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DEMS WIN! .. DEMOCRATS v. REPUBLICANS on the issue of the U.S. ECONOMY

Last Update 10/24/04

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INTRODUCTION
In this section, I feature statistics on commonly used metrics used to measure U.S. economic growth and strength, and the relative impact that Democratic Presidents have had with respect to Republican Presidents. For the moment, I am largely featuring links to already published data on the web, but I hope to review and analyze the data myself sometime in the future. The data is in the table below and my own comments are below the table.

As we approach Election Day 2004, a common refrain from Republicans and Independents who have doubts about John Kerry is that he would raise taxes and cause economic trouble. In this page I show that this concern is unfounded because it has no basis in reality. I show this in two ways.

1. First the data compiled in the table below shows that there is no proof that Republican Presidents are better for the U.S. economy than Democratic Presidents. Indeed, the data indicates the opposite is likely true.

2. There are multiple other facts in addition to this data that show that the superficial argument about taxes is just that: superficial. For those arguments, click here .. http://www.eriposte.com/economy/other/demovsrep.htm#COMMENTS .. (or scroll down below the table).

NOTE: If you have challenges to the data below or further independent confirmation of the data, do let us know by emailing us at feedback-at-eriposte-dot-com. If you feedback is data-driven (as opposed to mere assertions or beliefs), we will be willing to provide links to it, as appropriate. Critiques and responses to critiques are here. .. http://www.eriposte.com/economy/other/demovsrep_comments.htm

DATA TABLE.

Acronyms: BLS = U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; BEA = U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis .. inside ..

http://www.eriposte.com/economy/other/demovsrep.htm