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%