Jandre002 said:
Yeah I would think someone like mrstickball would have an answer like that...Kill the economy? Just like the last democrat in office right? Yea we better elect another republican who will screw over every day people in order to make the corporate world happy. Guess what though, if the common man isn't happy big corporations aint makin jack shit.
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I'm just going to pick on this particular comment, but it illustrates one of the greatest misunderstandings in American politics that has been propagated enough for it to be considered "common sense." And that is; "The President Controls the Economy" This is wrong, the executive branch of the government does not have that kind of power and the only branch that has the ability to influence the economy strongly is Congress.
Now Jandre002, I suggest you read a history book and learn about the revolution of 1994, or so it's been called. The American people, so scared of the insane policies that a Liberal/Marxist controlled Congress and White House were thinking of unleashing on the public, voted to hand congress to the republican party, feeling that they could save the economy. And from 1994-2006 (the year a rather intersting shift in congress took place) the Economy did great by posting bigger gains, less taxes, higher tax revenue, surplus, historically low unemployment, etc. The only hiccups were the Dot Com crash and subsequent recession in 01. Anyway, I say all this because it is Congress that holds the most influence on the economy.
You can easily trace it:
1980-1986: Strong Economy/Conservative Congress
1987-1994: Reccession in the beginning and really bad toward the end/Liberal Congress
1995-2000 - Strong Economy/Conservative Congress
2001-2002 - Short Reccession/ 50/50 split in Congress
2003-2006: Good Economy/Conservative Congress
2007-Present: Economic Disaster/Liberal Congress.
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