When Republicans Rule

There's something that must be said about the economic conditions of this country when Republicans are in charge. It goes a little bit more than charts and graphs, but it doesn't hurt to take a peak at one.

Now let's say it again in case pictures don't do it for you. The last decade saw zero net job creation. That's a telling statistic considering Republicans ruled for 80% of the last decade, 60% of which Republicans were in total control.

Neil Irwin from WaPo puts it this way:

The past decade was the worst for the U.S. economy in modern times, a sharp reversal from a long period of prosperity that is leading economists and policymakers to fundamentally rethink the underpinnings of the nation's growth.

I'm not sure how anyone can't take that as some form of repudiation of Republican economic policies, especially so when Republicans are in total control. When Republicans rule, as they just did, the nation suffers big time. Actually, worse than it ever has in three-quarters of a century.

With all things considered, this will not come as a shock to Republicans. Not at all. Precisely because none of it ever happened. In their world, Fox News tells them that George Bush created 10 million jobs. Literally, Fox News absolutely tells their viewers such things. Republicans will never hear nor read that they never once shrunk government, never even came close to lowering the deficit, never acted fiscally responsible and never led with morals and values. Instead they will get to pretend that these last 8 years were glorious times and that only when Republicans are in power do we experience true fiscal sanity. It's a total different planet, I'm telling ya.