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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Feb 28 14:07:57 2006, in response to Re: Social Security Reform (Re: Subtalk politics: at a glance), posted by Charles G on Tue Feb 28 13:54:53 2006. As respects both parties contributing to the late 90's surpluses, I agree completely with a qualifier. Bill Clinton contributed to that -- but it was without the support of much of his party. I don't think one can really say that the entire Democratic party was behind the actions needed to balance the budget in the late 90's because huge factions of the party wanted to cut off Clinton's head for even thinking about it. This is yet another thing Clinton gets credit for, credit for which he doesn't deserve. The balancing of the budget in the 1990's came at a huge price, that of extreme cuts to defense spending. Clinton had the luxury of doing so because he inherited a presidency after the Cold War, and before the War on Terror. |
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