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To: tejek who wrote (150895)	9/4/2002 3:24:41 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586325

Only during the time of Clinton........previously our unemployment rate would spike up to 7%, or 8%. Clinton was the first American president to reduce welfare rolls. Of course, I am afraid that's being lost under the current administration. Hilarious. Clinton's big "claim to fame" -- and it was 100% driven by the Republican Contract with America. Thereafter, within the first 100 days of the 104th Congress, we shall bring to the House Floor the following bills, each to be given full and open debate, each to be given a clear and fair vote and each to be immediately available this day for public inspection and scrutiny. 1. THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT: A balanced budget/tax limitation amendment and a legislative line-item veto to restore fiscal responsibility to an out- of-control Congress, requiring them to live under the same budget constraints as families and businesses. (Bill Text) (Description) 2. THE TAKING BACK OUR STREETS ACT: An anti-crime package including stronger truth-in- sentencing, "good faith" exclusionary rule exemptions, effective death penalty provisions, and cuts in social spending from this summer's "crime" bill to fund prison construction and additional law enforcement to keep people secure in their neighborhoods and kids safe in their schools. (Bill Text) (Description) 3. THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT: Discourage illegitimacy and teen pregnancy by prohibiting welfare to minor mothers and denying increased AFDC for additional children while on welfare, cut spending for welfare programs, and enact a tough two-years-and-out provision with work requirements to promote individual responsibility. (Bill Text) (Description) 4. THE FAMILY REINFORCEMENT ACT: Child support enforcement, tax incentives for adoption, strengthening rights of parents in their children's education, stronger child pornography laws, and an elderly dependent care tax credit to reinforce the central role of families in American society. (Bill Text) (Description) 5. THE AMERICAN DREAM RESTORATION ACT: A S500 per child tax credit, begin repeal of the marriage tax penalty, and creation of American Dream Savings Accounts to provide middle class tax relief. (Bill Text) (Description) 6. THE NATIONAL SECURITY RESTORATION ACT: No U.S. troops under U.N. command and restoration of the essential parts of our national security funding to strengthen our national defense and maintain our credibility around the world. (Bill Text) (Description) 7. THE SENIOR CITIZENS FAIRNESS ACT: Raise the Social Security earnings limit which currently forces seniors out of the work force, repeal the 1993 tax hikes on Social Security benefits and provide tax incentives for private long-term care insurance to let Older Americans keep more of what they have earned over the years. (Bill Text) (Description) 8. THE JOB CREATION AND WAGE ENHANCEMENT ACT: Small business incentives, capital gains cut and indexation, neutral cost recovery, risk assessment/cost-benefit analysis, strengthening the Regulatory Flexibility Act and unfunded mandate reform to create jobs and raise worker wages. (Bill Text) (Description) 9. THE COMMON SENSE LEGAL REFORM ACT: "Loser pays" laws, reasonable limits on punitive damages and reform of product liability laws to stem the endless tide of litigation. (Bill Text) (Description) 10. THE CITIZEN LEGISLATURE ACT: A first-ever vote on term limits to replace career politicians with citizen legislators. (Description)

To: tejek who wrote (150895)	9/5/2002 11:21:27 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586325

Only during the time of Clinton. No not just when Clinton was president. Going at least back to the end of the recession in the early 80s. Clinton was the first American president to reduce welfare rolls. Because he was the first president with a Republican congress that would pass welfare reform. There is no question that there is less entrepreneurs in Germany but certainly not to the point where the country suffers. If by "not to the point where the country suffers" you mean not to the point where it is a mess of misery and malaise then I agree with you, but it is to the point where the country suffers in the sense that it is worse off then it would be if it had more entrepreneurs. By your standards........by they're standards, they run fairly well. Not everyone wants what you want......and they may disagree with you on what you consider good. What does that statement have to do with my comment, which you quoted - "They have enough capitalism to generate the wealth to pay for the socialism. If they where predominately socialist they probably would either collapse or stagnate. In any case they don't run as well as they could if they had less socialism." What by my standards? I didn't say that they are collapsing or stagnating by any standards. I said they would if they where predominantly socialist. Tim