Quote Originally Posted by GeoFisher View Post
In October.....1 month before Obama was elected, the market closed at 11,500.

SPIN THAT.

AND I'm done trying to explain very simple concepts to people who quite frankly are INCAPABLE of understanding them.

Here is a link:

Dow Jones Industrial Average (1900 - Present Monthly) - Charting Tools - StockCharts.com

and here is a pretty picture to EXPLAIN.....Look at 1980 to 2000 and then 2000 to 2012.......if you think we're growing this economy you're a **** FOOL.......AND for those who look at Reagan as evil, lets not forget that 1980 to 2000 included quite a few REAGAN years......

dow jones history.jpg
AND for those who look at Reagan as evil, lets not forget that 1980 to 2000 included quite a few REAGAN years......

... during which he pegged the Capital Gains tax rate at the same rate as the highest personal income tax rate - 28%.

And yet you STILL argue that increasing it will bog down the economy.