The recession was at its worst when Obama took office in January of 2009. ...............................
YES the Democrat Congress failed to pass any measures that helped mitigate the depth and length not wanting to work with Bush waiting for a Democrat President and then they did exactly the opposite of what they should have done and we had the worst economic recovery in modern history.
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LOTS say that just as with the totally unnecessary Biden stimulus.
Not true. ..............................
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True the recessions was already ending when Obama took office and was over by June, nothing in his bill had taken any effect and then when it started held back the full recovery even with the Democrat Congress with his signature keep the deficits over $1,000B each of those years.
Apples and oranges. Obviously it’s going to take longer to recover from the Great Recession compared to what were bumps in the road. That’s why they call the Bush recession the “Great Recession.” ..................
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It was a Great Recession BECAUSE the Dem Congress and then Dem President's failed policies to deal with it as opposed to Bush43 and the Republican Congress with the dot.com bust and then recession and then NINE ELEVEN which was a HUGE hit on the economy.
Democrats did not have the votes until after the 2008 election. The bill passed the senate with only 61 votes. That was only possible because Democrats gained 8 seats in the senate in the 2008 elections. That gave them 59 seats and with a few Republican votes they were able to get the required 60 votes.
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They had the votes to take the deficit from a falling $161B to $400B and the only reason it wasn't more was because Bush threatened to veto any additional. They then cut him out completely for 2009. Those deficits were entirely Democrat driven along with the next three years of +$1,000B.
Yes, it was more difficult to recover than expected from the Bush Great Recession.
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No it wasn't had the Dems passed to correct measures and NOT thrown money out with extended unemployment benefits and expanding welfare and pushing for higher tax rates.
Apples and oranges. The Bush Great Recession was called Great for a reason.
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Yes apples and oranges because of the responses of each Congress, it was called The Bush Great Recession by the Dems/MSM/Left to obfuscate the responsibility for the failed policies of the Dems to counter it.
Nonsense. When the economy is collapsing doing nothing is irresponsible.
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Didn't say do nothing, government throwing out money was not the something to do as was proven then and was proven with Biden.
Yes, it’s a shame that the Bush recession caused so much damage.
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See above
Due to the Bush recession. The greatest fiscal calamity since the Great Depression.
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10 million people out of work, many of them for months, supply chains all screwed up, new Covid strains popping up, I could go on and on but booming?
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And the vaccines being popped everywhere and the economy in a HUGE recovery jump and a JUST PASSED $600B stimulus already on top of the first one. It was stated at the time Biden's was completely unnecessary and strictly for Democrat political purposes and the warned Bidenflation is what we got.
What a bunch of nonsense. The same stupid argument that Biden caused worldwide inflation. We are just damn lucky that Trump didn’t stand in the way of Operation Warp Speed. ....................
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Biden caused the inflation of the US Dollar which effect the currency of countries around the world. We are just damned lucky the Trump administration created and administered Operation Warp speed and not a Democrat administration which would have had years long conversations about making sure any actions were first and foremost equitable and then deciding what to do at all.
Trump is the guy who adds to the debt and he’s planning to do it again.
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Nothing like Trump or Bush and convince me you fully supported the efforts of DOGE to cut spending and Trumps proposed spending cuts else you don't have a leg to stand on.