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Propaganda Debunking

AncientGeezer

(2,146 posts)

7. I always do....

Reply to progree (Reply #6)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 07:53 PM

Feb 2020

I also consider the differences in the base lines of them.

When you start in a giant crater like Pres. Obama did...Up is all there is. Big numbers are going to happen. That's an economic fact.
We've gone from shitshow to "robust" often. It's our thing. How many times has it happened?
I could show you 8-10 since the Civil War
To your post below.....Job creation....as you point out....the recession.
The Recession ended in June-July-ish '09....yet we had the slowest post recession recovery ever. Also a fact.

I've been studying this crap since the late '60's...it's not new to me.

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President Obama's economy was better [View all] Tweedy Feb 2020 OP

The BLS data series progree Feb 2020 #1

You'd have to do '09- '11 if you are going to use '17-'19 for dumpster AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #2

It refutes GOP propaganda Tweedy Feb 2020 #3

No it doesn't really..... AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #4

Did you consider the economies each inherited? progree Feb 2020 #6

I always do.... AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #7

Well that's a lot better answer than making a fetish about comparing the first n years progree Feb 2020 #8

Job creation progree Feb 2020 #5

Exactly! Tweedy Feb 2020 #9

And Obama stimulated up and down the economy, Hortensis May 2020 #10