The whole incoherent hatefest deserves a thorough whipping, but let's look at this little gem:
"The so-called surplus is another lie. Simply look at the national debt each year of Slick's (The unstable right still cannot say 'President Clinton'!) tenure to see the debt increased all eight years."
Got that all you rubes out there? Shrub's deficits ain't so bad after all!
Calpundit blasts this tired, old boolsheet pretty well. CLICK HERE
But, the numbers never lie. Look at this chart (Does not even include Shrub's 2004 record-breaking deficits!)
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The truth is that the Clinton deficit-reduction program took five years to phase in. (Over strenuous Republican whining) The reduced deficits meant that the Federal Reserve kept interest rates lower longer. Bond prices rose, and long-term interest rates fell.
With bond prices higher, banks that owned bonds were in better financial condition and proved willing to lend more, while companies seeing low interest rates proved willing to borrow more to finance investment.
The result?
The deficit-reduction program played a large role in the investment boom and the high-investment, high-employment, high-productivity growth recovery in the 1990s from the Bush I recession.
BTW, did you ever hear Clinton say he "Inherited a recession" like Shrub does? Nope. Clinton just went to work.
-Prodigal Son
EDIT: More good info HERE
Yeah, right! "The unstable right still can't say President Clinton." How many times is President Bush referred to as Shrub on this blog? Michael Moore and moveon.org can put out the vilest lies and half-truths about President Bush, and George Soros can contribute millions of dollars to support this libel, but let 250 Vietnam vets exercise their First Amendment rights, supported by a few hundred thousand dollars, and the Democrats scream bloody murder and try to censor them.
ReplyDeleteSenator Kerry set the agenda when he made his four months of combat service the centerpiece of his campaign, rather than his 25 years of public life. What this country needs is an honest debate of the issues -- a little less heat and a little more light.