Quote Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff
I don't honestly believe politicians have as much to do with the economy as most people like to believe. They give incentives for things, they can make the climate more or less hospitable - other than that... what? Iraq? Do you believe that a war over the course of a few years has crippled us?
Uhm, no the president and government has almost absolute power over the economy. He could, for example, have put a stop to the reckless gambling with loans that led to the disaster, yet he did not. He is reacting now, along with the central bank. That's at least a year too late.