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Originally Posted by ute4ever
Here's another pretty graph. It shows that FDR and Obama are the two worst presidents since 1877 because of how negative the GDP was during their tenures.
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I wonder how that graph would look, if it were colored by control of Congress instead.
Here's a fun look at the budget deficit, calibrated to both the President and Congress. (I love playing the Dueling Graphs Game!)
http://home.adelphi.edu/sbloch/deficits.html
And here's a better look for GDP:
The man posting that graph rightly notes:
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Of course this chart doesn't support any easy interpretations. GDP is a lagging indicator of the political decisions that affect the economy, and the length of the lag is not a constant.
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Last edited by Tex; 08-30-2011 at 03:55 PM.
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