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Originally posted by 2001frontier:
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Originally posted by Mobycat:
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Ah...not true. The recession began after Bush took office.

(To be fair, the expansion started under Bush the Dad.)
Yeah it started right after he took office and was a direct result of the dot com collapse. I think Presidents roles in the economy are overated anyway. It doesn't matter who is in office. It is going to go up and down naturally.[/b][/QUOTE]

Agreed on that. While he technically didn't "inherit" it, Clinton also didn't cause it. But they get the credit or blame regardless - this is what will cause Bush's downfall, if anything.
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