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Bill USA

(6,436 posts)
7. Dow and S&P are back to where they were before the GOP's Trickle Down Deregulation disaster hit
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 04:18 PM
Mar 2013

actually, the DOW is now a little above where it was before the Supply Side Prosperity hit. Again, you are choosing to ignore what was noted in the OP.

Here's some more for you to ignore (LOL):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/14/dow-jones-longest-winning-streak_n_2878377.html



NEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrial average has reached another milestone, recording its longest winning streak since 1996.

The index rose for the tenth straight day Thursday, gaining 83.86 points to close at 14,539.14. That's an increase of 0.6 percent.

"It's just a good run," said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at the brokerage BTIG. "And it speaks to optimism about the future."

Encouraging news on jobs gave the market an early lift. The Standard & Poor's 500 index closed within two points of its all-time high reached in October 2007.
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Without the GOP's treacherous fighting to keep Obama and the Dems from saving the economy and building a better recovery we would have been here much sooner. This is not news though, here's a comparison of how the economy does under Democratic and Republican administrations. As the data show, by a number of measures (GDP growth, National Debt rank, Hourly wages rank) the Democrats beat the Republicans hands down.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/02/are-republicans-or-democrats-better-for-the-economy/70835/








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