Obama '08?

You keep posting that ican. You don't seem to realize it is proof positive that Bush's tax cuts didn't create jobs.

ican is as static as the numbers he repeatedly posts on a2k; he's bankrupt! He still can't figure out that Bush's tax cuts in 2001 and 2002 that was promised as job creators only deepened our unemployment ranks, and the middle class and poor's wages remained stagnant. The top 10% was the biggest gainers in wages, benefits, and wealth.

The conservatives now want to get credit for our improving economy - after Obama's been in office for two years.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051527/posts
Partial History of U.S. Federal Income Tax Rates
Minimum and Maximum Income Tax Rates 1971 to 2010
1971-1981: minimum = 14%; maximum = 70% [CARTER 1977-1981]
1982-1986: minimum = 11%; maximum = 50% [REAGAN 1981-1989]
1987-1987: minimum = 11%; maximum = 38.5%
1988-1990: minimum = 15%; maximum = 33% [BUSH41 1989-1993]
1991-1992: minimum = 15%; maximum = 31%
1993-2000: minimum = 15%; maximum = 39.6% [CLINTON 1993-2001]
2001-2001: minimum = 15%; maximum = 39.1% [BUSH43 2001-2009]
2002-2002: minimum = 10%; maximum = 38.6%
2003-2009: minimum = 10%; maximum = 35%
2009-2010: minimum = 10%; maximum = 35%[OBAMA 2001-2010]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/pdf/hist.pdf
Year.......FEDERAL RECEIPTS (increased each and every year)
1980......$0.517 trillion [CARTER]
1988….…$0.909 trillion [REAGAN]
1992.......$1.091 trillion [BUSH41]
2000......$2.025 trillion [CLINTON]
2008......$2.521 trillion [BUSH43]
2010.......$2.931trillion [OBAMA]

Year.......FEDERAL OUTLAYS (increased each and every year)
1980.......$0.591 trillion [CARTER]
1988….….$1.064 trillion [REAGAN] average annual increase = 0.059 trillion
1992........$1.382 trillion [BUSH41] average annual increase = 0.080 trillion
2000.......$1.789 trillion [CLINTON] average annual increase = 0.051 trillion
2008.......$2.931 trillion [BUSH43] average annual increase = 0.143 trillion
2010........$3.091 trillion [OBAMA] average annual increase (over 2 years) = 0.058 trillion

Year………FEDERAL DEFICITS (increased 1980 to 1992; decreased 1992 to 2000; increased 2000 to 2008; decreased 2008 to 2010)
1980.......$0.074 trillion [CARTER]
1988….….$0.155 trillion [REAGAN]
1992........$0.291 trillion [BUSH41]
2000.......SURPLUS $0.236 trillion [CLINTON]
2008.......$0.410 trillion [BUSH43]
2010........$0.160 trillion [OBAMA]

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/empsit.cpseea1.txt

Year……TOTAL CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION
** = The years after 2006 when Democrats were in the majority in both houses of Congress.
1980…………............…. 167,745 million [CARTER]
1988……….....+......…… 184,613 million [REAGAN]
1992……….....+.....….… 192,805 million [BUSH41]
2000……….....+.....…... 212,577 million [CLINTON]
2004……….....+.....….… 223,357 million [BUSH43]
2006……….....+.....….… 228,815 million [BUSH43]
2007……….....+.....….… 231,867 million [BUSH43] **
2008……….....+.....….… 233,788 million [BUSH43] **
2009……….....+.....….… 235,801 million [OBAMA] **
2010……….....+.....….… 237,830 million [OBAMA] **

Year……TOTAL US CIVIL EMPLOYMENT
** = Years after 2006 when Democrats were in the majority in both houses of Congress.
1980…………............…….99.302 million [CARTER]
1988……….....+......…… 114.968 million [REAGAN]
1992……….....+.....….… 118.492 million [BUSH41]
2000……….....+.....…... .136.891 million [CLINTON]
2004……….....+.....….… 139.252 million [BUSH43]
2006……….....+.....….… 144.427 million [BUSH43]
2007……….....+.....….… 146.047 million [BUSH43] **
2008……….....-.....….… .145.362 million [BUSH43] **
2009……….....-.....….… 139.877 million [OBAMA] **
2010……….....-.....….… 139.064 million [OBAMA] **

Year.…….PERCENTAGE OF CIVILIAN POPULATION EMPLOYED
** = Years after 2006 when Democrats were in the majority in both houses of Congress.
1980………...........….… 59.2 [CARTER]
1988……….....+.....…… 62.3 [REAGAN]
1992……….....-.....….… 61.5 [BUSH41]
2000……….....+.....…… 64.4 [CLINTON]
2004……….....-.....….… 62.3 [BUSH43]
2006……….....+.....…… 63.1 [BUSH43]
2007……….....-.....….… 63.0 [BUSH43] **
2008……….....-.....….… 62.2 [BUSH43] **
2009……….....-.....….… 59.3 [OBAMA] **
2010……….....-.....….… 58.5 [OBAMA] **

Why? They would be stupid to act in any aggressive way.

unless you fear the truth, you have nothing to fear from me

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His Sputnik moment may have fallen flat for some of you, but his use of the word was relevant for his overall point.

His overall point is to celebrate the achievements of Communism and Sputnik was one of these Communist achievements.

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