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unusualmusic_lj_archive ([personal profile] unusualmusic_lj_archive) wrote2008-10-14 07:07 pm

The invisible hand of ....incompetence, to be VERY charitable.

Well, whaddya know???


Via:Daily Kos

Since 1929, Republicans and Democrats have each controlled the presidency for nearly 40 years. So which party has been better for American pocketbooks and capitalism as a whole? Well, here’s an experiment: imagine that during these years you had to invest exclusively under either Democratic or Republican administrations. How would you have fared?

As of Friday, a $10,000 investment in the S.& P. stock market index* would have grown to $11,733 if invested under Republican presidents only, although that would be $51,211 if we exclude Herbert Hoover’s presidency during the Great Depression. Invested under Democratic presidents only, $10,000 would have grown to $300,671 at a compound rate of 8.9 percent over nearly 40 years.HUGE GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATING THIS HERE
The Party of Business, huh?

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