Economics
Jeb Bush’s Check-My-Record Brag on Growth Doesn’t Add Up
Florida’s economy did grow at a 4.4 percent pace during his years in office, but the policies he adopted did little to spur it, analysts say.
Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at a town hall meeting at the Valley View Recreation Center on June 27, 2015 in Henderson, Nevada.
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When Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is asked to show how he can deliver on his campaign promise to double the U.S. economy’s annual growth rate to 4 percent, his answer is simple.
“I’ve done it,” he said in a recent campaign website posting. “Check out my record when I was governor of Florida.”