Who thinks that Ex president Bill Clinton did a good job for the economy in the 90s?
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Yes Clinton did an excellent job not only with the economy but with the government's budget.  There was a government surplus meaning that more money was coming in than was being spent and it helped to reduce the huge debt built up by past presidents.  Now Bush is adding to that debt by spending more money than what comes in.\n\n*Diamond Dave - you didn't provide any facts in your answer below.  You should really quote your sources if you want to make such outlandish claims.
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They did when they elected Bush.   Clinton, despite the Lewinsky scandal was a great president.  People made a big deal over the scandal, it didnt change the economy, it didnt send people to iraq, people made it such a big deal over nothing.
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because he beat them at their own game... conservatives always think they know what's best when it comes to the economy... but in reality... the stats don't prove them correct...\n\nit was a time of insane economic growth... almost too much growth to be healthy...\n\nhere are some stats comparing Bush to Clinton:\n\n look at the unemployment figures... some blame them on clinton when the elder bush handed him a 7 percent rate? \nwho would you rather have? a man that went from 7 to 4 percent unemployment... or one that went from 4 to 4.6?... \n\nlet's look at the stocks... Bush went in in Jan. 2001... right... the high that month was 11,224.41... that doesn't sound like much of a downturn to me... it was 12,031 today ... that's about a 800 point change...\n\nnow when Clinton came into office the dow's high for Jan. 1993 was 3338.12...and it went to 11,224, as I previously stated right at the end of his term...that's about an 8,000 point chance\n\n800 point change... 8,000 point change?\n\nand 8,000 point bubble is stupid... there may have been some bubble, but that much growth is not just a "bubble"...
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Hey Redd, Do you remember the old TV commercials saying, "this is your brain before drugs and this is your brain after, and then the guy cracks an egg and fries it. The same principle applies here but unfortunately with our country. Our country before Bush jr.; no deficit, race relations were better, international relations better, etc. and after/during Bush.....well you can "look around" and see for yourself. Our country has become the proverbial "fried egg" so to speak. ;)  Oh almost forgot, the economy. I know it was better for me and all those around me BEFORE Bush, Now Bush talks about job growth, that's great if you want a job at Taco Bell or Burger King, but in terms of real growth, it's not happening.
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He was definitely helped by the boom in the economy from the late 1980s and 1990s where the economy along with funding for technology just kept growing and growing.  By dominating the PC software market, he went along for the ride and is pretty rich today.
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lundstroms2004  answered it BEST!  That is the one 2 above me....\n\nHe is a good president.  What can make him great is HOW he has faced terrorism where NO One ever has, and still the US Economy is rocking.  Is as great if not better then when Clinton left office (Which was an awesome economy then too)\n\nAmazing how a man can WIN 2 Wars during his presidency, still maintain a great economy, and be called the worst president of all time.  Worst at what?
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Absolutely.  Another version of the "trickle-down" effect, one we could do without.\n\nAlthough I think Bill Clinton was a great President, I think he had the morals of an alley cat, and the fact he turned our Oval Office into, basically, a house of ill-repute also had a very bad effect on our morals as a whole. I frankly don't care what any of them do in their personal lives, as long as it isn't criminal, and they do their job competently, but I do care when they desecrate our National edifices.  There have been so many scandals in government that people seem to be developing the attitude that it's accepted behavior.\n\nI disagree with the previous posters.  Bush has lied and lied to us.  He invaded a country who had not attacked us.  He told his Cabinet at the very beginning that he wanted to find a reason to invade Iraq.  He lied about WMD's.  He approved spying on the American populace.  He established Homeland Security, which in my book is just another name for Brown Shirts.  We have a bigger National budget deficit larger than any in history, after taking office with a surplus bigger than any in history.  GET AMERICA OUT OF THE BUSHES!\n\nCompared to that. what Clinton did, which DID NOT interfere with his ability as a President, was very small potatoes indeed.\n\nI don't like Ted Kennedy, and I don't like the stance he has taken on immigration.  I don't think he has the moral fiber or strength his older brothers had, especially Robert.
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Reagan\n\n1. He took on evil in the world.  He built up our military because we have an economy and have wealth to do it.  Eventually, the Soviet Union went broke.  We scared them off.  \n\n2. He is the father of modern conservatism.  He showed us that cutting taxes works.  \n\n3. He ended the Iran hostage situation by scaring the crap out of Iran.  They let the hostages go as Reagan was taking office.  They knew that if the hostages were not released, Iran was toast.  \n\nMany will say Bill Clinton.  Here is why the things he gets credit for are false.\n\nThe economic growth under him was due to irrational and over inflated stocks.  Everyone was rushing to not miss the next Microsoft.  Stocks were worth hundreds a share and the company never made any money.  Eventually the boom busted.  This happened at the end of his term.
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Didn't happen until Bill Clinton became President.
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Those who think Clinton was a good president because the economy did well while he was in office should be trying to get Coolidge on Mt. Rushmore.
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Bush has nothing to really do with the economy as it is today....try looking at the Media's scare tactics....a bad report from Ted Tunners monkeys and the stock market goes down.\n Clinton is the gulity one..he gave our trade to China,who hates us & has one of our deep water ports under their control and he also gave them the Suez Canal....
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Whoa!!!!\nClinton was not born of money, but he sure gained privilege.\nHe got lots of help to dodge the draft, live his whole life off taxpayers, and make a fortune in corruption.\nBill Clinton is the only president that never held a job for even one day in his life.\nReagan and Nixon grew up poor.\nThey both worked menial jobs, not live off the taxpayers like Clinton did.\n\nGood Question if you had your facts correct.  You missed it on Clinton, Reagan, and Nixon.
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Clinton actually had America back to work in his first term, the budget was balanced by the middle of his second term and the minute George Bush was appointed the beginning of the end started, even before he took office the country's economy was showing signs of going to hell. It was actually down the tubes by the end of his first term and has progressed even further down the tubes since.
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clinton, hands down everything in the econ. was up with clinton in office. also he left office with a surplus in the budget, where now we are dulging into social security and going futher into a deficety everyday with bush.
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Bill Clinton, only president in the last 40 years to run the country as it should be run and when he left office he left the next president headed in the right direction. However we all know what happened next. Tax cuts for the rich and ill advised war. record deficits, record debt. Maybe Hillary can straighten it out although it will take much work.
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THINGS WERE FAR BETTER OFF WHEN CLINTON WAS IN OFFICE.\n\nI MISS BILL CLINTON!!\n\nHELL, WITH PRESIDENTS LIKE BUSH, IT MAKES YOU MISS NIXON!!
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No less, either.  Walmart, Alltel, and Tyson boomed.\n\n[ADDED] Hey, Pencilnbrush! Do your research.  Eat this:\n\nArkansas vote breakdown---\n- 1992:  Clinton, 53.21%; Bush, 35.48%; Perot, 10.43%\n- 1996:  Clinton, 53.74%; Dole, 36.80%; Perot,  7.90%\n\nNot only did Clinton WIN ARKANSAS BOTH TIMES, but his margin of victory EXCEEDED PEROT'S VOTE PERCENTAGE.\n\nTruth hurts when all you can do is twist it, doesn't it?