Extending Tax Cuts Will Create Jobs: George W. Bush

[sabra]

Source: CNBC

As the question of extending the Bush tax cuts remains undecided, President George W. Bush defended the cuts on CNBC Monday, saying that they promote job growth.

“If one is interested in job creation in the private sector, it is important to recognize that lower taxes enable the job creators, i.e., small businesses, to have more money with which to expand their work force. And I would, yeah, I think they ought to be extended.”

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Bush also challenged critics—both conservative and liberal—who have characterized him as a big spender, saying his administration’s expenses were justified.

“The debt-to-GDP (gross domestic product) was lower than only one other—was lower than every president except for President Reagan. And the deficit-to-GDP was lower than every president except for Bill Clinton,” said Bush.

“I was not about to put our troops into harm's way and not make sure that they were fully trained and equipped, and I was not about to let those who came back from combat have a veterans system that wasn't fully funded.”

Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/id/40317273

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[sakabatou]

1. I guess he forgot what happened in his 8 years in office

[mediaman007]

2. So for 6 years he never included Irag and Afghanistan in the budget.

He is not credible.

[young but wise]

3. He is so full of shit.

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. I guess it will be different this time, because it hasn't worked so far.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

30. Or the time before that.

[Angry Dragon]

5. So after the elections he feels safe to open his mouth

[Zenlitened]

6. K&R for the sheer nerve of this guy. Is he doing coke again these days?

[47of74]

7. That and drinking too

[onehandle]

8. Prosecuting George W. Bush for War Crimes will Create Jobs: onehandle

Source: My Ass

As the question of prosecuting remains undecided, Internet denizen onehandle defended the trial and incarceration on DU Monday, saying that they promote job growth.

“If one is interested in job creation in the private sector, it is important to recognize that high profile criminal trials enable the job creators, i.e., the media and prisons, to have more money with which to expand their work force. And I would, yeah, I think they ought prosecute Bush.”

[florida08]

15. lol

K/R

[YOY]

28. +1!

n/t

[Botany]

9. It didn't produce any before why should it now?

matter of fact unemployment went up after the cuts went into effect.

[KansDem]

10. Still lying...

This is why you need to slap these MoFos down with their very first lie!

[Love Bug]

11. Oh, yeah, because that's been working so well all along ...

[Zoeisright]

12. So Bush the Dumber really is insane.

After all, that's the definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.

[paparush]

13. Lying sack of SHIT! The rich will continue to HOARD THEIR WEALTH.

Lying sack of shit daddy's boy assbag.

Did the first round of give-aways to the uber rich create an endless river of jobs? NO.

It has helped create near-historic levels of wealth disparity.

[and-justice-for-all]

14. Who asked him to open his mouth?

It is his policies THAT DO NOT WORK.

[Cal Carpenter]

16. That's what they always say

and there is no evidence that it's true.

[AlbertCat]

17. Extending Tax Cuts Will Create Jobs:

... in Sri Lanka...

[bulloney]

18. Because those tax cuts created so much economic growth since they've been enacted.

So George says the cuts promote job growth. Does he have even a clue about the unemployment that has stricken this country during the past 3-5 years? All I'm hearing is how much greater the concentration of wealth has been since the tax cuts and how the rich have gotten richer and the poor have gotten poorer while the middle class is shrinking.

What did Einstein say about insanity?

As for Bush defending his administration's spending, is he including the off-budget war spending when he's making his claim?

I'll bet CNBC took Bush to task for his remarks. :sarcasm:

[ezmerelda39]

19. The Bush tax cuts will

create jobs but not significantly as the rich can only hire just so many maids, hairdressers, yard boys, cooks, boat maintenance, chauffeurs, poodle trimmers, and manicurists.

[Swampguana]

20. If I remember

correctly there was a loss of jobs when he created the Bush tax cuts, right? If it didn't work then why would it now?

[DesertFlower]

21. his administration f----- up the country so much.

we will be suffering for many more years -- 2 wars, torture and tax cuts for the rich. he should hide his head in shame.

[lunasun]

22. Didn't he promise when he was ousted we would not hear from him?? Liar

I see he is willing to speak out for his base!

[Roy Rolling]

23. Those who listen

to Bush would believe him if he said the sky was green. Among his lies, he put the troops in harms way by trying to prosecute the war on the cheap to benefit his war contractor buddies, then underfunded the VA. This is typical bullshit, he says the opposite of what really happened and expects someone else to clean up the mess----story of his life.

[KamaAina]

24. After all, who knows more about creating jobs than George W. Bush?

Too bad they were all in India and China. :eyes:

[bulloney]

25. Notice that he didn't come out with his book tour until AFTER the elections?

If he was touring during the campaign season, a lot of people would have been reminded of the mess his administration's war mongering and economic policies left this country.

[bongbong]

26. Oh Boy!

shrub, although you're already drunk (I know you are 7 days a week), I'll buy you another one if you just STFU.

[groundloop]

27. And while we're at it let's deregulate banks, investment firms, and all big business as well .....

I'm sure all those nasty regulations are keeping all the nice millionaires and billionaires from creating more jobs too.

[diane in sf]

29. riiigggght, just like they did when he was in office.

[Javaman]

31. more revisionist history from the failure in chief* trying hard to polish his turd of a pResidency.

worst pResident* ever.

[lsewpershad]

32. Smells like a drunk

Walks like a drunk, talks like mut be a drunk. What a prick like his counterpart, dick.

[avaistheone1]

33. It didn't work after the Reagan tax cuts, and it didn't work after the Bush tax cuts.

Georgie, Georgie pants on fire.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

34. George you dipshit

Where are all the jobs? Those tax rates are in place.

[indypaul]

35. Pure and simple,

there is no such thing as "trickle down economy." J K Galbraith aptly
described the Reagan/Bush economy accurately as "Horse and sparrow economy."
The more you stuff into the horse the more likely it is to leave something
at the side of the road for the sparrow.

[truthisfreedom]

36. Definition of crazy: Doing the same thing again and again, expecting a different result.

gwb: nutjob

[Demonaut]

37. I need a few new servants

gotta find someone to organize my shoes