That happened to be while Clinton was president. That doesn't mean he was responsible for it. Much of his "success" should be credited to Reagan and Bush Sr. -- I mean hell, there was a recession at the end of his term, even before Bush got into office, that's often blamed on Bush. Economic policies usually take years to take effect and boost/deplete the economy. Anybody who was elected in '92 would have been there for that, that doesn't mean they made it happen. As I have said before, Bush inherited a recession from Clinton -- no matter how bad people think Bush is, it wouldn't be possible for him to create a recession before he even got into office, or even for a couple years afterwards.Originally Posted by bipper
Again, shouldn't be credited to him, not to mention the Dot-Com Boom had a whole lot to do with job creation. And we all know Clinton didn't invent the internet, right? That was Gore<li>
In 1994, the economy had the lowest combination of unemployment and inflation in 25 years.
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Translation: He passed the biggest tax increase in history. Instead of cutting spending, he just passed into law the largest tax increase in history. That's good?<li> * President Clinton signed into law the largest deficit reduction plan in history, resulting in over $600 billion in deficit reduction. The deficit is going down for 3 years in a row for the first time since Harry Truman was president.
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Not that he didn't cut spending...well, not really. He diverted quite a bit of it. Diverted it, like from the military to various vote-buying schemes.
Alright, there's one. But how does it save taxpayers money?<li>Under the President's Direct Student Loan program, students can borrow money directly from the government at a lower interest rate and with many flexible repayment options, including the option to repay with a percentage of their after-graduation salary. Taxpayers will save at least $4.3 billion over five years</li></ol>
Like what? What did he do during the Lewinski scandal, other than a few military operations to draw attention away from it?I think a great one is the fact that even during <s>the player hater scandal </s> Monika Leuinski scandal, he was able to reatain hsi presidential duties at the same time.
I definitely agree with you there. Though Carter was a terrible president, completely worthless, he's helped millions of people through the Habitat for Humanity program. I don't agree with some of the things he does now (like trying to negotiate, like Jesse Jackson -- you're not a diplomat, schmuck, go back home), there's no telling how many people he's helped.Also, I think a presidents behavior after he is out of the white house is just as important. Former president Clinton kicks much butt outside of the white house.
Where else are we supposed to go? Half of us are banned from EOTWThere are a lot of factors in a good president, but this post is getting too serious for Gen Chat
