Originally Posted by Shotsie

It appeared as if we had a period of prosperity during Dubya's administration, but we now know that it was an artificially created prosperity to deal with the burst of the dot com bubble and the ensuing recession that caused.


Republicans - and some Democrats - would like to bring us back to pre Roosevelt times. They refuse to acknowledge the fact that the policies put forth in the New Deal laid the groundwork for the longest period of uninterrupted prosperity in the nation's history. See what happened when we repealed the Glass-Steagall act? The bill to repeal Glass-Steagall was written by two Republican Senators, passed by a Republican majority and signed into law by Clinton. So all the shit flinging done on this board between the left and the right is pointless. The fact is that for the past thirty years, starting with Reagan, this country has been controlled by special interest groups with the money to lobby politicians. It was the same before Roosevelt took office in the thirties. Herbert Hoover and Warren G. Harding were arguably two of the worst presidents in American history, and GW will go down in history as one of the worst presidents as well.


Bush didn't lead shit, he just spoke with conviction so people thought he was a strong leader. Kind of like Obama. His administration was calling the shots most likely. Crooks like Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld.



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