Quote Originally Posted by KG's Supra24 View Post
To be fair, a recession, by definition, is 2 consecutive quarters with negative GDP growth.

Last quarter GDP grew 2 percent. The quarter prior it grew 1.3 percent.
Try removing government spending from the GDP equation, and see what you get. That's my point. All a government needs to do to "goose" the GDP number is spend more. And that's exactly what they have done. Obama and Bush both.