The Obama policies (as well as those in the final months of the George W. Bush administration) were, almost without exception, costly and counterproductive
How Obama’s Recovery Compares to Reagan’s Recovery
By Heritage Foundation Stephen Moore, Joel Griffith——Bio and Archives--May 4, 2015
Here’s some advice to the White House: it might be time for President Obama to cancel the rest of his economic “mission accomplished” tour and help figure out how to get the U.S. growing again.
The Department of Commerce delivered the miserable news Wednesday morning that economic growth nearly ground to a halt during the first quarter, up a microscopic 0.2 percent. Even more disturbing, because the population is growing at about 0.8 percent, real per capita GDP is actually negative. Remember we also had an abysmal jobs growth number for March.
Once again economists blamed the frigid and blizzard conditions on the East Coast; and no doubt weather was a factor in the subpar performance.
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