Originally Posted by rbakeremai

Root of the economic problem? Bush’s “home ownership challenge” to give more loans to the undeserving as well as zero down payment loans started this mess. This all started in June 2002. Clinton had a national surplus and huge economic growth, but oh no, he was a Dem! Dems aren’t supposed to be good for business! They want to kill all business and tax your ears off. C’mon… quite buying the Republican talking points.

As for California being an example of how bad taxes and spending are, I’ve never suggested that CA has it right. They screw things up regularly. Clinton was an example of how responsible tax code and responsible spending can create sustainable economic growth (took W about 2 years to dismantle that and reverse the surplus into a deficit). Clinton was not perfect, but the resulting bottom line was much better than this lame duck of a president. The Republican tax code is a joke, and Republican spending has been anything but responsible.