Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Some Republicans are smart

Some Republicans learned from their mistakes:

"Republicans favor tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, but these had no stimulative effect during the George W. Bush administration and there is no reason to believe that more of them will have any today."

--Bruce Bartlett, who held senior policy roles in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations

6 comments :

ArtVanDeLay said...

The economy had picked up steam a lot quicker under Bush 43 than under Obama.And before you make the bizarre claim that he had it easier than Obama.GWB had to deal with
1.Transition Delays associated with the Florida recount
2.A little thing called 9/11
3.Worldcom crash
4.Enron crash
5.Tech bubble burst

and yet the economy picked up "despite" with those EVVILL tax cuts.Bruce Bartlett mustve had one too many drinks,tax cuts stimulated the economy even during his boss Reagans tenure in the White House.

Come on IraqiMojo ,youre making this too easy!

ArtVanDeLay said...

The economy had picked up steam a lot quicker under Bush 43 than under Obama.And before you make the bizarre claim that he had it easier than Obama.GWB had to deal with
1.Transition Delays associated with the Florida recount
2.A little thing called 9/11
3.Worldcom crash
4.Enron crash
5.Tech bubble burst

and yet the economy picked up "despite" with those EVVILL tax cuts.Bruce Bartlett mustve had one too many drinks,tax cuts stimulated the economy even during his boss Reagans tenure in the White House.

Come on IraqiMojo ,youre making this too easy!

ArtVanDeLay said...

The economy had picked up steam a lot quicker under Bush 43 than under Obama.And before you make the bizarre claim that he had it easier than Obama.GWB had to deal with
1.Transition Delays associated with the Florida recount
2.A little thing called 9/11
3.Worldcom crash
4.Enron crash
5.Tech bubble burst

and yet the economy picked up "despite" with those EVVILL tax cuts.Bruce Bartlett mustve had one too many drinks,tax cuts stimulated the economy even during his boss Reagans tenure in the White House.

Come on IraqiMojo ,youre making this too easy!

ArtVanDeLay said...

oops,apologies for repeat posting.
The publish your comment button was acting funny!

Iraqi Mojo said...

Yes Republicans know how to stimulate the defense industry. GW Bush's admin created many jobs in the military and Homeland Security.

GW Bush expanded the govt, yet Republicans complain about big govt only when a Democrat is in the White House.

ArtVanDeLay said...

Private sector jobs grew more than govt jobs in the Bush admin.Though its true Bush did not curb runaway spending but it is nowhere close to Obamas record.

I seem to recollect quite a few Republicans complaining about entitlement programs such as No Child Left Behind,Prescription Drug plan and colossal waste in Iraqi and Afghan nation building and military expenditure.

And BTW if Republicans had "stimulated" the defense industry under Bush, Iraq would still be under Saddams rule,so I dont know what you are complaining about.