care reform. What people don't want is loop holes, or a weak reform effort.


      3) Although we might mot be a fascist, we are corrupt.

    • 2 years ago
  • Logos51891
  • ibrake4rappers13
  • SleepDirt
  • EdJoyProductions
  • ibrake4rappers13
  • chaos1
  • SleepDirt
  • Jahvega
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      Jahvega  
    • ibrake4rappers13:

      you are a sad person. Problems in our society started decades ago. bush Jr was the one who pushed us over the greedy edge. Obama hasn't even been President a year and already you think he has an effect, that is just foolish.

      To truthfully make a change you got to get the greedy corporations out of our government pockets. Something that has been a problem long before Obama, so blaming him is just short of retarded

    • 2 years ago
  • Lucretia_Gross
  • SleepDirt
  • ibrake4rappers13
  • theghostofjohnlennon
  • JanforGore
  • SleepDirt
  • schrock
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      schrock  

    • First off the democrats have controlled congress since 2006 that's 40% of the last 10 years. Contrary to popular belief a large percentage of the democrats voted to go to war with Iraq in 2002 (the most expensive and unjustified war in our history by the way) along with the rest of the republican controlled congress. They also voted time and again to fund the war. There is nothing fiscally conservative about the republican party for those who think otherwise just take a look at the national debt that accumulated. The republican party is actually very fiscally liberal and that is why we are in the mess we are in. Everything from the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy to our corporate welfare system. Cutting taxes for the rich and for the corporations does not make you a conservative. Voting in another party who is just as irresponsible with monetary policy is not going to solve the problem. Growing government and accumulating more debt as we are doing now with Obama and the democrat controlled congress is going to cause even greater damage than has already been done. We have a fascist government that is ruled by both the democrats and republicans. Mussolini got it right when he said that "Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism as it is a merger of state and corporate power". Those who fall for the line of using Bush as an excuse to bailout failed institutions are completely ignorant of the situation we are in. The corrupt institutions being propped up first through Bush's policies and now through Obama's policies should be allowed to fail, we are just continuing the Bush era of economics.

    • 2 years ago
  • BrushwithDeathToothpaste
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      BrushwithDeathToothpaste  
    • schrock:

      Democrats have not controlled congress since 2006. They barely have a filibuster proof majority now. Why is this relevant? Because the republicans have the ability to lock arms and vote as one. The democrats represent too many different points of view to successfully filibuster anything while republicans were in charge.

      On the subject of the war in Iraq, they voted to give the power to the president to go to war if the situation required. They did not simply vote to go to war. I will give you that democrats were stupid enough to trust the president with this decision. Some voted this way because people who oppsed the war were being called traitors, unpatriotic, and accused of treason. Since many dems are cowards it was easy to go with the flow and hope that war would not happen.

      The bottom line is that republicans completely controlled congress since 96, the White House since 2000. They were able to lock up congress for the last 3 years after they lost their majority. Throw in the fact that they still control the Supreme court and you have a long slow swim upstream to get out of this mess. Six years of abusing executive power and fifteen years of abusing congressional power will take decades to fix.

      Finally, you clearly do not understand the term fascist. Tossing a term like that around and applying it to America clearly shows what spoiled little whiners we are. Maybe you should spend some time in Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan for a little overseas education.

      Our government is truly represented by the people of this country. As are the corporations. If you think, on the average, your next door neighbor is any less greedy than politicians or CEOs then you are delusional. Check out some reality court TV and you will see that we are all the same.

    • 2 years ago
  • SleepDirt
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      SleepDirt  
    • schrock:

      Not that I care to defend Democrats but lets clear something up.
      Republicans have largely controlled government since WWII. The chickens have come home to roost.

    • 2 years ago
  • Jahvega
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      Jahvega  
    • schrock:

      1). just because a government spends money does not make the government fiscally liberal, that is not what that means!! In fact republican don't spend money on liberal causes, they just rage wars billion dollar wars while cutting taxes.

      2) This article is about the President and what the President allowed! Not about who else was in the government, Hey Democrats may have gotten congress in 2006 but they did not have the senate of the executive branches of the government.Besides all the de-regulations and irresponsible governing happen in the first 6 years of Bush jr's sad run of a President.

    • 2 years ago
  • tommic
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • Bush was indeed a catastrophe. Though he wasn't my president. Mine was the man who really won the election of 2000. The better man.

    • 2 years ago
  • ibrake4rappers13
  • NickerBocker09
  • JanforGore
  • SleepDirt
  • sonnnnicboom
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      sonnnnicboom  
    • JanforGore:

      You know that gore, after telling us all that the world was going to end, has made billions of dollars in the carbon credit industry..... surely, someone who cares so much about saving the planet doesn't care about the money...

    • 2 years ago
  • SleepDirt
  • SamuraiDave
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      SamuraiDave  

    • I like how those tea party morons many of whom voted for Bush twice (the first time forgivable) think Obama is the worst thing ever when their boy took a country in relatively good shape and trashed it thru his actions and inactions.

    • 2 years ago
  • Progresshiv
  • SleepDirt
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      SleepDirt  

    • The proof is in the pudding.
      Conservative economic policy has demolished the economy of a once great and prosperous nation.
      George W. Bush, now statistically confirmed to be the worst President in the entire history of the United States of America.

    • 2 years ago
  • KSirys
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      KSirys  
    • SleepDirt:

      Sorry Sleep, but I have to disagree with you! I made a lot of money when Bush was around... got a job when he was around and had fun through out his term.

      YEAH RIGHT!! Who am i kidding, HE SUCKS!!!!! =D

    • 2 years ago
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