{"id":3780,"date":"2010-08-29T16:59:19","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T23:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=3780"},"modified":"2010-08-29T16:59:19","modified_gmt":"2010-08-29T23:59:19","slug":"sunday-funny-obamas-inheritance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/sunday-funny-obamas-inheritance\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Funny&#8230; Obama&#8217;s Inheritance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the saying goes, \u201cLaughter is the best medicine.\u201d So with this little nugget in mind, every Sunday at <em>The Inspired Economist<\/em>, we will post a satirical cartoon or an item that\u2019s just plain silly. Here\u2019s to starting off your week with a provocative thought and a smile\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconom.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Obama-Inheritance.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3781\" src=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconom.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Obama-Inheritance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Obama-Inheritance.jpg 525w, https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Obama-Inheritance-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><em>Created by <a title=\"David Horsey\" href=\"\/\/blog.seattlepi.com\/davidhorsey\/bio.asp#bio119655\/\">David Horsey<\/a>, political cartoonist<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Let&#8217;s not forget. President Obama inherited a country in economic turmoil. It took Bush eight years to mess things up. Let&#8217;s give Obama more than 18 months to fix it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Here&#8217;s a great piece in the <a title=\"Americans Forgetting The Recession Began Under Bush, Not Obama\" href=\"http:\/\/newsjunkiepost.com\/2010\/08\/08\/americans-forgetting-the-recession-began-under-bush-not-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>News Junkie Post<\/em><\/a>, which points out several important facts on this issue:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">&#8220;The American public suffers from a very dangerous case of amnesia. With  all the new technology and advances in science, we have yet to find a  way to keep Americans from forgetting basic facts, such as remembering  that this economic recession was inherited from former president George  W. 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Here\u2019s to starting off your week with a provocative thought and a smile\u2026 Created by David Horsey, political cartoonist Let&#8217;s 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