How soon people forget. The economy was starting to look soft during the 2008 campaign, and started softening up more as soon as OZERO started leading Hillary in the primaries. Then, when that COMMUNIST started leading McCain after the conventions, we moved into recession.
When OZERO swooped in with his big tax hikes and LITERAL seizure of the means of production, things REALLY hit the fan. That’s when job creators just said F-— NO and started shedding employees as fast as they could.
And the economy has been getting FAR WORSE ever since!
Sarbanes-Oxley was passed during Bush’s first term. It was praised by the whole political class and signed by Bush. It all started with Sarbanes-Oxley as it depressed small business.