Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014 | 2:02 a.m.
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The Republicans once again have control of both houses of Congress. Let’s hope they do better than the last time they had control of Congress. In fact, from 2001 to 2009, they also held the presidency. Many people have short memories, so allow me to refresh them. The banking industry collapsed; housing prices plummeted, putting many homeowners underwater; unemployment soared to over 10 percent; the Dow Jones dipped to under 7,000 points; we were led into two wars costing thousands of lives and billions of dollars; and there was a government shutdown.
The past six years have corrected the chaos. The banking industry is back on its feet, housing prices are up dramatically, unemployment is now under 7 percent, we are pretty much out of two wars, the Dow Jones is up nearly 11,000 points, and all of this in spite of the obstructionism of the GOP.
We can only pray the GOP learned a lesson and will do better this time around.
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