Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Doughboy who wrote (39879)	9/26/2000 5:18:57 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769667

First, a tax raise is never a stimulus, in anyone's theory. Second, the Dems in Congress had the courage to vote down the proposed spending package that Clinton in fact proposed as a stimulus. Third, it was the fiscal discipline imposed by the Congress that led to deficit reduction and the prospect of surpluses, by resisting spending initiatives floated by the administration. Fourth, the growth of the economy was comparable to the Bush years (without the brief recession), until about 96, when the effect of Congressional policies would have first been felt. Fifth, it is charming of Greenspan to give the man who appointed him some credit, but the fact is that the administration kept trying to bust spending limits. Sixth, I am not sure I have heard Greenspan specifically comment on the Bush plan, so I reserve judgment...........