Originally posted by Mastermold
And I'm not disputing them necessarily, but you and he are changing the subject from the shape of the economy to the government's finances. And it was Democrats who created the nanny state....so ask them why we have so much debt.
actually the deficit first became a major thing with reagan who denounced wasteful government spendin and then racked up a 2 trillion dollar deficit buying things that go boom, george bush is doing much the same. Also the unemployment figures actually get taken off the registry after a certrain period of time so most likely the bush level is higher couple that with the record layoffs and no pay rises i'd say that Bush's stewardship has hardly been good for the economy.