jarhead
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You must enjoy making this stuff up. George W. Bush did NOT inherit a recession.Biatch5 said:That's it people! I think he has done a darn good job turning this country around from a recession when he 1st took office and then 9/11 happening. Iraq has to get "under control" or he will not be recognized as a Ronald Reagan
The US had economic growth from a breakneck pace of 4.1% annually in the years 1998-2000 to a negative 1.1% in the third quarter of 2001. I’m not saying it was Bush’s “fault” that the U.S. went into negative economic growth in Q3 of 2001, but Bush was the President then, and not Bill Clinton.
As far has Bush worrying about his legacy measuring up to Ronald Reagan, I’d say he may very well reach that goal, but I sure hope he does not develop Alzheimer’s disease along the way. I believe Reagan was in the initial grips of that illness while he was in his second term. In Bush’s case though, I think his mental limits are simply an accident of birth. He’s not a very bright person, and that’s a shame.