Did Barry "set the economy up" for The D?

[smackaholic]

Actually, in a way, he did.

Barry took the reigns as the economy was corkscrewing into the ground. No one can blame him for the '08 recession, other than to say, he was an insignificant part of the Congress which, along with the Shrub, drove it there.

But in the past, each crash was followed by a recovery. It's what economies do. Barry's ineptitude, with Congressional help, saw to it that the traditional economic surge never happened. Rather than bouncing back, it muddled along, technically "growing", but at historically slow levels.

So, what he handed over to TGOF is an economy that had been in a straight jacket for the better part of a decade. Barry, of course touted it as the longest stretch of uninterupted growth, evah. And he is right, sort of, because an economy under such restraint, will remain in a perpetual state of extremely slow growth. An unleashed economy would have strong growth with the occasional hiccup.

What we are seeing now, is what we should have seen, somewhere around 2010.

The good thing is, it will likely mean good things for the republicans this fall. But will it run out of gas before '20? I really don't know.

[Rooster]

Obama and the Democrats had the economy that they wanted-- slow and "manageable." It bolstered their self image that they could control it and by extension, us.
The thought of unhampered citizens and their money terrifies them.

[BSmack]

This is what happened the last time citizens were unhampered with their money. Damn right it terrifies people.

[Wolfman]

Perish the thought that the masses get to keep what they earn.

[Joe in PB]

Haven't you heard Wolfman, Americans have too much money and need to pitch in for all the illegal immigrants from south of the border. That is the democratic platform, along with law abiding firearm owners who are the cause for all the school shootings, and need to surrender their firearms post haste.

[L45B]

This is what happened the last time citizens were unhampered with their money.

A city flooded, that's what happened.

Were all those folks standing outside a government building waiting to be saved?

[Carson]

This is what happened the last time citizens were unhampered with their money. Damn right it terrifies people.

Cheese line?

[Rooster]

This is what happened the last time citizens were unhampered with their money. Damn right it terrifies people.

See? And by their logic it gives them the excuse to separate you from your money via taxes. You can't be trusted with what you earn.

[Bucmonkey]

Fucking simpletons...

[Rooster]

Simpletons. Of course. After all, wanting to keep more of your paycheck is a sign of mental dysfunction or lack of intelligence. Thus Nancy Pelosi with her millions and millions of dollars can tell us a tax break is just a crumb. Funny how someone who has so much and feels little pain on April 15 thinks we are somehow similar.

[Carson]

Fucking simpletons...

One day, you will actually have a take.

Until then,