The Republicans say they know the secret to creating jobs and putting extra money in our pockets?

Yeah, right.

But even if this were true, America needs to wake up and realize that the Republicans would rather have them and their families suffer rather than work with the President of the United States.

I ask questions about Republican economic policy all the time and get no pub responses.

The ones here are false and irrelevant.

Consider Social Security, Medicare, Transportation funds - these are all guaranteed funds for specific projects. Cutting any of the budgets would mean you would have cut the taxes on them with no change in the overall Gov deficit. SS and Medicare are transfer payments with almost no overhead.

Consider Homeland Security, Defense, VA, and the military parts of DOE and DOI. All told, that is more than half he remainder.

Even if you cut the rest of government IN HALF, it would only result in a gain of GDP of several percent. Big deal. This will not effect GDP. You will have millions of government workers added to the unemployment line where already there are 5 jobs for 1 person looking for work.

Draconian cuts in programs will have no sigificant effect on GDP.

The Republican policies are false and irrelevant.

However, if we left the Bush tax cuts on the rich, it will leave about a million dollars to the 120,000 people in the top .1% of taxes.

Now you know the real story.

Here is a good link, it's of the unemployment level. good link. Unemployment is not the only health indicator of an economy, but it's one of the most noticeable ones by the people.

Bill Clinton did leave a respectable 4.3% in January for Bush2, and after 6 years in January it only went up to 4.7%. there are ebbs and tides to an economy.

Then after 2 years of the democrats in congress, it went up to 7.7% in January when Obama took office. It then slid up to 10.5%, then down then nearing 10% again.

The democrats held Bush2's war money hostage to get several socialist programs passed, and one of them was that insane loosening of home mortgage requirements.... That bubble blew a year later and everything snowballed and tanked.

The GOP has corruption and kick backs too, but not like the democrats... they are pros at that. My hope is that since the GOP got the snot slapped out of them in 06 and 08, that they will come back with a bath and some deodorant... And do keep the walk honest. The Republicans do a better job at the economy overall no mater what.

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You cannot get screwed anymore than you have since 1-29-09.

The secret is lower taxes, less government mandates and interference in companies and business.

It's no secret. Lower taxes and less government intervention in the private sector.

But our idiot president and his ilk still don't get it.

That's why they're on their way out.

Yeah, their "secret" is "do the same stupid things that Bush did".