(12-04-2018, 03:59 PM)rollerjag Wrote:

(12-04-2018, 03:07 PM)copycat Wrote: He worked with the other side and they turned on him at the first opportunity, thereby making him the last one term president.  

He was a good man.  No one should ever question that he put the country ahead of the party.  It is such a sad situation we are in now.

As soon as Bush signed a budget that included a tax increase, Newt Gingrich ran back to Capitol Hill and stirred up the conservative wing of the Republican party, giving birth to the political tribalism we have today. As a result, we got Clinton, who continued Bush's economic policies, balanced the budget and ushered in a period of prosperity.

Interesting that we both agree that this was the genesis of today's ills yet we differ on whom is to blame.  As I saw it Newt was correct in that he predicted the dem's would use the compromise against President GHW Bush.  Looking back almost every political add Clinton and the democratic party put up was Bush stating the "Read my lips, no new taxes" speech, followed by the line "He can't be trusted".  

As for Clinton balancing the budget, horse feathers!  With all do respect one of the biggest lies the dems tell themselves is that Clinton balanced the budget.  Projections do not equal a balanced budget.  Dot.com bubbles burst and real estate corrections occur.   As long as base line budgeting is in effect there will never be a balanced budget.  When there is a zero increase in a departments budget and it is considered a cut we have an issue with honesty and integrity.  Furthermore when the media perpetuates that lie as they have done adnauseam years prior to Trump's election, then our society is doomed.

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