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You know, I've been trying to help Mega to see the error of his own B.S. He totally missed the point in my previous post about the Reagan/Obama economic numbers. He didn't just miss, but he swung the bat, lost grip on it and let it fly out of his hands into the stands and then he plopped down on his dumb ass in the middle of home plate with a bewildered look on his face.
Unemployment under Reagan, which Mega says peaked out at 10.8%, dropped down to like 7.2% by Nov. 1984. I believe he's the only president to be re-elected with unemployment that high, but that figure was a lot better than it had been just a year or two before. To cut 3.5% off the unemployment rate requires a MASSIVE increase in job creation, ask any economist. Hundreds of thousands of jobs, at least. This had the effect of making people FEEL like things were indeed getting better. They WERE getting better. The difference with Obama today, for the umpteenth time, is that his unemployment/economic numbers are trending either worse -- or are flatlined -- in the middle of year #3 of his presidency. And there's no sign that things are improving and the general mood in the country is that things are NOT getting better -- just about every poll out there agrees on this point. Reagan's unemployment numbers dropped precipitously once his economic programs began to take effect (and when the Democrats finally got out of his fucking way). Yes, the national debt soared during his presidency, but our country became STRONGER overall. Under Reagan's administration our nation regained its pride and confidence in the economy, and the military (which he rebuilt and modernized, provoking an arms race with the Soviet Union that they could not afford -- indeed it bankrupted them.)
Unemployment under Reagan, which Mega says peaked out at 10.8%, dropped down to like 7.2% by Nov. 1984. I believe he's the only president to be re-elected with unemployment that high, but that figure was a lot better than it had been just a year or two before. To cut 3.5% off the unemployment rate requires a MASSIVE increase in job creation, ask any economist. Hundreds of thousands of jobs, at least. This had the effect of making people FEEL like things were indeed getting better. They WERE getting better. The difference with Obama today, for the umpteenth time, is that his unemployment/economic numbers are trending either worse -- or are flatlined -- in the middle of year #3 of his presidency. And there's no sign that things are improving and the general mood in the country is that things are NOT getting better -- just about every poll out there agrees on this point. Reagan's unemployment numbers dropped precipitously once his economic programs began to take effect (and when the Democrats finally got out of his fucking way). Yes, the national debt soared during his presidency, but our country became STRONGER overall. Under Reagan's administration our nation regained its pride and confidence in the economy, and the military (which he rebuilt and modernized, provoking an arms race with the Soviet Union that they could not afford -- indeed it bankrupted them.)