During the administration of William Jefferson Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic well being than at any time in its history. He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. He could point to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the lowest inflation in 30 years, the highest home ownership in the country%26#039;s history, dropping crime rates in many places, and reduced welfare rolls. He proposed the first balanced budget in decades and achieved a budget surplus. As part of a plan to celebrate the millennium in 2000, Clinton called for a great national initiative to end racial discrimination.How many of you it%26#039;s absolutly true and I agree with it too.
How many of you agree with me with following fact about Bill Clinton government?commericial loan
The Clintons were entirely responsible for the dot-com boom, but had no responsibility for its bust (and recession) as he left office.
They destroyed Al Qaeda after the 1990s WTC, US embassy, and USS Cole attacks. AQ could only rebound , retrain, and plan 911 after the Clintons left office.
Genocides in Africa didn%26#039;t really happen in the 1990s due to the Clintons timely intervention.
NAFTA stabilized and caused growth in US manufacturing. Walmart was filled with quality US made items.
The Iraq problem was solved by the Clintons.
The social Security fund was not raided to cause the appearance of a balanced budget. In fact the crisis was solved and SS was funded to 2100.
I love your fairy land.
I agree that Bush has not been a good president, but the %26quot;good old days%26quot; were not that good either and many of the causes of our current problems stem from the pre-Bush years.
How many of you agree with me with following fact about Bill Clinton government?
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I for one paid more taxes under clinton|||I agree with you totally.When Bill was president i was never worried about all the things i am now worried about.It was a peaceful time in my life %26amp; i thank him for that.|||i agree but he is not running is he|||Let%26#039;s see now. All those crazy loans that were begun and granted during his tenure and the job growth that resulted from all that false economic growth. And crime was affected by WHAT that he did? Don%26#039;t think there was any drop in welfare rolls. Any time there is growth, no matter how artificial (witness the growth during the Internet bubble) results in more taxes coming in, hence the illusion of budget surplus. He did some good things, no douobt, but not all you allege.|||I sure hope you don%26#039;t beleive this. when he left office the national debt was 5.6 trillion dollars. The budget has never been balanced since Madison was president. The economy was good because we were moving all the manufactoring out of America to foreign countries not realizing the downfall of it and it has caught up with us in the trickle down process of it. And we are paying for it now and blaming the wrong people because we only can see the present and not the past. This is the reaction of the ostrich people of America stick my head in the sand and don%26#039;t worry with it till it bites me!|||NOT ME BECAUSE IT IS NOT A FACT.
1. There was no peace.
Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Waco, bombing of Iraq, Olympics bombing in Atlanta, Oklahoma Bombing, first WTC bombing, U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania bombed, USS Cole bombed, churches burned across the South, Khobar towers bombing, abortion clinics bombed.
THAT%26#039;S PEACE ??????????
At the end of all of this he PARDONED members of the FALN terrorist group who set off more than 130 bombs in American cities between 1974-1983 killing and maiming hundreds.
2. The Republican Revolution led by Newt Gingrich in 1994 FORCED Big Pimpin Bill Clinton to accept a balanced budget and the Contract With America came from the same. THAT%26#039;S why the budget was balanced.
3. The unemployment rate is lower now than it was then. The economy actually rebounded in the 4th quarter of 1992 (check the stock reports. Google it) and the economy tanked during his last year in office when the tech bubble burst.
4. Big Pimpin Bill Clinton borrowed money from Social Security for his budget fostering , though not causing, the current crisis that system is having .
I have plenty of files on the Clinton Presidency and all of them are shameful examples of a corrupt liar and I don%26#039;t even have to bring Monica into it. The way they rented out the Lincoln Bedroom Filegate, Travel gate, whitewater, rape and MORE.
I will NEVER lie to myself by telling myself that Big Pimpin Bill Clinton was good for America
AND NO I AM NOT AND NEVER HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN !|||i agree 100% with you on that|||Cannot agree with you--- Clinton was only re-elected because Gingrich would not hold his position on the government shutdown and let Clinton get by with vetoing every bill that the congress sent to him---Clinton then co-opted the republicans own message that got so many new congressmen elected ----including balancing the budget and welfare to work and this got himself re-elected. When Gingrich gave up because of political expediency that was the end of the Republican Revolution. Bush promised to restore the republican promises to the nation that Gingrich had instituted and did just the opposite which is why he is held in such low esteem. Bush used the war to get what he wanted and has spent us into virtual bankruptcy. But Clinton was very lucky to be in office when the dot.com industry sprung up and caused more revenue to flow to the government which resulted in a surplus---abolutely nothing that he did as his own idea, but use Republican ideas.----and that is the rest of the story.--which can be found in %26quot;Rome Wasn%26#039;t Burnt In A Day%26quot; by Joe Scarborough( who was a congressman elected in 1994 and served till 2001 and fullfiled his promise of term limits when he was elected that he would not run for re-election again..|||Nice little delusion you%26#039;ve got going there.|||He was also impeached for lying about an affair with an intern young enough to be his daughter. Tell it like it really was; the good and the bad.|||Not me ----could not dis-agree more !