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Now that the Election Is Over, the Washington Post Admits that the Obama Recovery Has Been Terrible

Tacitus X Wrote: Nov 20, 2012 7:27 AM

What's so unfair about blaming Obama? Wasn't he one of the Dims that took over both houses of Congress in January 2007? The recession began 11 months later (no coincidence). After Chris Dodd, Obama received the most money from Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac and allowed them to create havoc in the financial sector. Obama gave speeches favoring the bailouts and voted for them. Did he ever support cuts in taxes and spending? What's his argument -- that Bush is to blame because he was almost as bad as the Dims when he caved and went along with them? It was the GOP who called for auditing Fannie and Freddie. Who voted against TARP? Again, conservatives like DeMint, Bachmann, and Paul.

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Now that the Election Is Over, the Washington Post Admits that the Obama Recovery Has Been Terrible

I agree that Obama inherited a crappy economy, and I think it is silly to assert that he bears any responsibility for the severity of the 2007-2009 recession.

But it is very fair to hold him responsible for what’s happened since the recession ended. I’ve cited data from the Minneapolis Federal Reserve on both employment and gross domestic product to show that Obama has presided over the weakest recovery in the post-World War II period.

And I think it is fair to blame Obama for the economy’s anemic performance during that time, largely because his agenda of faux stimulus...

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