Relax, you're in Bush country
Relax, you're in Bush country
As Zac Bissonette wrote so eloquently yesterday, the nation rests comfortable in the assurances of President Bush that the economy is strong and the current I thought this might be a good time to remind our readers of the president's mastery of economic policy, via his comments as compiled by Jacob Weisberg of Slate.com.
"I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here." - at the President's Economic Forum in Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002
"We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." - Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002
"My plan reduces the national debt, and fast. So fast, in fact, that economists worry that we're going to run out of debt to retire." - radio address, Feb. 24, 2001
"Because the - all which is on the table begins to address the big cost drivers. For example, how benefits are calculate, for example, is on the table; whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or price increases. There's a series of parts of the formula that are being considered. And when you couple that, those different cost drivers, affecting those - changing those with personal accounts, the idea is to get what has been promised more likely to be - or closer delivered to what has been promised. Does that make any sense to you? It's kind of muddled." -- explaining his plan to save Social Security, Tampa, Fla., Feb. 4, 2005
"This is an impressive crowd -- the haves and the have mores. Some people call you the elite -- I call you my base." – at the 2000 Al Smith dinner
"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?" -- Florence, South Carolina, Jan. 11, 2000
"You work three jobs? ... Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." -- to a divorced mother of three, Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 4, 2005
"I'm going to spend a lot of time on Social Security. I enjoy it. I enjoy taking on the issue. I guess, it's the Mother in me." -- Washington D.C., April 14, 2005
"This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th." -- referring to the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, Washington, D.C., Oct. 11, 2006
"Recession means that people's incomes, at the employer level, are going down, basically, relative to costs, people are getting laid off." -- Washington, D.C., Feb. 19, 2004
"They misunderestimated me." -- Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000
"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." -- Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005