Poor GOP record

From Mary Jane DuLyn, Novi:

When Bill Clinton became president, he inherited a big budget deficit from George H. W. Bush. During the Clinton years, employment was high, people had good paying jobs with benefits and the economy was humming. There was a budget surplus when President Clinton left office. After eight years of Bush-Cheney, there was a huge budget deficit, unemployment was rampant and getting steadily worse, and millions of jobs had been shipped to foreign countries. Also, the nation was paying staggering bills from two wars, from which Halliburton and other mega-corporations were making enormous profits.

The Republicans put all the blame on President Obama for the nation’s economic woes. The truth is that there has been slow but steady job growth for the last three years. Obama has not started any new wars, has ended the war in Iraq, and is bringing the disastrous war in Afghanistan to an end. Housing starts are creeping up and the economy is becoming stronger.

Republicans have a miserable track record when it comes to policies that provide a decent living for the majority of Americans. Why have George Bush and Dick Cheney been kept out of sight, even at the Republican convention? Because the party is embarrassed by them and fearful that voters will be reminded that it was Bush–Cheney who are responsible for the recession. Think about your future and re-elect President Obama!