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Originally Posted by Seaver
Nice attempt at giving Clinton responsibility for closing the budget when it was actually the Republican Congress. Remember the whole government shutdown during that period? Yeah, that was Clinton trying to keep spending as high as possible.
But sure, keep rewriting history the way you see fit.
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Clinton tried to keep spending as high as possible?
WTF are you talking about?
Clinton submitted budgets each fiscal year (1994, 1995) with smaller annual deficits BEFORE the Republicans took control of the House, and, in 1995, did the same with the FY 96 budget that led to the dispute with the Republican Congress and partial government shut-down.
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The issue was Republican insistence on even more draconian cuts in key domestic programs. Most observers blamed it on Gingrich, who tried to play chicken with the budget (or was pissed and had his ego bruised that Clinton left him off Air Force One on a state trip to the funeral of the Rabin in Israel)
BTW, the only reason Bush showed smaller annual deficits in '05 and '06 was because he took the Iraq war spending off budget.
There are plenty of irrational reasons the wingnuts can come up with to blame Clinton for everything....but fiscal irresponsibility is not one of them.
But sure, keep rewriting history the way you see fit.