Broder Moderately Displeased with Fiscal Policy
by Matthew Madia, 10/19/2006
David Broder today gives this year's Congress and the Bush Administration bad marks for fiscal policy.
His bottom line: the economy isn't growing enough.
Still, a chart that is part of the National Journal story gives pause. It compares the economic performance of the first 5 1/2 years of this Bush administration with identical periods under Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Personal income after inflation and taxes rose 22.7 percent under Reagan, 20.4 percent under Clinton and only 14.1 percent under Bush.
