Michele Bachmann’s campaign on Twitter:

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My favorite Canadian blogger:

Uh, guys — we did have a stimulus. We passed stimulus in 2009 as part of the budget, at practically the same time that the USA did: $40 billion in spending and $20 billion in tax cuts for a total of $60 billion in stimulus spending and cuts.

Also, let us note the deliciousness of Bachmann’s campaign pointing to Canada—the same Canada that has a government-run single-payer health care plan—as a beacon of economic hope.

4 replies on “Michele Bachmann’s Campaign Fails at Recent History”

  1. She’s comparing the unemployment rates to each other – ie Canada’s unemployment rate 7.6%, the US’s is 9.1%, 7.6 is (about) 20% less than 9.1.

    But you don’t compare percentages to each other with another percentage like that. It’s a stupid and wrong way to represent the numbers, for exactly the reason geyser points out. The unemployment rate is 1.5% lower, not 20% lower.

  2. Bachmann’s right. Canada’s unemployment rate is -11.9%. This is the result of Canada’s strong Tea Party movement. CAN! ADA!

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