Hey Team - I've been fighting a pretty intense zoomie storm on my personal laptop past couple of days, thats why I've been relatively quite - missed observations of the 11th anniversary of the Global War on TowelHeadism - I'll make that up to you . . . in the meantime a friend sent this in:
I’ve been saying this for years, but the message below probably explains it better and more clearly. This is NOT a political message, but rather a clarification to remind us all of the correct facts.
This tells the story, why Bush was so “bad” at the end of his term. Don't just skim over this, it's not very long, read it slowly and let it sink in. If in doubt, check it out!!!
This is something I believe in, and you can share with your friends & family members who choose not to see things the way we do; which is to say those who choose to ignore facts and embrace emotionalism. Cheers . . . S.L.
Remember that on October 9, 2007, 11 months before our “economic crisis” occurred (that was actually created), the Dow hit its highest point ever, closing at 14,164.53 and reaching 14,198.10 intra-day level 2 days later. Unemployment was steady at 4.7%. But things were already being put in place to create the havoc we’ve all been experiencing since then.
And it all started on January 3, 2007.
The day the Democrats took over was not January 22nd 2009, it was actually January 3rd 2007, which was the day the Democrats took over the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the very start of the 110th Congress.
The Democrat Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995.
For those who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacy that everything is "Bush's Fault", think about this: January 3rd, 2007 was the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress.
At that time:
The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77
The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%
The Unemployment rate was 4.6%
George Bush's Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB GROWTH
Remember the day . . .
January 3rd, 2007 was the day that Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee. The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy?
BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES!
Chris Dodd contributed to this CRISIS by dumping 5-6 TRILLION Dollars of toxic loans on the economy from YOUR Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac FIASCOES!
Bush asked Congress SEVENTEEN TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie - starting in 2001 because it was financially risky for the US economy.
And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac? OBAMA
And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie? OBAMA and the Democrat Congress.
So when someone tries to blame Bush: REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd, 2007. . .
“THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER!"
Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democrat Party.
Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for 2008 & 2009 as well as 2010 & 2011.
In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.
For 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the 2009 budgets.
And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete 2009.
If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.
If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself.
In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is: "I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th, 2009."
What are the odds any of this will be widely publicized in the Left Leaning Lamestream Media ? ? ?
- STORMBRINGER SENDS
Passing this on to all my friends.
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I have 586 freinds on face book, they will all get this message. I had heard Bush on C-Span bagging Congress to Regulate Fannie and Freddie and bagging them to regulate the bank loans that we were heading for economic desaster. Barnie Franks dismissed it calling it a conspiracy theory. I believe Barnie made $26 million off the economy failing, and Dodd made more, so why would they want to stop what they were doing, it was money in their bank stolen from the middle class.
ReplyDeleteFriends, I distinctly remember GW saying during a speech that not only "Anglos" but all people should have access to a house. He specifically meant Mexicans and Blacks who currently did not qualify for a normal loan, so he helped push the loans backed by Fannie and Freddie. What else? How about doing absolutely nothing about illegals, going after the so called vigalantes in Arizona. How about Medicare prescription drugs, another trillion, unfunded. Put down the GW koolaid, okay?
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