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2016 Postmortem

DFW

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12. There is a saying which has proven true more than not:

Reply to Nasty Jack (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2016, 02:17 PM

Dec 2016

If you want to live like a Republican, vote for a Democrat.

What investments I have, and they are all back in the States, including my IRA, took a nosedive under Cheney/Bush. Since 2008, they have more than doubled.

Granted, I'm one guy, but my investments have pretty much stagnated since 2008 in that I have hardly touched them. So, it's not a difficult figure to keep track of.

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Trump inherits great President Obama economy [View all] Nasty Jack Dec 2016 OP

Bush 2.0 inherited a great economy from President Clinton. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #1

His Repub buddies in Congress know... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #5

Remember how Bush left the economy - tRump will be worse! Joe941 Dec 2016 #7

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #13

And he'll ruin it meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #2

Yes the economy always tanks under republicans True_Blue Dec 2016 #3

+1, and IIRC Obama's economy has even less room for improvement than Clinton's in many categories uponit7771 Dec 2016 #14

Trump will no doubt try to take credit within the first few months of his presidency mtnsnake Dec 2016 #4

Paul Krugman Wrote Of A Stock Melodrama Character Called The Wastrel Vogon_Glory Dec 2016 #6

I hope someone is taking a "before" picture. Orsino Dec 2016 #8

He can bamboozle the dickheads who voted for him. BSdetect Dec 2016 #9

The debt ceiling has to be raised in March 2017. tammywammy Dec 2016 #10

"Rural communities are dying, economically and literally" YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #11

There is a saying which has proven true more than not: DFW Dec 2016 #12