See post #12.
Your thanks are misplaced.
You can thank the business cycle, or you can thank the global economy, but thanking President Bush for the state of specific economic indicators is like thanking the bird flu for the Chicago White Sox winning the World Series--there simply is no relationship.
But it's nice to balance out the blame Bush received that he did not deserve. Have you tried decaf?
Why not thank GW for good news, economic or otherwise? He gets the blame for everything bad that happens in the country.
There's a hell of a relationship between low taxes and growth.
I agree with you to a point. But the issue here is media driven perception. If there were not term limits, Clinton would probably still be president and perhaps king of the world due to the assocation with economic health and his rule during the 90's. There was absolutley no correlation, he just happened to be pres when the tech boom took off. So accurate or not, Bush deserves the same virtual credit.
"You can thank the business cycle, or you can thank the global economy, but thanking President Bush for the state of specific economic indicators is like thanking the bird flu for the Chicago White Sox winning the World Series--there simply is no relationship."
Except when the indicators were down, right?