Another person who clearly gets all their information from wikipedia. Like I said, you're comparing apples and oranges, and completely ignoring the fact that you're citing GDP as your only argument, which can be manipulated quite easily in favor of the party in power. You're also ignoring the fact that our country's worst recessions, bear in mind "recessions" happen in any economy for various reasons, but the worst ones, that actually put people in pretty dire circumstance, always come from government intervention in monetary policy.