reagansghost
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Take Obama out of the equation.
We have a market economy that crashes and it hits rock bottom. *Left on its own* the economy is going to recover to whatever extent. Presidents have a limited ability to affect the economy. It’s a great partisan talking point, but Bush II didn’t single handedly cause the Great Recession lol. Bush has plenty of help from democrats and from factors beyond anyone’s control.
As mentioned, Obama got help from the Feds. Which is fine, the Feds need to step in from time to time—but Obama can’t take credit for actions on the Feds part. Obama and congress get credit for the stimulus [assuming one thinks stimulus bills are a good thing] but it’s goofy to think a ten year old stimulus package is helping Trump’s economy lol.
And whatever benefit derived from the stimulus spending was mitigated by Obama’s addiction to regulatory measures. That’s why the recovery was so sluggish—it should have rebounded much faster. The media was doing its best to tell people how well they were doing in Obama’s economy but many voters weren’t buying it.
It’s a big reason Trump won the election.
nothing but lies, you're an asshole