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Originally Posted by mfeat50
Funny how the graph end at 2005/2006, just before the shit storm started of the mess were in now
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The graph was made in 2007 to help me decide who to support in 2008. I had certain beliefs, but I wanted to check them against the actual facts. I was suprised how the graph turned out and I leaned something from it.
The graph for the last five years doesn't look the way you might wish, though. The last couple years of Bush saw unusually slow growth, with unemployment rising to around 5%. The economy was growing slowly, but it was growing. Under Obama, unemployment nearly doubled to around 10%, compared to 5% under Bush. The economy grew slowly for Bush's last two years, then SHRANK significantly under Obama. So if you use any major indicators to make Bush look bad, you'll also show that Obama is two to three times as bad.
Another example is deficit spending, putting the tax payers in debt. You can show that Bush was bad because he overspent by $400 billion / year, but then you're stuck with the fact that Obama overspent by $1200 billion / year, three times as bad as Bush.
If you support Obama you don't want to bring out any numbers, but rather stick to emotions and slogans like "hope". (or consider the evidence and possibly decide to support someone else who has gotten good results during their career.)