{"id":2612,"date":"2012-07-07T10:14:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T17:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2012-07-07T10:16:23","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T17:16:23","slug":"any-questions-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=2612","title":{"rendered":"Any Questions Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For some reason, there continues to be a discussion about whether or not conservative, free-market principles are a good thing for the economy. Countless thousands of words from some of the greatest minds in the world have explained the premise over and over again, but somehow the liberals just don’t seem to get it. It’s frustrating. But my friend, Chrissy, over at Polination<\/a>, has cut through the rhetoric with one of her awesome graphics that describes the reality clearly enough for even a caveman<\/del> liberal to understand:<\/p>\n

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This graph provides a very clear demonstration of the difference between Republican and Democrat economic policies. Republicans trust the free market. Democrats trust big government.<\/p>\n

Despite an economic bubble burst AND a major terror attack on our own soil, Bush proposed and a Republican majority Congress passed tax cuts for everyone. This action was followed immediately by an increase in jobs.<\/p>\n

Then Democrats took over the majority in Washington and the housing bubble burst. No major terror attack or worry if we will go to war or not. In fact, by 2008, when the downturn in the economy really got rolling, the war in Iraq was mostly over and, despite what the media and Democrats were blatting, we had won.<\/p>\n

So what do Democrats do with their economic downturn? They tax, borrow and spend of course. They instituted not one, but two of their signature fixes \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 a huge bail-out, followed by an even huger stimulus package. Their putative fixes did not just fail to help; they actually made the problem a whole lot worse.<\/p>\n

Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it time we put those Big Government Obama Democrats into the back seat where they belong and return leadership to the people whose free market methods have PROVEN they can produce JOBS?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

H\/T to Chrissythehyphenated at Polination.<\/a> Be sure and check out the site – there’s much more like this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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