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Obama was sworn in on January 20, 2009.
He had nothing to do with the great recession that started in December 2007.
Dumbass.
No, Obama wasn’t in office. The election was in 2008, jr. was the president the entire year.
Nah, the crash was well underway by the time Obama took office. The Troubled Asset Relief Program (the bailouts) was Bush Jr’s for example and Obama’s first action was the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. (The stimulus packages)