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just out! 2010 Census Data! 8 years of clinton... 8 years of bush.
clinton was the last 8 years of the prior decade, bush the first 8 of 2010, makes for a nice comparison.
clinton, income up about 20 % (28% in the lowest brackets)
bush: income down about 8% (11% in the lower brackets)
clinton: poverty down 4 million souls (children: down 3m)
bush: poverty UP 12 million (children UP 4m)
Clinton: uninsured americans down about half a percent (via workplace, up 30m)
Bush: uninsured Americas UP 3 percent. (via workplace, up each and every year of his admin - total 10m)
Clinton: New jobs - 20m
Bush New jobs - 7m (fewer each year of his admin)
and the Big Bell Ringer....
and now these fine republicans offer us a NEW contract.... run, hide.
geo.
clinton was the last 8 years of the prior decade, bush the first 8 of 2010, makes for a nice comparison.
clinton, income up about 20 % (28% in the lowest brackets)
bush: income down about 8% (11% in the lower brackets)
clinton: poverty down 4 million souls (children: down 3m)
bush: poverty UP 12 million (children UP 4m)
Clinton: uninsured americans down about half a percent (via workplace, up 30m)
Bush: uninsured Americas UP 3 percent. (via workplace, up each and every year of his admin - total 10m)
Clinton: New jobs - 20m
Bush New jobs - 7m (fewer each year of his admin)
and the Big Bell Ringer....
- Ronald Brownstein, The National JournalIt's worth noting that this dismal performance occurred almost entirely after the Bush 2001 and 2003 tax cuts were in place. That record offers little reason for confidence that extending the tax cuts will ignite recovery, as their advocates argue. The economy produced more vibrant and broadly shared growth in the 1990s after Bill Clinton raised taxes than it did after Bush cut them.
and now these fine republicans offer us a NEW contract.... run, hide.
geo.