Bush: People Will ‘Look Back’ At ‘This Moment In Economic History’ And Say ‘Tax Cuts Work’
Bush: People Will ‘Look Back’ At ‘This Moment In Economic History’ And Say ‘Tax Cuts Work’
In remarks to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce today, President Bush continued his rosy rhetoric on the economy. He predicted that in the future, people will look back at today’s financial situation and say that “tax cuts work”:
And I want to thank you very much for supporting the tax cuts plans that had good effect on small businesses all across the United States during that period of time. I think when people take a look back at this moment in our economic history, they’ll recognize tax cuts work. They have made a difference.
It’s doubtful Americans will remember this time period as an example of economic success. Yesterday, a government report from Energy Information Administration (EIA) , the statistical arm of the Department of Energy, broke with the Bush administration line, forecasting “for the first time that the country’s economy would enter recession in 2008.” The report reads:
U.S. real gross domestic product is expected to decline slightly in the first half of the year and then start growing again, with growth for 2008 as a whole at 1.3 percent, the slowest annual rate since 2001.
As the Financial Times noted, the EIA report did not specifically say that the U.S. economy would fall into recession, “but two quarters of negative growth is a common definition of recession among economists.”
Reuters said today that many economists foresee a recession “probably in quarter 1.” This assessment drops growth expectations to “none at all” for the first three months of this year, in contrast to the “anemic 0.2 percent they forecast last month.”
Making Bush’s tax cuts permanent won’t help the U.S. economy. They would cost taxpayers $4.3 trillion over the next ten years; Bush has proposed no measures to pay for this. Furthermore, they would increase the after-tax incomes of households with incomes above $1 million by an average of 7.5 percent, compared to a 2.3 percent increase middle-income households and 0.5 percent for lowest-income households.
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Ekonaumiks is werkin.
BTW, best chymp shot, ever.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:19 pmThe Retard speaks and says something completely inapplicable and totally untrue ; what a shocker…………
March 12th, 2008 at 7:19 pmHe’s no different from Mussolini, except he’s stupider.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:19 pmSumpin’ about dat picture… **tap… tap…*
I got it!
He’s lookin’ more ‘n more like Sterling Hayden from “Doctor Strangelove”…
March 12th, 2008 at 7:20 pmWHAT A FACE!!!! RU is correct, that is the best Chimp shot ever…
March 12th, 2008 at 7:20 pmLooks like he skipped an odious nougat
March 12th, 2008 at 7:25 pm#4: He’s lookin’ more ‘n more like Sterling Hayden from “Doctor Strangeloveâ€â€¦
- – It reminds me more of the chastised Gen. Buck Turgidson.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:25 pmYeah, they worked great during the 80s too. Reagan proved that deficits didn’t matter, didn’t he?
And the tax hikes Clinton pushed through in the 90s totally wrecked the economy.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:25 pmHow can someone be this out of touch with reality? Why doesn’t anyone ask him what he means when he says “tax cuts are working”? Working for whom?
Clearly this guy just reads whatever is put in front of him by his handlers.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:26 pmWe still have a GDP? Huh. Whodathunkit.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:26 pmIdiot!
March 12th, 2008 at 7:26 pmPsychopath ”
Factor1: Aggressive narcissism
Glibness / superficial charm
Grandiose sense of self-worth
Pathological lying
Conning / manipulative
Lack of remorse or guilt
Shallow affect
Callous / lack of empathy
Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
Promiscuous sexual behavior
Factor2: Socially deviant lifestyle
Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
Parasitic lifestyle
Poor behavioral control
Lack of realistic, long-term goals
Impulsivity
Irresponsibility
Juvenile delinquency
Early behavior problems
Many short-term marital relationships
Revocation of conditional release
Traits not correlated with either factor
Many short-term marital relationships
Promiscuous sexual behavior
Criminal versatility
Bush scores on everything apart from the sexual/marital issues
March 12th, 2008 at 7:26 pmComment by Badmoodman — March 12, 2008 @ 7:25 pm
Okay… I can see that. The fact that he reminds us of either character s/b terrifying. Ooops… it is!
March 12th, 2008 at 7:27 pmBBBBWWWWAAAAHHAAHAHHAAAHAHHA
Yeah, Ok
March 12th, 2008 at 7:27 pmAnd the reason for the stimulus checks are because tax cuts work.
Snark
March 12th, 2008 at 7:27 pmHe believes himself. I hope it helps him in prison. We can chip in and pay for a rubber room if he can get a library full of things he can’t read and no one else is allowed to.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:29 pmSpeaking of that pic of our naked emperor, looks like he’s fantasizing about giving the small one to Condi in the stall right lext to Larry Craig…
March 12th, 2008 at 7:29 pmHe is correct . . . they will say “tax cuts work if you want to destroy a major economy and bring a country to it’s knees.” Yep. I SO agree with Bush on this one.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:30 pmWe still have a GDP? Huh. Whodathunkit.
Comment by Ms_Joanne — March 12, 2008 @ 7:26 pm
Yeah
Stare into the bottom of your toilet to view it …………….
March 12th, 2008 at 7:30 pmGreat picture…..worth a million words.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:31 pmPeople will look back at this moment and wonder how we let a failed, yet unexplainably wealthy, businessman run our country.
People will look back and cite your Presidency as the culmination, validation, and grand example of the Peter principle.
People will look back on your Presidency as the time when America went bankrupt.
People will look back on your Presidency with sadness and loathing.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:33 pmA fool can make a dumb move, only an aschloch, however, when confronted with his stupidity, will cleave and cling to it like it is a lifesaver.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:34 pmAs I’ve said before, “he neither hears, nor comprehends, the words that come out of his mouth”.
WORST PRESIDENT EVER!
March 12th, 2008 at 7:36 pmHe’s the Alpha Assh0le!!!
March 12th, 2008 at 7:38 pmCaption: How much of that could I sniff from here?
March 12th, 2008 at 7:39 pmthis is ot but what the hell is going on with that guy’s face?!
March 12th, 2008 at 7:41 pmYup, Bubble Boy Bush’s brain definitely checked out.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:41 pmComment by Juan C. — March 12, 2008 @ 7:39 pm
lol, that answers that question!
March 12th, 2008 at 7:42 pmAre these the same people in the future that are going to look back and equate Bush with Lincoln?
March 12th, 2008 at 7:42 pmAlright , who farted before I got to ?
I’m the Decider and Commander Codpiece and the Flatulater , all rolled into 1 ; didn’t they know that ?
March 12th, 2008 at 7:43 pmMaybe the wealthy and the morons will look back at this moment in our economic history and think that the tax cuts worked. The rest of us – not so much.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:43 pmCaption: A Fascist GW Botch smiles
March 12th, 2008 at 7:43 pmThe people will simply look back and say, “What the fcuk were people thinking back then.” “Why did they not impeach that criminal?”
But then again I think that everyday.
Buck Hussein Fush
March 12th, 2008 at 7:44 pmW’s tax cuts “work” if you want create a very small number of billionaires and turn millions of “uppity” semi-middle working people into millions of desperate minimum wage slaves, and create millions more poor people.
…guess that’s what he really, truly means.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:45 pmPeople will look back at this moment and curse the shit out of us for not removing this feeble minded dirt bag before he caused damage that will take decades to repair.
Damn Us!
March 12th, 2008 at 7:45 pmTax cuts work great at transferring the wealth of a nation from the middle class and the poor to the wealthy…
They also work great at turning the merely wealthy into the super rich!!
Who wants a yacht?
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/BusinessTravel/story?id=4312308&page=1
March 12th, 2008 at 7:45 pmBush tax cuts work like golf gadgets work. i.e that is all he is doing for the economy and hoping it works. With golf gadgets every ast one of them promises to cut one or two strokes off your game. If you buy enough of them you should be scoring negative. But reality is that regardless f what gadgets you buy you will still shoot the same each and every week. With the tax cuts, like regonomics, the theory sounds appealing, but the implementation of the theory just does not work as advertised.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:46 pmGee, was he stamping his feet when he said that…?
March 12th, 2008 at 7:48 pmGDumbya is an unbelievably stupid, arrogant, pathetic, shallow, incompetent imbecile. His “tax cuts” have directly required $1.5 trillion in borrowing and added substantially to the $9 trillion national debt that he has rolled up in seven years after inheriting a balanced budget and a shrinking national debt in 2001. Of course, his dirty little avoidable and illegal war in Iraq hasn’t helped, either.
He has created a situation where every man, woman and child in this country would owe $30,000 if this national debt were to be repaid tomorrow. Now, we see that the paltry economic recovery that this idiot crowed about was fueled by a “credit bubble” created by shaky mortgages and other loans that are now coming home to roost and roiling our financial institutions and the stock market as a whole.
The next shock-wave waiting to roll over us like a tsunami is the $110 per barrel cost of oil — much of which has been brought on by GDumbya’s (1) failed energy policies; (2) disruption in oil production in Iraq; and (3) the “risk premium” component of oil pricing as a result of his disruption of the Middle East as a whole.
People will “look back at this moment in economic history” alright. And this will be GDumbya’s legacy — The Bu$h Debt.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:51 pmI sure hope the chymp lives out his life sentence to a ripe old age, and sees that historians will truly mock him for this pronouncement.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:51 pmThe man is living in a parallel universe – he is not of this reality.
He is seen tapdancing on the front steps of the White House awaiting a visit from McCain. He is singing about aides who have been found guilty of crimes and he has pardoned, among other things. He hasn’t a clue (nor does he care) about the trials and challenges confronting average Americans. He acts as though the soldiers he has sent to die in his illegal and unwarrranted war are not real; their suffering and deaths are somehow a worthy price to pay for his folly.
If he were to start his lifetime vacation next week and leave the White House vacant, we would be better for it.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:52 pmW’s tax cuts “work†if you want create a very small number of billionaires and turn millions of “uppity†semi-middle working people into millions of desperate minimum wage slaves, and create millions more poor people.
…guess that’s what he really, truly means.
Comment by tombaker — March 12, 2008 @ 7:45 pm
The Corporate Elite, who eat middle-class RePugniScums for breakfast, want nothing more than a Third-World America!!! They get richereerr!
March 12th, 2008 at 7:54 pmIt will be (yet another) crime if the photograph posted with this article doesn’t eventually wind up as the model for his Official Portrait.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:55 pmSpeakin’ of tax cuts–our tax accountant warned us not to spend a PENNY of the $1200 we’re getting because they’ll want it back next year in full. Has anyone heard anything like this?
March 12th, 2008 at 7:56 pmClarification: I’m referring to the “rebate.”
March 12th, 2008 at 7:57 pmSpeakin’ of tax cuts–our tax accountant warned us not to spend a PENNY of the $1200 we’re getting because they’ll want it back next year in full.
Who’s THEY/???The Chinese???
March 12th, 2008 at 7:58 pmComment by bogtrotters — March 12, 2008 @ 7:56 pm
It’s an advance- not a refund… everything’s on credit in Bush’s US!!!
March 12th, 2008 at 7:59 pmNot only is his asinine comment typically incorrect , it is spewed by this unintelligible moron as if it’s either some type of “saving grace” for all the monumental and multitudes of screw-ups ; or that it’s just another in a long line of non-existent “successes” championed by this absolute imbecile ………………..
What a colossal failure and a complete jackass.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:02 pmI hope that Xisithrus doesn’t mind my posting this from his blog. I thought it was fascinating:
I’ve long said that this is the plan; to take us into the toilet. I can’t imagine why, but….
March 12th, 2008 at 8:02 pmWho’s THEY/???The Chinese???
Comment by Badger — March 12, 2008 @ 7:58 pm
Well, they’re gonna hafta fight Halliburton fer it…
Put yer dukes up… put yer dukes up…
March 12th, 2008 at 8:02 pm48. You mean they’d encourage folks to go out and get themselves into MORE debt? Our government would MISLEAD us? Gadzooks, that’d be a first!
March 12th, 2008 at 8:03 pm#45, Had our taxes done today. We were also advised not to spend the “stimulus.” If we had any debt, use the $$ to pay it off.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:03 pmThe feds will not be asking this back next year, nor count it toward income — what the states do is up to the states.
Perhaps your accountant was referring to another aspect of your income tax – maybe the AMT?
If that issue is not resolved, it will have a huge impact on many.
53. Thanks, Marie. That makes more sense. Which, given W. Bush, means nothing, of course.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:05 pmSpeakin’ of tax cuts–our tax accountant warned us not to spend a PENNY of the $1200 we’re getting because they’ll want it back next year in full. Has anyone heard anything like this?
Comment by bogtrotters — March 12, 2008 @ 7:56 pm
It will be taxed so you will pay taxes on your refunded taxes…Borrowed from the Chinese with interest to cover the borrowing against our own trust funds like SS funds that have been robbed.
GAWD damnit y’all this is jus’ sick and phucked up….
– dixie “We are all phucked” blood
March 12th, 2008 at 8:07 pm“I think when people take a look back at this moment in our economic history, they’ll recognize tax cuts work.”
Only if those people are in Bush’s library. Otherwise people will recognize that Bush had no clue as to how to evaluate if the tax cuts worked or not.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:08 pm55. Well, I hope we put on a nice Summer Olympics over there. =(
March 12th, 2008 at 8:08 pmI wish Vegas would take odds on Republicans predictions. I would never have to work again. Just sit by the TV and wait for Rove or Kristol or Bush to open up their fat mouths.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:14 pm55. Well, I hope we put on a nice Summer Olympics over there. =(
Comment by bogtrotters — March 12, 2008 @ 8:08 pm
Oh we are. They have 1 million workers from outside Beijing on construction projects for the Olympics AND the majority of them get paid less then 2 dollars a day and live onsite and work 15 hour days! Cheney is jealous.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:14 pmBush saying that only history will judge me is like when Tupac said “only God can judge me”. Either way it’s a cowardly copout for taking responsibility for your thuggish deeds.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:17 pmI suspect that he Great Depression was fairly orderly compared to how the next one might be. We will know who did it and know that it was on purpose.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:21 pmHistory will be pretty ruff on President Bush….But history won’t be too kindly towards American Voters in 2000 & 2004 either,
March 12th, 2008 at 8:21 pm60. It’s interesting how History kicked Lincoln, FDR and even sickly Jack Kennedy in the ass when they were young, and they grew from their experiences. Bush grew from a coke-sniffing alcoholic incompetent into a…
Hm. Guess that’s the point. OK, History’s done, now.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:22 pm62. Votes don’t count they way they count ‘em nowadays.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:24 pmOh we are. They have 1 million workers from outside Beijing on construction projects for the Olympics AND the majority of them get paid less then 2 dollars a day and live onsite and work 15 hour days! Cheney is jealous.
Comment by Nature Rules — March 12, 2008 @ 8:14 pm
March 12th, 2008 at 8:25 pmExcept for the pay they are just like overworked Americans…sleeping in the office or in cars, suffering 15-20 hour work shifts 7 days a week to make a living wage…
I suspect that he Great Depression was fairly orderly compared to how the next one might be. We will know who did it and know that it was on purpose.
Comment by Dreary Urbanite — March 12, 2008 @ 8:21 pm
Unfortunately, people in this country are ignorant. And goopers are better liars so it will be the fault of whomever is in office…which they all want to be a dem so it can be placed squarely on their shoulders.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:25 pm65. Oh, we just write those ones off as lazy and stupid, Dix. Social Darwinism’s BACK! I know so MANY people like the ones you describe; we once called people who worked that hard “pioneers.” Or, “chattel.” You know, those folks who built this country? I’m glad you’re as goddam mad as I am.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:31 pmComment by Nature Rules — March 12, 2008 @ 8:14 pm
Way off topic, sorta. Did you read any more of “The Authoritarians”? Here’s the link again in case you, or anyone else, needs it.
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/
March 12th, 2008 at 8:31 pm#66 – Ms. Joanne – Last time I looked we were not exactly infested with Hoover apologists and FDR didn’t get tagged with the blame. Could be wrong though.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:32 pmHere’s TP from Dec of 2005, lamenting recession for the last 2 1/2 years and it still hasn’t officially happened.
http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/07/straight-truth-economy/
March 12th, 2008 at 8:33 pmHere’s an except:
“I think it is appropriate for the President to want to tell the 43% of the public that thinks that we are in an actual recession that we have had solid GDP and investment growth over the last couple of years.”
TP – 2005.
Same story, different day.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:36 pmComment by backup — March 12, 2008 @ 8:36 pm
Spoken like a true 19%er.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:39 pmBut we digress. Let’s get re-focused on what’s REALLY threatening America: Gays gettin’ married.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:40 pmBut we digress. Let’s get re-focused on what’s REALLY threatening America: Gays gettin’ married.
Comment by bogtrotters — March 12, 2008 @ 8:40 pm
And don’t forget stem cells. Those stem cells might turn us all into gays.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:43 pmJunior’s standard response for the next 9 months:
‘Yes, for 7 years we’ve raped, pillaged and burned as far as the eye can see . . . but in 30 years everyone will be okay with it.’
March 12th, 2008 at 8:43 pmGays gettin’ married.
Comment by bogtrotters — March 12, 2008 @ 8:40 pm
Bring it on…I can wait for Gay Divorce Court on my cable!!
March 12th, 2008 at 8:47 pmNot only is George Bush an incredibly dumb motherfu(ker, he may quite possibly be the stupidest person on the face of the Earth.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:47 pmComment by Keith H. — March 12, 2008 @ 8:43 pm
Yeah, in 30 years they’ll be screaming that they need another conniving, thieving, lying, petulent, retarded dipshit of a president like George Bush. I can hear them now, “man, those were the days (daze).
Puhleeeeze.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:50 pm78. My Irish Setter’s ZYGOTE was smarter than George Bush is.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:53 pmA friend of mine is fond of saying, “I can’t believe they let him fly an airplane”.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:57 pm82. God forgive me, but sometimes ya wish the Japanese had done a better job of shootin’ down his Daddy’s.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:59 pm81. Sorry.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:59 pmOT
March 12th, 2008 at 9:02 pmJust watched K. Olbermann’s special comment. I was afraid he might go over the line, but I don’t believe he did. He pleads with Clinton to ignore her advisors, disavow Ferraro and denounce her statements.
Off Topic but, Keith Olbermann really hammered Hillarity in tonight’s special comment. See the repeat later if you missed it.
March 12th, 2008 at 9:02 pmBush: People Will ‘Look Back’ At ‘This Moment In Economic History’ And Say ‘Tax Cuts Work’
March 12th, 2008 at 9:04 pmWell of course.. for the have mores that will be able to step our of the decay and into their new world once our country crashes. And TP, happy you did NOT provi9de audio on this article.
Yes, tax cuts are powerful. They can bring to its knees the former only superpotence left in the world. Tax cuts and a hairless chimp.
March 12th, 2008 at 9:08 pmThe Bush Tax cuts were a boon to the banks in the Cayman’s. It’s always painful when a stupid person thinks everyone else is more stupid than he/she is.
March 12th, 2008 at 9:11 pmOff Topic but, Keith Olbermann really hammered Hillarity in tonight’s special comment. See the repeat later if you missed it.
Comment by Mr. Evil — March 12, 2008 @ 9:02 pm
She deserved it and I wonder if TP will post a link??????
March 12th, 2008 at 9:15 pmComment by bogtrotters — March 12, 2008 @ 8:59 pm
It’s hard not to wish harm upon some of them.
March 12th, 2008 at 9:19 pmComment by Marie
March 12th, 2008 at 9:20 pmWhat scares me most about Hillary is she may run as an independent if not chosen for the dem nomination splitting the party and giving McCain the pres. knowing she could then run again in 4 years. I could see her being that selfish.
Re: photo…
March 12th, 2008 at 9:29 pmGeorgie definitely takes after his momma, don’t he?
OMG what is this guy on???!!! Isn’t it just a little scarey to have someone like this in the White House…near a bunch of buttons? Or does Cheney still have those?
March 12th, 2008 at 9:35 pm94 did you eat paint chips as a child???
March 12th, 2008 at 9:45 pmsame story, different day.
Comment by backup
I see you dont understand what many knew and it wasnt just TP
Stephen Roach, the chief economist for Morgan Stanley & Co. (nyse: MWD – news – people ), one of the most powerful investment banks and one of the 50 largest companies in the world, says Greenspan has “driven the world to the economic brink.â€
This was 2005 backup
March 12th, 2008 at 9:48 pmComment by specialist f — March 12, 2008 @ 9:45 pm
And thought that Windex was Kool-Aid.
March 12th, 2008 at 9:49 pmIgnorance is so easy to cure, yet, so few cure themselves.
http://zfacts.com/p/318.html
March 12th, 2008 at 9:50 pmGeorge–George–your face is gonna get stuck like that!
March 12th, 2008 at 9:54 pmWhat a dope!
He says this as if we have to wait until some undetermined date far off in the future – what a dope.
There is already sufficient history to determine that Bush’s tax cuts are a failure, that his boutique war is a failure and that he is a corrupt and immoral goon.
History will not save this goof.
March 12th, 2008 at 9:55 pmWhen did this Govt become a dictatorship? I thought the Dem’s controlled the house? I think the economy was doing fine until, well they got the majority. -Cairngman
Read my post at 97.
March 12th, 2008 at 9:57 pmBush would run circles around you boy Obama!
Comment by Thecairngman
Circles of debt? Bigger Govt? What?
March 12th, 2008 at 9:58 pmBush would run circles around you boy Obama!
Comment by Thecairngman — March 12, 2008 @ 9:52 pm
That’s all he’s ever done, run in circles. While all of his traitors ruin the country. The tax cuts worked well? For whom? .05% of the country, the ones who needed and deserved them the least? I think you did eat paint chips as a kid, your brain doesn’t work.
March 12th, 2008 at 9:59 pmThe Tax cuts worked very well!
Really?
U.S. employers cut payrolls for a second straight month during February, slashing 63,000 jobs for the biggest monthly job decline in nearly five years
March 12th, 2008 at 10:00 pmThe theory behind tax cuts were that they would trickle down and create jobs. Thats the reason he gave.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:03 pmNo, it didnt cairng. You apparently dont understand the CPI and the life death model
March 12th, 2008 at 10:05 pmPeople will look back at this moment in history (economic or otherwise) and say “that man’s gray matter obviously didn’t work”.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:07 pmIf GW were only a good speaker! Thats his only problem!
Comment by Thecairngman
Wishful…
March 12th, 2008 at 10:09 pmPeople will look back at this administrations time in office and tell their children:
And that’s what happened when we had touch screen voting.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:13 pmAmerica’s biggest problem is that GW is a sociopath. GW’s problem is how to live out his life without accounting for his crimes.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:13 pmComment by Thecairngman — March 12, 2008 @ 10:06 pm
If GW were only a good speaker! Thats his only problem!
Bush is not that bad of a president! he’s just not a great public speaker! none of the bush bashing has any merit. Your boy Hussein just speaks well that’s all!
Comment by Thecairngman — March 12, 2008 @ 10:13 pm
BwaaaaaHaaaaaaHaaaaaa!
Very funny. Encore!
March 12th, 2008 at 10:16 pmBush is not that bad of a president! he’s just not a great public speaker! none of the bush bashing has any merit. Your boy Hussein just speaks well that’s all!
I am not looking at his speaking cairng.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:16 pmThe increase in discretionary spending—that is, all nonentitlement programs—in George W. Bush’s first term was 48.5 percent in nominal terms. That’s more than twice as large as the increase in discretionary spending during Clinton’s entire two terms (21.6 percent),
March 12th, 2008 at 10:17 pmCaption:
A fascist pig enjoying his final days . . .
March 12th, 2008 at 10:22 pmPerhaps the most delusional of all are those who seek favor by adopting the delusions of another. They are often a danger to themselves, others, and their entire species.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:23 pmCairng he would be giving not his money but the taxpayer money. When I look at political discourse its been nothing but smears and attacks by both sides for over a decade. Coulter wrote whole books demeaning people as godless pagans because of political ideology. Attack radio profitable because it attacks people. Bush is no different and he attacked Kerry for his service.
My advice is dont take it personal
March 12th, 2008 at 10:27 pmThe Cairngman:
Barack Obama is smarter on his worst day than Bush is on his best.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:27 pmBush is an adult with ADD, he had an addictive personality, he has juvenile emotions, he is socially maladjusted, he is irresponsible, reckless and stubborn. Oh, and his speech is equivalent to a C-student in junior high school.
I wouldn’t have a problem with the stupid crap he says if it weren’t for the evil crap he’s done.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:30 pmIs it possible that W’s handlers actually print fake newspapers and reports for him to read to insure he is completely unaware of the real world?
March 12th, 2008 at 10:30 pmIn fact carign, I would add voting by emotion [someone being attacked angers you, saddens you] is no way to vote and the politicians will use it, along with fear or bias, to their advantage.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:34 pmYeh, yeh, whatever. Meanwhile it is being reported that the House will vote on a new FISA bill–authored by Conyers and others without telecom immunity–as early as tomorrow. Can’t find this anywhere except TPM. Call your reps.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:35 pmThe media has done a wonderful Job ripping this man apart.
Comment by Thecairngman — March 12, 2008 @ 10:21 pm
Is it so cool when there is a nebulous unnamed entity that can be blamed for shit that people don’t want to accept responsibilty for. I love it!
March 12th, 2008 at 10:36 pmThe World believing what a U.S. official said? That would be a refreshing change.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:43 pmComment by Thecairngman — March 12, 2008 @ 10:44 pm
This comment may very well yield an array of responses. Do you always use chum when you fish?
March 12th, 2008 at 10:50 pmHey, caringman! GSY (Go Snark Yourself)
March 12th, 2008 at 10:58 pmBush could Give 30 Billion dollars to Africa more than any other President and everyone would not even blink an eye at it.
Comment by Thecairngman — March 12, 2008 @ 10:21 pm
Because we’d see through it as more of the same photo-op diplomacy we’ve come to expect from this administration. An examination of the actual usage of those 30 billion dollars would reveal nothing but cronyism and profiteering and little benefit actually reaching Africans.
March 12th, 2008 at 11:23 pmA more credible source for economic data is the UCLA Anderson Forecast.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ucla11mar11,1,3377924.story
March 12th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
A more credible source for economic data is the UCLA Anderson Forecast.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ucla11mar11,1,3377924.story
UCLA economists say California and the nation will survive the housing slump and job losses without plunging into recession. “We are holding firm: no recession this time,” UCLA Anderson Forecast Director Edward Leamer said in a report being released today. Industrial production growth remains strong, the quarterly report notes, and consumer spending on big-ticket items is expected to keep climbing.
March 12th, 2008 at 11:45 pmHow much taxpayer money, if what the UCLA says is true, did preventing a recession cost you muckdog?
Huh?
March 12th, 2008 at 11:48 pmFrom Muckdogs link:
Brushing aside conventional wisdom, UCLA economists say California and the nation will survive the housing slump and job losses without plunging into recession — although it will still be miserable for many Americans.
Isnt a recession miserable for many Americans muckdog?
March 12th, 2008 at 11:56 pmBrushing aside conventional wisdom many Americans will still be miserable but its not a recession, no, that sounds more like a depression!
March 12th, 2008 at 11:58 pmTry prozac for your depression, but clearly the forecasters at UCLA see no economic recession.
March 13th, 2008 at 12:08 amComment by Xisithrus — March 12, 2008 @ 11:58 pm
I love it when they provide links. LMFAO!
… say California and the nation will survive…
It sure looks like smooth sailing ahead. Maybe they’ll go out on a limb and predict that “few people will actually starve to death”. Why wait? I’m gonna go buy a 5,000 lb. 4X4.
March 13th, 2008 at 12:10 amThe foundations of our economy are strong
March 13th, 2008 at 12:17 am“People Will ‘Look Back’ At ‘This Moment In Economic History’ And Say ‘Tax Cuts Work’”
I think that’s what Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover (1921-1933) said. They called it “trickle down”, too. At the ehight of Roaring 20’s prosperity, the majority of Americans were below the poverty line.
March 13th, 2008 at 12:19 amthat’s HEIGHT.
March 13th, 2008 at 12:20 amTotal national debt 200 years before Reagan=$0.9 Trillion.
March 13th, 2008 at 12:39 amTwelve years later (end of GHWB)=$4.1 Trillion.
Total national debt 200 years before Reagan=$0.9 Trillion.
Twelve years later (end of GHWB)=$4.1 Trillion.
Comment by Keith — March 13, 2008 @ 12:39 am
Now it’s over $9 Trillion. Amazing.
March 13th, 2008 at 12:44 amToday=$9.1Trillion.
March 13th, 2008 at 12:45 amIsn’t that great?!?
Beaten to the punch by Mr. Evil.
March 13th, 2008 at 12:46 amworked when Reagan implemented them too.
Comment by jackball — March 13, 2008 @ 12:29 am
they worked for the very rich only. you’re an idiot.
March 13th, 2008 at 12:57 amA troll engaging in quote mining and creative editing to try to make a point and “win” an argument?
I am shocked, shocked, I tell ya!
From the link provided by our troll:
Whether truly in recession or not, Leamer said the economy would be sputtering. It remains so fragile that “if there is a quick halt to consumer spending, we will for sure have a recession in 2008,” he added.
“The question is whether [2008] will be disappointing or horrible; our forecast is disappointing,” he said in an interview.
[...]
“Looking to the future, there isn’t another locomotive. There is still not a reason for great optimism,” he said.
And the troll is congratulating himself that the 2008 will *only* by “disappointing”.
(More lowered expectations from blind Bush cult followers)
March 13th, 2008 at 12:59 amA troll engaging in quote mining and creative editing to try to make a point and “win†an argument?
TP “quote mines” and creatively edits all the time. I thought that was a requirement here.
The UCLA forecast remains: No recession.
March 13th, 2008 at 1:13 am.
Tax cuts = DEFICIT of $7,700,000,000,000 is working?
See kids, smelling da coke kills da brain.
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March 13th, 2008 at 1:18 am.
#156 Comment by muckdog — March 13, 2008 @ 1:13 am
Yes muckdog,
In America a dollar is ALWAYS worth a dollar… NO?
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March 13th, 2008 at 1:20 amComment by muckdog — March 13, 2008 @ 1:13 am
And fact remains, that even by this “contrarian” standard, the outlook is disappointing at best.
But thanks for admitting you edited the article to skip over that fact too.
March 13th, 2008 at 1:26 amWARNING: Bush parody.
Q: Mr. President. Are you concerned about the falling value of the Dollar?
A: I’m not concerned at all. I’ll just issue a signing statement ensuring that every American can take a one-dollar bill into a bank and receive one-hundred pennies in return.
March 13th, 2008 at 1:28 amAnd fact remains that Pres Bush will have presided over a recession and a near-miss with another (assuming the best-case scenario), among his many blunders.
March 13th, 2008 at 1:29 amsuckdog is easily led. typical gullible wingnut moron.
March 13th, 2008 at 1:29 amThe trickle down (on) economic theory is just that a theory. It didn’t work this time, it hasn’t worked in the past. Even GHWB had to raise taxes during his 4 years and admit that it didn’t work. Every time it is tried it leads to nasty recessions, has a terrible economic impact, and does nothing but wident he gap between the rich and the poor. here is a little hint; the economy functions best when the middle class has disposable income. Something they have less and less of due to rising energy costs.
March 13th, 2008 at 1:45 amAnd tax cuts for the rich. And tax havens for the super-rich corporations.
March 13th, 2008 at 2:27 ammuckdog’s lowered expectations in life lead me to believe he will, one day, rejoice over the fact his wife *only* cheats on him once a year.
If he isn’t already, that is.
Il muckdog, cornutto ma felice
March 13th, 2008 at 3:04 amAnd people will also say, the tax cuts for the wealthy worked for the wealthy.
March 13th, 2008 at 3:20 amThe UCLA forecast remains: No recession.
Comment by muckdog — March 13, 2008 @ 1:13 am
And I thought you conservatives only followed the University of Chicago school of economics. What do the Friedmanites say?
March 13th, 2008 at 6:34 amA disgusting, disgusting package of protoplasm. Some say he is human, I do not see that.
March 13th, 2008 at 7:27 amUGHHHH, that FACE! THAT’s the face he will be remembered by.
March 13th, 2008 at 8:02 amTHAT’s the look that sums up his entire wasted, spoiled life.
THAT’s the look that earned him the title, “pResident Fu(kface”!!!!
UUUUGGGGHHHHHH! OMG! Heave.
“It’s doubtful Americans will remember this time period as an example of economic success.”
That has to be the understatement of the century.
Dubya is the anti-Midas. Everything he touches tuns to $hit. When the election is over in November, people will breathe a collective sigh of relief and feel that a mighty weight has been lifted from our collective shoulders. History is not going to be kind to this administration, and quite frankly rather than proving that tax cuts “work”, Dubya has proven the opposite.
March 13th, 2008 at 8:47 amIts the arrogance and elitist demeanor that the left gives off that make it easy to hate.
Comment by Thecairngman
from the party of war mongers and enslavers. Hate is your middle name.
March 13th, 2008 at 10:12 amIf GW were only a good speaker! Thats his only problem!
Comment by Thecairngman — March 12, 2008 @ 10:06 pm
Yes, being a poor speaker…that is his ONLY problem.
If he could only find a better way to express himself, then there would be peace and prosperity in the land.
Thanks for the comedy, I needed a good laugh this morning.
March 13th, 2008 at 10:50 amReading the troll droppings this morning, I can see where Hoekstra would be worried about mental health.
March 13th, 2008 at 10:54 amThe trolls here are in their own fantasy world.
That picture is classic Bush, doing a Mussolini imitation.
March 13th, 2008 at 10:58 amPleading is not a policy
USA TODAY
With a gallon of regular now selling for about $3.25, the average household’s projected annual gasoline expense is up about $540 from what it was as recently as October. That’s likely to consume a sizable chunk of the one-time “economic stimulus” checks those households will be getting from Washington this spring.
Perhaps this explains why President Bush has called on the Saudis and other oil exporting nations to increase production to help bring down the cost, which closed Wednesday just below $110 a barrel. On Sunday, Vice President Cheney is heading to the Middle East, in part to lobby for some relief.
This is what passes for an energy strategy these days. The Bush administration asks the oil-rich nations to help us out by bringing down the price of oil. And they firmly, but politely, say “no.” It has not been a particularly successful plan.
Nor has it been a very consistent message. When not asking for more supply and lower prices from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the president occasionally refers to America’s copious oil consumption, not incorrectly, as an “addiction.” That would make Cheney’s trip something of a drug run.
In lieu of supplication, what’s needed is a real energy policy.
http://tinyurl.com/2gfsm4
This is what pResident Chimpy and his merry band of thuggish neocon assh0les have reduced America to:
BEGGING a bunch of MUSLIMS to give us a handout.
Thank you, reichers. Mission Accomplished.
March 13th, 2008 at 11:18 amWhat an ugly-ass freak! He must be thinking : ‘Oh well America I stole the elections, crept up to power, and screwed you up royally! Now you’re stuck in an endless failed war with no end in sight. The dollar is worth less and less while the barrel of oil is around $110. Forget recession, depression is more likely. You brought it upon yourselves. I’ve only done what God asked me to do!’
March 13th, 2008 at 2:25 pmBush is totally deluded and it’s starting to scare me.
March 13th, 2008 at 7:01 pmHe has created a situation where every man, woman and child in this country would owe $30,000 if this national debt were to be repaid tomorrow. Now, we see that the paltry economic recovery that this idiot crowed about was fueled by a “credit bubble” created by shaky mortgages and other loans that are now coming home to roost and roiling our financial institutions and the stock market as a whole.
The next shock-wave waiting to roll over us like a tsunami is the $110 per barrel cost of oil — much of which has been brought on by GDumbya’s (1) failed energy policies; (2) disruption in oil production in Iraq; and (3) the “risk premium” component of oil dell latitude csx battery,dell latitude csx battery pricing as a result of his disruption of the Middle East as a whole.
October 15th, 2008 at 5:06 amA bullet would be too good for his sorry ass. I want his ugly butt in jail
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:07 pmIt is truly amazing that there are still 27% of the people who still like him and his policies and then there are the dumb voters who will vote for McCain/Palin who don’t want their taxes raised – the same people who will benefit most from an Obama Presidency.
SHOOT ME PLEASE!!!!!!
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:14 pmHe continued, “I am a twenty foot tall banana. The North Pole is located on the Yucatan Peninsula. I didn’t say these words. You don’t exist.”
October 23rd, 2008 at 10:31 pmThis is just another part of this genius’ historic strategery. He figures if he just tosses in some comments about his legacy here and there, once in a while, in a thousand years these very same comments will be included in a tome about barbarian America. Wont he come out lookin’ sweet?
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:16 pm