"Bush was one of the most amaturish presidents ever" yeah, it really sucked when unemployment was 4% the market was at 14000!!
the market does well and people have jobs when there are 2 wars going on at once.
the best way to save any economy (for a couple of years) is to start a war.
history shows the best way to get out of any recession/depression is to start a war.
The problem is, it's not sustainable. You have to end the war and TAKE a ton of prize from the loser, or you end up in a deeper hole than before. We coudlnt exactly screw Iraq like we did GER at the end of WWI and WWII... If we could, if it was "USA OIL" on their refineries, we'd be going great $$$ right now. However, pre-emptive wars for "WMD" mean you can't just slice up the country's resources like we did before when GER and JAP outright attacked.