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Offline NHSparky

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Worst economy ever?
« on: April 16, 2008, 11:20:46 AM »
A little something from NRO I saw recently posted by a local blogger...


Full chart can be seen HERE.

It’s the Politics, Stupid:

Comparing Labor Market Data in 1996 and 2008


Democrats on the Economy in 1996:

“Our economy is the healthiest it has been in three decades.” (President Bill Clinton, State of the Union Address, January 23, 1996)


Democrats on the Economy in 2008:

“The bottom line is that this administration is the owner of the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover." (Senator Charles Schumer, Press Release, March 7, 2008)

First column is March 1996, second column is March 2008

1. U.S. Unemployment Rate 5.5% 5.1%
2. Number of Long-Term Unemployed  1.33 million 1.28 million
3. Average Weeks Unemployed 17.3 weeks 16.2 weeks
4. Median Weeks Unemployed 8.3 weeks 8.1 weeks
5. Not in Labor Force because discouraged over job prospects 451,000 401,000
6. Democrats calling for Extended Unemployment Benefits? No Yes
7. President’s Party Affiliation Democrat Republic
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Re: Worst economy ever?
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2008, 12:16:46 PM »
Thanks!
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Re: Worst economy ever?
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2008, 07:19:55 PM »
Every single election where a republican is president, they trot out that line.  I heard it in 72, 76, 84, 88, 92, 2004 and now this year.

1976 wasn't that great a year.  And in 1980, there might have been some validity to it, the but president that year was a Democrat.  So no one said it.

What I am waiting to hear is that the country is more divided than it has ever been since 1864.  Someday soon, we will start hearing THAT
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Re: Worst economy ever?
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2008, 07:33:55 PM »
...and I  passed this on to my moonbat neighbor.  She has yet to confront me on any of these emails I'm sending her, I'm probably on her shit list. 
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Re: Worst economy ever?
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2008, 11:06:11 PM »
Interesting, thanks for posting.
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Re: Worst economy ever?
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2008, 01:16:39 PM »
There have been much worse years in America than right now. I still think a mild recession did happen, which does not bother me.
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Re: Worst economy ever?
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2008, 09:33:13 PM »
I guess Chucky boy forgot about the malaise years of Jimmy Carter.
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Re: Worst economy ever?
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2008, 09:30:37 AM »
Quote from: Lacarnut on May 12, 2008, 09:33:13 PM
I guess Chucky boy forgot about the malaise years of Jimmy Carter.

we are hardly in the worst economy ever...

this is laughable & just about EVERYONE stupid is chirping that (republican & democrat alike)

get rid of severance packages, welfare, workmans comp, credit cards, bankruptcy laws & the 20 thousand other government programs/protection laws, & then people will know what THE WORST feels like.,..
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Re: Worst economy ever?
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2008, 01:05:44 PM »
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this is laughable & just about EVERYONE stupid is chirping that (republican & democrat alike)

Which one?
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