Quote Originally Posted by MrSplitshot View Post
Raising taxes, cutting spending and jobs. There ya go....that's one way to do it. Has this meant anything to the millions of unemployed? The millions who stopped looking for jobs that don't even get counted??

It doesn't mean a whole lot to me. Don't get me wrong good news is good news but once you dig into it a little you find the story isn't as portrayed. I would have loved to see that taxes were not raised during the recession but I guess politicians can't help themselves. Cutting spending is great! Trimming down the fat is also good since that's what us private sector folks have to do as well.

I'm not gonna look it up but I am curious how many of those states were legislatively Dem controlled and how many were GOP controlled. How many had GOP governors and how many had Dem?