Going back to 1929, if one had
invested $10,000.00 in the S&P Index, one would have over $300,671.00 as of
last fall, with their investment under Democrat presidents. The same investment
under Republicans would have given you a balance of $11,733.00. The average
annulaized return under Democrats would have been 8.9%. Under the Repubs, a
whopping 0.4%.
1953-1960(Eisenhower Administration) Unemployment
Percentage Rate went UP by 228%
1961-1968(Kennedy-Johnson Administration) Unemployment
Percentage Rate went DOWN by 48%
1969-1976(Nixon-Ford Administration) Unemployment
Percentage Rate went UP by 229%
1977-1980 (Carter Administration) Unemployment Percentage
Rate went DOWN by 8%
1981-1992 (Reagan-Bush I Administration) Unemployment
Percentage Rate went UP by 3%
1993-2000 (Clinton Administration) Unemployment Percentage
Rate went DOWN by 47%
2001-2008 (Bush II Administration) Unemployment Percentage
Rate went UP by 86%
Let me conclude by sharing with you some other factual data
that can be gleaned from government data sources, and unless I note it the data
doesn’t included the last four years of the Bush II presidency, because to do
so would only exacerbate the reality of what has happened under Republican
leadership over the last few decades.
(1968-2004) Increase in Average Annual Income/Inflation
Adjusted..
Democrats—1.5%
Republican --- .5%
(1949-2004) 4 Year Average Growth in Gross Domestic Product
(GDP)
Democrat – 18.0%
Republican – 11.7%
(1949-2004) Average Year over Year Increase in Real
Corporate Profits
Democrats – 9.2%
Republican – 5.2%
(1949-2004) Average Increase in Dow Jones Industrial
Average (DJIA)
Democrat – 31.4%
Republican – 15.2%
(1949-2008) Growth in Total Civilian EMPLOYMENT
Democrat -11.1%
Republican – 5.6%
(1949-2004) Increase in Minimum Wages (Inflation Adjusted)
Democrat – Plus 7.5%
Republican – Decrease of 5.2%
(1949-2004) Percentage Change in Medium Family
Income/Adjusted for Inflation
Democrat – 9.8%
Republican – 4.8%
(1949-2004) Disposable Personal Income after Taxes
Democrat – 16.7%
Republican -13.3%
(1949-2004) Federal Deficits
Democrat – 3.8%
Republican – 9.1%
(1949-2004) Increase in Federal DEBT
Democrats – 4.9%
Republicans – 18.0%
