How did republicans create a great depression in only 6 years?

They went to war. They didn't bother to keep a decent budget.

I feel sorry for you that you are so ignorant. Odd or sad that you seem only to be able to repeat what others have told you to think. You mention the surplus.....from the Republican Congress under Clinton. I am sure with your incredible education you are aware that the House of Reps laughed at Clintons budget and he signed off on their budget....not the other way around. I am sure you are aware of the 7 year "itch"....where economies have natural cycles every 7 years. I am sure you heard of a little thing called 9 11 which was an unnatural shock to our economy....causing billions upon billions of spending (homeland security among other things) Odd how you don't mention the CRA and how liberals signed legislation to give loans to those who could not afford it and how Clinton had the DOJ make legal threats if the loans were not given. So sad that you are either not educated on these issues or just do not have the capacity to understand them. Now, the Repubs did have an obvious role in increasing the debt....when they got away from conservative ideals. But to ignore the dems huge role is just ignorant.....but it explains why you vote for them. Odd also how you can literally see where the unemployment starts to shoot up right when the Dems budget kicks in. So sad my tax $$$ went to pay for your schooling and you still are uneducated. What else do you want me to pay for? And why avoid talking about how high the Dow got.....until the Dems budget dragged it down? Check mate

Well, the folks who like to spin/parse these things will say it's a recession rather than a depression. The cause? Unbridled greed subsidized by the US government with policies started in the Reagan (not Clinton) era that allowed the economy to become an enormous pyramid scheme in which the rich got richer and the rest of us got screwed. Ridiculous and unfounded belief in the "invisible hand of the market" "trickle-down economics" and a "self-regulating" market. Refusal to listen to those of us who were warning YEARS ago that things were drastically wrong. But hey, what do I know, I'm just a gainfully employed tax-paying homeowner who just happens to be a "liberal".

They couldn't have done it without Clinton repealing the Glass-Stegal act, nor without a Democrat controlled Congress.

There never was a genuine surplus.. it was projected based upon an unsustainable & artificial tech bubble in the stock market, and the nation being awash in free & easy credit.

All the bums had a hand in this one... time to wash the slate clean & start anew.

Incompetence does not know partisanship.

IMO we could make a assessment I easily tend to think of (D) lean to a socialistic huge-unfold with their perspectives on wealthfare taxing the wealthy a thank you to run your buisness etc. NOw we could take a seem at how some socialistic international locations have executed, we've u.s. now thats what you call a depresion Vietnam guess they desearve somewhat credit, so how can u blame the melancholy on (r) while background has set a precendent that socialism doesnt artwork?

What you're siting definitely put more gas onto the fire. I think the biggest thing was deregulation.

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Ahh, well first of all, I wont waste my time, but sorry to burst your bubble, but were in a recession, not a depression. You liberals love to exaggerate to make people excited dont you?

Number two--- Why are you complaining about our economy troubles when obama wants to spend trillions on top of the trillions of debt we are already in? You *******.g communist bastard. What do you think obama is trying to do?? He is trying to run this country to the ground so we will depend on HIM.

They didn't create it, they merely set the stage for many of these things to happen.

But alot of what fell apart have been issues that have been building up since the Clinton administration.

with a lot of help from the democratic congress.

in case you missed it, during the GOP run congress/white house, unemployment was at 4%...

There has only been one Great Depression (1930s) and that was not caused by Republicans.