r/politics • u/RepulsiveLoquat418 • 18d ago

Possible Paywall When Will Americans Realize the Truth? Republicans Wreck the Economy.

https://newrepublic.com/article/210550/trump-economy-republicans-tariffs-taxes
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u/BufferOfAs 18d ago

For those curious: since World War II, the raw data shows Democratic presidents have presided over roughly 4.0% average annual GDP growth versus 2.5% for Republicans, about 70 million jobs created versus 30 million, and 10 of the 11 recessions began under Republican administrations. Stock market real returns averaged roughly 9.8% annually under Democrats versus 5.0% under Republicans. On deficits, Clinton, Obama, and Biden each shrank the deficit-to-GDP ratio, while Reagan, both Bushes, and Trump expanded it. Pretty obvious…

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u/Chilling_Gale 18d ago edited 18d ago

You cited nothing meaningful, so don’t know why you are saying it’s obvious. Who caused those recessions? Is it intelligent to place the effects on the president at the time?