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GDP GROWTH DROPS ? UNEXPECTEDLY: ?In January, Barack Obama and Democrats insisted that the 5.7% an?

By Glenn Reynolds

GDP GROWTH DROPS — UNEXPECTEDLY: “In January, Barack Obama and Democrats insisted that the 5.7% annual growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2009 showed that their stimulus plan had set the American economy back on track for rapid growth and job creation. The administration needed a big number for 2010 to allay fears that unemployment would stagnate at the current high levels for the long term. Unfortunately, they didn?t get it, with the 3.2% annualized GDP rate for the first quarter of 2010 falling below analyst expectations.”

Plus this: “Capital will not flow back into the market under the conditions set by the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress over the last fifteen months. Instead, it will most likely flow overseas, in markets more friendly to capital investment, where the nation?s executive doesn?t offer off-the-cuff remarks about people making too much money.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on April 30, 2010 (boomark / email).