This has to make you think a little bit, if not then keep your blinders on!
George Bush has been in office for 7 1/2 years. The first six the economy was fine. A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon
3) the unemployment rate was 4.5 %.
4) the DOW JONES hit a record high–14,000 +
5) American’s were buying new cars, taking cruises, vacations overseas, living large!…
But American’s wanted ‘CHANGE’! So, in 2006 they voted in a Democratic Congress & yep — we got ‘CHANGE’ all right. In the PAST YEAR:
1) Consumer confidence has plummeted.
2) Gasoline is now over $4 a gallon & climbing!
3) Unemployment is up to 5 % (a 10% increase).
4) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $12 TRILLION DOLLARS & prices still dropping.
5) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.
6) THE DOW is probing another low~~10,300–
7) $2.5 TRILLION DOLLARS HAS EVAPORATED FROM THEIR STOCKS, BONDS & MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS!
YEP , IN 2006 AMERICA VOTED FOR CHANGE!…AND WE SURE AS HELL GOT IT!!!….NOW OBAMA, the DEMOCRAT’S CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT–AND THE POLLS SAY HE’S GONNA BE ‘THE MAN’–CLAIMS HE’S GONNA REALLY GIVE US CHANGE!!….JUST HOW MUCH MORE ‘CHANGE’ DO YA THINK YOU CAN STAND???….
DO YA GET IT NOW ?? HELLO ?????
D. Trent Says:
Sorry but no one can change an organization so much in less than 2 years especially the government where there is so much bureaucracy. These problems just bubbled up to the surface over the last 2 years.
BTW America hasn’t had a strong economy since 2001
Posted on October 6th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Alberto Says:
The first six years the economy was NOT fine. Bush himself cried out recession throughout the early 2000’s, and 2004 was also an economic downturn. This problem has been around for years, and it has finally surfaced because nothing has changed.
To scare people from wanting change through this example is silly. What’s happening now isnt change, it is a cumulation of everything that has stayed the same.
Albertos last blog post..People Don’t Trust The Government Bailout
Posted on October 7th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Billy Says:
Alberto and D. Trent, You guys are right in regards to the fact that the government can’t change too much in a short period of time, but let’s look at what Congress has done in the last 2 years for the economy since they took control of both houses. In my follow-up post titled What Is Congress Doing Anyway we see that they did nothing toward helping the economy. While people like McCain were stating the financial and housing sectors were going to fall, the Democrats decided to do nothing while the banking industry (namely Fannie and Freddie) were giving them kick-backs to look the other way. A problem that originally started by the Democrats in the 1990’s by allowing people who couldn’t afford to buy a house to do so with no money down.
Now as for what’s going to happen when and if Obama gets in office. How much money do you make because if you make more than me, Obama says that you must give some to me because you should look out for people less fortunate than you. “It’s your duty as an American to do that” according to Barack Hussein Obama.
I work hard for what I have and I will not share it with people who are too lazy to pick themselves up and work for what they want.
Posted on October 15th, 2008 at 11:23 am