Define 'worse'

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Define 'worse'

By Steve Benen

For over a year, Mitt Romney argued on a nearly daily basis that President Obama inherited a brutal recession but then "made it worse." By March, even the Republican candidate gave up trying to say this with a straight face, and switched to a new line -- the economy improved under Obama, but the president shouldn't get credit.

Yesterday, however, Romney's running mate picked up the old talking point as his own...Indeed, defending himself for being for and against Recovery Act investments at the same time, Ryan added the stimulus "didn't work" and "did nothing to stimulate the economy."

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Here, for example, is a chart showing the nation's GDP before and after the stimulus. Note, once the stimulus kicked in, the economy immediately started growing.



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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/08/17/13337744-define-worse

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