Posted on 07/19/2013 4:35:30 PM PDT by lbryce
I agree with you in that Bush went way overboard (and generally in the wrong direction) in “abandoning free market principles in order to save the free market”.
He was IMO a typical president’s son. Since he saw his dad “do it” (however mediocre dad’s single term), he thought he could do it. And as in anything, confidence and connections get you a long way. Despite his being a Harvard MBA, however, he wasn’t sharp enough in managing people outside his expertise to handle Treasury and the economy. His initial impulse not to simply trust the guy being sent from Goldman to run the economy, after some poor hiring, he settled for exactly that. And got fleeced.
And don’t get me started on his handing Obama what he wanted re: the auto manufacturers.
Yeah, he was interested in ‘protecting the country’, but from engaging in a land war in Afghanistan and toppling Saddam Hussein to, yes, education, and the economy he was completely in over his head.
Hey Freepers, I can’t stand this woman but she correct about this issue.
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