Sounds great but we all have seen what REALLY happens when Republicans have no one to challenge their fiscal actions or policies. They doubled the Debt took a budget surplus and turned it into a record deficit and grew government faster than any other Administration in history.
On Apr 16, 3:13 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > What point does this make? That Clinton was a Tax & Spend Democrat, wherein > a Republican Congress and their "Contract With America" held his feet to the > fire? > > Nothing in this audio report disputes the facts that I submitted earlier. > You have Newt Gingrich, and a Republican controlled Congress that was > responsible for a budgetary surplus, period. Clinton had literally nothing > to do with the surplus, and if it were not for a Republican controlled > fiscally conservative Congress, who Clinton successfully fought over and > vetoed their balanced budget Amendments, we would have had deficit > spending!! > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 3:08 PM, VT VirtualTruth > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > I will let the actual news reports of November 11, 1995 > > make my point. > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6KRnWkh45U&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcrooksan... > > > Clinton invested in the future US economy and the result was > > robust GDP growth that grew the economy out of deficits. > > Republicans consider this incorrectly as wasted money. > > > Bush decided to give the surplus away as tax cuts to > > the rich with the ridiculous idea that the money would > > bleed down to others. The result was Bush starved the > > country of much needed future investments. > > > Obama now must maintain the normal amout of forward > > investment in the country's future AND make up for the > > 8 years Bush starved the economy of stimulus investment > > capital. > > > On Apr 16, 2:01 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello Sean!! > > > > Good to see ya!! > > > > Thank you for sharing your homoerotic far left extremist talking points > > with > > > the group! I know that members such as Fritzie, Biffie, Cosmo-ie and > > other > > > far left extremists are proud of you for picking up on and mimicking the > > > likes of that gal who is the husband and splashes diesel behind her ears > > for > > > perfume....Whuz-Her-Name....Rachael Maddow, and the other crazed, > > demented > > > Moonbat, Keithie Olberman, but I digress. > > > > Let's review your premise, and I quote: > > > > "That the Republican Congress was NOT the reason for this balanced > > > budget (during > > > the Clinton Administration). That Clinton stood up to the Rhino's (Rhino > > > being a derogatory term for Republican)" > > > > ===== > > > > Sean, let us actually review the facts, and not revisionist history. Of > > > course, all of the data I have attached here can be documented. Please > > feel > > > free to ask questions if there is anything that you get confused on or > > are > > > frustrated over not comprehending: > > > > It is true, that the federal budget deficit tumbled from $255 billion in > > > 1993 to approximately $117 billion in 1996, and that by 1999, there was > > an > > > actual surplus versus a deficit in our national budget. > > > > In February 1993 President Clinton announced his new Administration's > > first > > > economic program: a $16-billion "fiscal stimulus." The spending package > > is > > > later abandoned by the Democratic Congress as too fiscally irresponsible. > > > > In February 1993 President Clinton wins passage of his $250-billion tax > > > hike; which New York Senator Pat Moynihan accurately describes as "the > > > largest tax increase in world history." > > > >http://www.archive.org/stream/proposedconstitu00unit/proposedconstitu... > > > > Nevertheless, President Clinton's "Tax and Spend" policy passes the > > Democrat > > > Controlled Congress, without a single Republican vote. The package > > contains > > > approximately $2 of new spending for every $1 of new taxes. > > > > In September 1993 the Clinton White House lobbies to defeat the > > bi-partisan > > > Penny - Kasich deficit-reduction bill, which would have cut federal > > spending > > > and the deficit by $90 billion over five years. The Clinton White House > > and > > > the Democrat controlled Congress prevailed, and the Penny-Kasich Deficit > > > Reduction Bill was defeated. > > > >http://www.archive.org/details/pennykasichamend00unit > > > > In January 1994 Bill and Hillary Clinton unveil "ClintonCare." The > > proposed > > > hostile federal takeover of one-seventh of the U.S. economy would add at > > > least $700 billion to the deficit over the next six years, according to > > the > > > Congressional Budget Office (CBO). > > > >http://www.heritage.org/research/healthcare/bg1276.cfm > > > > In September 1994 the President furiously lobbies liberal Democrats in > > > Congress to oppose a Balanced Budget Amendment -- a measure supported by > > 75 > > > per cent of the American public. Labor Secretary Robert Reich is a little > > > too honest when he confirms most Americans' suspicions about this > > > Administration: "The President is against simply balancing the budget." > > > >http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+red-ink+blues.(budget)-a017863046 > > > >http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/7416/tales.html > > > > In October 1994 President Clinton signs into law his $30-billion "crime > > > bill." The Los Angeles Times describes the legislation as a > > > "once-in-a-lifetime federal spending bonanza" containing "a vast array of > > > new social programs" including federally funded exotic-dance classes, > > > sensitivity-training courses, and midnight-basketball leagues. The cost > > of > > > the Clinton bill has to be shaved after the Democratic House of > > > Representatives rejects the original version as too expensive. > > > >http://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/18/us/the-1994-campaign-the-president-... > > > > In January 1995 Bill Clinton submits a 1996 budget plan that calls for > > $12 > > > trillion of spending over the next seven years and $200-billion deficits > > for > > > as far as the eye can see. Even Washington Post reporter David Broder > > blasts > > > the document as a "symbol of Clinton's failed leadership." Because of the > > > debt Clinton is adding, writes Broder, "the annual net interest is > > projected > > > to climb from $198 billion in 1993 to $270 billion in 1997 -- when it > > will, > > > for the first time, be larger than the projected defense budget." > > > >http://www.reason.com/news/show/30153.html > > > > -- In March 1995 Clinton again helps torpedo the Balanced Budget > > Amendment > > > -- this time by strong-arming five Democratic senators, who had > > campaigned > > > as champions of the amendment -- to flip-flop and vote no. > > > > -- In June 1995, under pressure from the newly elected GOP Congress, > > Bill > > > Clinton submits a new, revised budget proposal. It still doesn't balance > > the > > > budget by 2002. > > > -- In July 1995 the Clinton White House begins its successful > > "Medi-scare" > > > strategy to undermine public support for a GOP plan to rein in stampeding > > > Medicare costs. Even the Washington Post editorializes that the Clinton > > > Administration has become a gang of "medagogues." On Medicare and > > Medicaid, > > > the White House is "engaged in an irresponsible campaign based on > > distortion > > > and fear." > > > >http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-850297.html > > > >http://www.heritage.org/research/healthcare/bg1442.cfm > > > > In October 1995 Bill Clinton confirms what most of the public is already > > > painfully aware of: "I raised your taxes too much." > > > >http://www.rightwingnews.com/quotes/clinton.php > > > >http://www.urbin.net/EWW/sigs/clintonsigs.html > > > > In December 1995 Bill Clinton vetoes the historic balanced-budget > > > legislation enacted by the Republican Congress --listing 82 reasons why > > it > > > cuts too much spending. He complains of cuts in everything from foreign > > aid > > > to corporate welfare. > > > >http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rconley/Clintonvetoespaper.pdf > > > > Later that month, (December, 2005) President Clinton releases his > > > unprecedented third and then fourth budget proposals of the year. But > > they > > > still don't balance the budget. > > > >http://www.cnn.com/US/9512/budget/budget_battle/index.html > > > > In February 1996 Bill Clinton releases a $1.65-trillion 1997 budget that > > > calls for $360 billion in added spending, or $3,100 per American > > household, > > > over the next seven years. Then with a straight face he tells the nation > > > that "the era of big government is over." Oh, and the proposal still > > doesn't > > > balance the budget by 2002. > > > >http://www.cnn.com/US/9512/budget/budget_battle/index.html > > > > In April 1996 Clinton signs the GOP budget after the Republicans > > capitulate > > > to his demands and add back some $10 billion of deficit spending. > > > >http://www.cnn.com/US/9512/budget/budget_battle/index.html > > > > WHEW! This really is a pillar of fiscal integrity we have in the White > > > House. The point of this demoralizing three-and-a-half-year budget > > odyssey > > > is this: The Clinton Administration cannot credibly claim credit for the > > > reduction in the deficit unless the nation is suffering from a severe > > case > > > of fiscal amnesia. > > > On at least three separate occasions in 1993 and 1994 -- the > > fiscal-stimulus > > > package, ClintonCare, and the crime bill -- the Administration attempted > > to > > > make the deficit situation worse, but amazingly was constrained by a > > > Democratic Congress. On four other instances, bipartisan > > deficit-reduction > > > initiatives were rebuked by Clinton. > > > > ================== > > > > *Deficit delusions - Pres Clinton's economic performance* > > > ** > > > National Review , Sept 2, 1996 by Stephen Moore > > > >http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n16_v48/ai_18614099/pg... > > > > Since the Republicans took control of Congress in November of 1994, > > > Clinton's fiscal obstructionism and demagoguery has been elevated to > > Olympic > > > levels. The Republicans' budget-balancing plan was thrashed almost daily > > by > > > the White House as > > ... > > read more » --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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