11 Feb 2012 12:51 pm
But didn't ignore the fact that Clinton presided over 8 years of continual job & GDP growth, after rescuing the economy from the Reagan/Bush disaster. Look who shows up to tell a lie.Clinton didn't have to rescue anything, liar. The economy was growing at roughly a 3.5% rate the year before he took office.Reagan had nothing to do with the recession. Bush did to some degree for working with Dems and largely reversing Reagan's policies.I've never denied that he was president during a period of strong growth, just that it wasn't his policies that brought it about. About the only policy Clinton got was his huge tax hike that slowed economic growth almost by half.What created the strong economy?It was GATT, NAFTA.The plummeting of long term interest rates and huge rise in the stock market that began literally the day after Repubs took over Congress.Welfare Reform.And Repub tax cuts, in particular the cap gains cut, i.e. a tax cut "for the rich."Bleat away, imbecile. Edited by RichClem, 11 February 2012 - 01:53 PM.