Quote (theCrossbones @ 1 Jan 2020 08:22)
so when looking at trump you want to look at short term economy.
Looking at past R.. you want long term view.
This might come to you as a surprise, but when it comes to Trump, the only data available is short term.
Quote (Thor123422 @ 1 Jan 2020 07:58)
Reagan was the king of selling the country down the river long term for good short term numbers.
Agreed, I was never a fan of Reaganomics. Which goes to show that comparing economic numbers between Republican and Democratic presidents is bs anyway. The delay between a president's economic policies and their materialization varies a lot and can potentially be very long, such that a president inherits the sins or successes of his predecessors and sometimes pre-predecessors (e.g. GWB getting hit by the recession that Reaganomics and Clinton built up, Obama inheriting it shortly after. Another example is Eisenhower reaping the benefits of the wartime investment (into technology, production capacity and world order) made by FDR).