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New Study Ranks Presidents on Economic Performance
A new study from Georgia Institute of Technology grades U.S. presidents on economic performance. Taylor (2012) analyzed up to 220 years of data, 1789 to 2009, to estimate an economic “grade point average” for each president. Economic performance was measured with the following metrics: Economic growth … Continue reading
Do Natural Disasters Effect Votes?
After watching the latest forecast associated with Hurricane Sandy’s likely path effecting the lives and property of 66 million people in the northeast I couldn’t help but pray for all of our fellow citizens in Sandy’s path. Sitting and waiting … Continue reading
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Tagged elections, government, governors, hurricane, natural disasters, presidents
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Do Republicans Do a Better Job with the Economy? What Does the Evidence Say
Is There an Association between the President’s Party and Party Control of Congress and Economic Growth? Conventional wisdom suggests that Republicans do a better job with the economy than Democrats. We will examine existing evidence to see if the data … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections, Government, Income Distribution, Inequality, Presidential Leadership, Socio-economic Status, Taxes, Wealth
Tagged Congress, debt, deficit, Democrats, economic growth, economy, GDP, income distribution, income percentile, inequality, job creation, jobs, manufacturing, party, presidents, prosperity, Republicans, stock market, unemployment, wealth
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Which Presidential Administrations Provide Greater Stock/Bond Gains?
Conventional wisdom suggests Republican presidential administrations provide greater economic gains to Wall Street and stock holders than Democratic administrations. Let’s examine the evidence to see if the data confirms conventional wisdom. Barclays Capital and The Economist looked at the data, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections, Government, Presidential Leadership
Tagged bonds, Democrats, economy, presidents, Republicans, returns on investment, stocks
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How Did Our Country Get to $14.3 Trillion in Debt?
How did our country get to $14.3 trillion in debt? Here are two pie charts depicting federal debt accumulation by Presidential administration. The first graph depicts the dollar amount contributed by each Presidential administration. The second graph shows the percent … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, debt, deficit, federal debt, government, government spending, great recession, presidents
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The Propaganda Machine – ‘Obama is a Big Government Spender’ – Is Wrong Again
Can citizens of this great country have a rational dialog about the issues of the day if the foundation of those debates are based on promulgated myths? I don’t think so. If the start and ending point of a debate … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, entitlements, government growth, government spending, medicade, Medicare, Obama, presidents, propaganda, Social Security, socialist
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Federal Debt by President
Here’s some evidence for your “federal debt file.” The following pie chart depicts the amount of debt accumulated by President, expressed as a percent of total U.S. debt: Here’s another chart depicting debt by President and the creditors holding the … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Presidential Leadership, Taxes
Tagged debt, deficit, economy, presidential leadership, presidents
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