Trump Presents Medal of Freedom to Economist Who Blamed Obama for 2008 Crash

[DonViejo]

By Connor Mannion Jun 19th, 2019, 5:27 pm

President Donald Trump presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative economist and former campaign adviser Arthur Laffer today.

Link to tweet

Laffer is a frequent guest on cable news shows, and recently appeared on Fox News to apparently blame the Great Recession on Barack Obama’s election and predict another recession if Trump loses re-election.

“The stock market looks forward. And if they see an Obama coming into office they’ll crash, and that’s what led to the great recession,” he said in April. “I’m going to look at it very carefully in March of 2020 to make sure that Trump’s going to get reelected, otherwise I’m going to move my portfolio and make it a much more risk-free portfolio.”

Laffer is best known for developing the “Laffer curve,” which theorizes that reducing or increasing taxes beyond a certain point will not increase government revenue, a key influence in President Ronald Reagan’s economic policies.

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[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Ignorant of History, Donnie....

George W. Bush was President then. Google it.

[Botany]

2. Laffer knows he is lying but it puts money into his pockets.

w bush was President when the crash hit and it was before the election too
but to the brain dead Fox watchers they will all buy into the "it was the black
man's fault" nonsense.

BTW how did the markets do under Obama Mr. Gaffer? I think they more than
doubled.

[shanny]

3. Welp, Greenspan already has one

so this makes total sense.

Seriously, like the WH Correspondents Dinner, this is a tradition I could go without.

[Kid Berwyn]

4. Trillions in Trickle Down Welfare for the Wealthy.

Doodley Squat for the rest.

https://www.alternet.org/2019/06/eye-popping-analysis-shows-top-one-percent-gained-21-trillion-in-wealth-since-1989-while-bottom-half-lost-900-billion/

[MythosMaster]

5. Further deminishing the honor

Of the office. So sad..