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Propaganda Debunking

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6. Did you consider the economies each inherited?

Reply to AncientGeezer (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 08:22 PM

Feb 2020

I think it is more apples to apples to compare the more recent consecutive years. Not sure where you get the idea that the first n years must be compared to the first n years as some absolute gold standard.

They inherited very different economies.

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President Obama's economy was better [View all] Tweedy Feb 2020 OP

The BLS data series progree Feb 2020 #1

You'd have to do '09- '11 if you are going to use '17-'19 for dumpster AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #2

It refutes GOP propaganda Tweedy Feb 2020 #3

No it doesn't really..... AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #4

Did you consider the economies each inherited? progree Feb 2020 #6

I always do.... AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #7

Well that's a lot better answer than making a fetish about comparing the first n years progree Feb 2020 #8

Job creation progree Feb 2020 #5

Exactly! Tweedy Feb 2020 #9

And Obama stimulated up and down the economy, Hortensis May 2020 #10