REAGAN GREATNESS

[clarence swinney]

Comparing Democrat’s hero-CLINTON—versus Republican’s hero--REAGAN
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1.JOBS—grew by 43% more under Clinton.
2.GDP---grew by 57% more under Clinton.
3.DOW—grew by 700% more under Clinton..
4. MARKET CAP INCREASE—Clinton + 330%--Reagan + 136%
5.NASDAQ-grew by 18 times as much under Clinton.
6.SPENDING--grew by 28% under Clinton---80% under Reagan.
7.DEBT—grew by 43% under Clinton—187% under Reagan.
8. DEFICITS—Clinton got a large surplus--grew by 112% under Reagan.
9.NATIONAL INCOME—grew by 100% more under Clinton.
10.PERSONAL INCOME—Grew by 110% more under Clinton.
11.MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME-grew by 75% more under Clinton
12. DEFENSE BUDGETED-Clinton -2311B—Reagan-2062B (current $)
13.UNEMPLOYMENT—AVG—Clinton 5.2%--Reagan 7.6%
(I admit averaging averages can be dumb. I dumb.)
SOURCES—Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.BLS.Gov)--Economic Policy Institute (EPI.org)—Global & World Almanacs from 1980 to 2003 (annual issues)
www.the-hamster.com (chart taken from NY Times)
National Archives History on Presidents. www.nara.gov
LA Times 10-11-00 on Market--www.Find articles.com
Federal Budget.Com 2009

A vote for a Conservative is a vote for Less Success.
A vote to reduce the Standard of Living for all Americans.

Recall 1920’s and Wall Street under Conservative control?
Recall 2000-2008 and Wall Street under Conservative control?

Want more of those years? It will take many years to recover.

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[Ozymanithrax]

1. Clinton is not a Democrat Hero...He was better That Ronnie, Bush I, or Bush II...

but not a hero.

[YOY]

2. +1.

Doing the job they claimed to do so well for them...and got called "liberal" for it.

[redqueen]

5. The fact that anyone thinks of him as one...

well that says a whole hell of a lot, really.

[YOY]

3. We've got one main hero. His intials were FDR. He kicked both their asses.

n.t.

[JSK]

4. I am so over Bill.

He holds a good deal of responsibility for the mess we are in today -- NAFTA and the Telecommunications Act are two examples.

[Soylent Brice]

6. you can add DADT and DOMA to that. n/t

[samplegirl]

7. Great Post.

[librechik]

8. Thanks Clarence--and welcome to DU

excellent posts, all 3 of them. Wish I had those facts at my fingers whenever I run into a Reagan worshipper.