<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Real Science]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[stevengoddard]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/author/stevengoddard/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Blame It On&nbsp;Bush]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Unemployment has more than doubled since Harry Reid and the Democrats took over the US Senate four years ago, promising change.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cpsatab1.htm">http://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cpsatab1.htm</a></p>
<p>The graph below was published as part of the 2009 &#8220;Stimulus&#8221; bill. It was supposed to keep unemployment below 8%. Unemployment was supposed to be down to 7% now.</p>
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<p>How about the National Debt? The graph below is from the <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/">Congressional Budget Office</a>.</p>
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<p>Many countries in Europe and Asia are booming.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iakitYFiqvHmNaZPjcLXg29BJ5Kw">Russia grows 4% as economy recovers from crisis</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11135197">India growth rate rises to 8.8%</a></p>
<p><a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100816/D9HKI1E00.html">China overtakes Japan in 2Q as No. 2 economy</a></p>
<p>Obama took some time off from golf this week to talk to the press about the root of the problem.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/08/30/obama_it_took_nearly_a_decade_to_dig_the_hole_that_were_in.html">President Obama criticizes the economic policies of former President Bush and the current &#8220;partisan minority&#8221; in Congress. Obama asks Republicans to drop the economic &#8220;blockade.&#8221;</a></p>
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