Dow Jones on 1/20/93 (the day Clinton took office):
3241.96
Dow Jones on 1/20/01 (the day Dubya took office):
10587.59
Dow Jones at the start of business today:
11442.59
Basically.... every $1 you had in the market when Clinton took office became $3.27 by the time he left.
Every $1 you had in the market when Bush took office is now worth $1.08.
Figure in inflation.... and you lost a bundle under Bush.
Two other numbers to tell your Republican friends:
Price for a barrel of oil the day Operation Iraqi Freedom began: $28
Price for a barrel of oil today: $142
Very simple and easy-to-understand numbers to throw at your Republican acquaintences.
Don't let them EVER get away with telling you that Republicans are "good for business". Both Bushes will have ended their terms with an economy mired in recession after a war in the middle east ran our deficits through the roof.
If we EVER elect a Bush again, God help this country.
Dow Jones on 1/20/93 (the day Clinton took office):
3241.96
Dow Jones on 1/20/01 (the day Dubya took office):
10587.59
Dow Jones at the start of business today:
11442.59
Basically.... every $1 you had in the market when Clinton took office became $3.27 by the time he left.
Every $1 you had in the market when Bush took office is now worth $1.08.
Figure in inflation.... and you lost a bundle under Bush.
Two other numbers to tell your Republican friends:
Price for a barrel of oil the day Operation Iraqi Freedom began: $28
Price for a barrel of oil today: $142
Very simple and easy-to-understand numbers to throw at your Republican acquaintences.
Don't let them EVER get away with telling you that Republicans are "good for business". Both Bushes will have ended their terms with an economy mired in recession after a war in the middle east ran our deficits through the roof.
If we EVER elect a Bush again, God help this country.
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