Excellent point Sandy. No one seems to want to recognize that the economy was growing steadily until – coincidentally – just after the 2006 elections. Another fact the media constantly lies about is the notion that “we’re in a recession” – trying to make it a self-fulfilling prophecy (which has actually worked to some extent) – and then it uses that straw man to beat Bush with.
If fact, up until the Dem-controlled Congress’ (non-)policies started to take hold, the trends in effect were forcing the federal budget into balance. Back in Jan ’07, the trends pointed to a balance … right about now. But Congress managed to derail this with its inability to address the energy issue. By Aug ’07 the balance point had shifted by a year. As Congress continued to bicker and fling partisan poo – instead of doing its job, and addressing the energy issue and the economy – those trends lines began to diverge. Increasing taxes will completely halt the nominal economic growth we’re still experiencing, and make all this much worse. And that’s exactly what Obama has promised to do. All for “fairness” don’t you know.
No wonder this Dem-controlled Congress has the absolute lowest approval rating – of ANY American institution in all of U.S. History!
