It's possible there were different circumstances. Their housing bubble could have been smaller. The countries may have had better regulations in place. It's very difficult to compare the US economy to a fictitious nondescript nation I know nothing about.
And it created between 1.5-3.5 million jobs. That's a consensus among non-partisan scoring agencies. But who needs facts right?
Well the CBO attempted to measure the effects at 2.5 million jobs + improvement of our long term economic stability due to infrastructure investments.
i can go take pictures of construction workers working on the highway into town which is being widened to three lanes. i can take pictures of the materials they are using which were purchased from other companies who need to employ people. i can take pictures of trucks hauling goods that move quicker down the highway and don't get stuck in traffic as often, idling and wasting gas. all paid for by the ARRA (stimulus).
). the stimulus was an investment into the american people that has helped many.
And did little to nothing for the overall economy...good work, Obama, saviour of the few!i can go take pictures of construction workers working on the highway into town which is being widened to three lanes. i can take pictures of the materials they are using which were purchased from other companies who need to employ people. i can take pictures of trucks hauling goods that move quicker down the highway and don't get stuck in traffic as often, idling and wasting gas. all paid for by the ARRA (stimulus).
my favorite pictures though are the ones of my greenhouse, which was built using mostly money i received from the stimulus in the form of tax breaks. i can also show you some other pictures of big fancy lights and some green plants flowering beneath them, all purchased because i got to keep more of my own money from the ARRA. that money that i saved is multiplied when you consider the fact that i spend more money on things like soil, nutrients, containers, electricity and whatnot needed to keep the new spaces running. all those things i buy are from people that employ people.
so clearly, you can STFU about the "stimulus packages" (there was actually only one "package" for your edification
first you said nothing, now you say little to nothing.
You do realize that when you build a bridge, you don't just get jobs, you get a bridge too?
"And it created between 1.5-3.5 million jobs."
Mr Ultra PC, the "Race card dealer" made a famine joke btw, kinda poor taste, it'd be like saying "I can't wait for the next holocaust". Nice coming from a politics mod. I don't really care, Irish people don't take offense to people taking the piss outta us, but it reflects pretty badly on you.first you said nothing, now you say little to nothing.
i can tell that i am conversing with a man of principles who is in no way a mindless partisan hack.
several million jobs, investments in infrastructure and green technology, tax cuts for every american increasing aggregate demand....all are just "little to nothing".
i can't wait for the next potato famine
I honestly don't know how you can say that with a straight face. We were facing economic armegeddon 3 years ago, recall. 3+ million jobs lost, collapse of the banking system itself. We'd all like to see things get better faster, especially the jobs situation. But things are improving, it's undeniable. Unemployment coming down, housing picking up a little. Helluva lot of foreclosed properties still to go through, thanks to our friends on Wall St.
lol. Obama did that? I didn't know he was even president when the market crashed.
he was elected in 2008, inaugurated in Jan 2009. UncleBuck claims there were 3.5 million jobs created during Obama's tenure, i.e. since 2008.
the holocaust was perpetrated upon us.
so you've gone from claiming that the ARRA did nothing to comparing our economies like a couple of latently homosexual adolescents compare dick sizes?
not bad, considering the circumstances under which he entered office. perhaps you can point out some historical data whereby jobs grew quicker after a similarly severe recession?
holding the other side to standards that your side was completely unable to achieve is the definition of hypocrisy.
Eight years? Try 30+. They've been selling supply side since Reagan and they're still trying to sell it. No one's buying anymore though.
correct. we have been trying it for 30 years, and for some odd reason wages have stagnated the whole time.