Republican "Mission Accomplished" on the Economy - hurtling towards recession

Welp, the Republicans achieved another dubious "Mission Accomplished" this week - the economy is hurtling towards recession. Let's remember how the economy looked just 8 short years ago:

• Bill Clinton had submitted a budget with a record second-year surplus:

President Clinton announced Wednesday that the federal budget surplus for fiscal year 2000 amounted to at least $230 billion, making it the largest in U.S. history and topping last year's record surplus of $122.7 billion.

• Economists were worried about paying down the national debt to $0!

Then came George Bush and the biggest group of financial and fiscal incompetents and thieves since Herbert Hoover:

• $4 gas in Hawaii
• $100/bbl. Oil
• $2 Trillion to be spent in Iraq
• $Unknown Billions to be lost in mortgages and housing
• Home ownership falls to 2001 levels
  

And now we're hurtling towards a recession that local fools like Mike Rosen are still trying to deny.

Bush and Cheney tried to talk down the economy just before the 2000 elections - now we're getting a little view of how Karma works within our universe. And we're also seeing how a Harvard C-student with a snappy slogan can ruin the economy with unchecked bad policies, a slew of greedy cronies and family members, and a devil-may-care attitude towards the middle class.

Happy George Bush/Iraq/John McCain Recession - courtesy of our Republican leaders!