Indeed, the Bush recovery is struggling to get through under the heavy handed tactics of the Obama regime and his forced socialism. The chart below uncovers the real culprit in our present malaise – Bill Clinton. Bush inherited the failed economic policies of the Clinton administration and the aftermath of the Dot Com bubble. The stock market figures are misleading owing to the fact that the dollar has lost 30% of its purchasing power in the last decade. Adjusted for inflation, stocks have not made any money for a decade and the blame rests squarely with Bill Clinton (another DemocRAT).