Someone asked me recently about the major difference between the Republicans and Democrats. I said that the Republicans wanted smaller government. She said that the Republicans favored the rich. That got me thinking.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divided_government> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_divisions_of_United_States_Congresses> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%26P_500> - see 'total annual returns' chart I used those 3 sources to look at the relationship between "one party rule" and the "rate of return from the Stock Market". Democrats controlled the White House, Senate, and House in 1993 1994 1995 (Bill Clinton) and 2009 2010 2011 (Barak Obama) Republicans controlled the White House, Senate, and House in 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 (George W Bush) Stock market returns in the Clinton years were 10% 1% 37% Stock market returns in the Obama years were 26% 15% 2% Stock market returns in the George W Bush years were 28% 10% 4% 15% 5% If I was a billionaire - I think I would love BOTH of these partys (The flip side of the coin is - negative market years were - 1990 minus 3% - 2000 minus 9% - 2001 minus 11% - 2002 minus 22% - 2008 minus 37% - none of those were '1 party rule' years) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire?hl=en.
