2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Liberal, not Conservative policies turned CA's $42 BILLION dollar deficit into $850 million surplus [View all]stopbush
(24,392 posts)That debt was run up under Ah-nold and R obstruction in the Legislature.
We're on the right path now, because the Rs in CA have no say in how we do things now.
People need to realize that the bad decisions and regressive policies made by Republicans create long-term problems that do not evaporate the moment they are kicked out of office. They spend decades digging a deficit hole, then the press rags on the Ds for not cleaning up the mess in a week. After a few years have passed, they drag out the "how long are you going to blame bush/Ah-nold/whoever for the deficit?" meme, ignoring just how monstrous the R-created problem was and is.
They're trying to do the same thing with President Obama, as if the loss of 8.8 Million jobs and $19-TRILLION in lost household wealth during the bush-created depression was no big deal, a mere blip in the nations' economic life.
Short memories and RW agendas are not our friends.