1 - No the solid economy ("golden years" goes to far) when Clinton was president was in no way the result of the tax increases. It was a result of many things, some of which I listed -
However if the ecomomy had gone south after the bill's passage, you, as a loyal conservative, would had a field day blaming Clinton.....all's fair in politics, you would agree.
"the restraint on spending, relatively low energy prices, technological improvements and the vast expansion of the internet, and many other factors (including the fact that the economy had come out of a recession before Clinton was elected, and had some bounce back growth to come), and managed to hold off from the next one until a couple of months after Clinton left office"
And whatever else you want to add, but when looking back all one has to do is insert the years and give credit to the guy in power......that's all that counts Timmy.....
2 - Your out of context quote is misleading. I said it was the largest in history in nominal dollar terms, and then went on to show that nominal dollar terms are pretty meaningless for such things.
Not misleading at all; but if it will make you feel better, I will make sure I add "nominal dollar terms" when I refer to it in the future......gggg
You could criticize the Republicans for using them (but since they are simple and work in cases like this, both parties will use them all the time,
I'm always amused when someone says something like "oh, both sides do it"....
for example all the Democrat who attacked Reagan and later Bush II for the "largest deficits",
How much did Bush II add to the national debt.....how many trillions? 5-6-7?
but now that it's increased to 14 trillion under Obama, the GOP is screaming for a constitutional amendment........never noticed it before...
so if you want to criticize the Republicans attacking Clinton, and they probably deserve it, you should also criticize the Democrats who make the same type of argument.)
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