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Old 10-17-2014 | 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Delta1067
I'm no Obama fan or cheerleader but our economy is doing much better today than it was the day he took office. You can't say the same thing for GWB. We were in very deep recession the day Bush left office. Some economists even say we were borderline depression. Go ahead spin away
GDP percentages:

....Bush
2001...+1.0%
2002...+1.8%
2003...+2.8%
2004...+3.8%
2005...+3.3%
2006...+2.7%
2007...+1.8%
2008... -0.3%

...Obama
2009... -2.8%
2010...+2.5%
2011...+1.6%
2012...+2.3%
2013...+2.2%

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