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To: Sean_Anthony

Oh, for the love of God!

For those who don’t remember: the economy during Clinton’s years didn’t do well till after the GOP took over Congress in ‘95 and made sure Bill/Hill’s harebrained schemes would not be implemented (the very reason they were elected to the majority). There was the dot.com boom, lots went in his favor, no thanks to him. Being in the right place at the right time had more to do with it than ANYTHING Bill Clinton did.

Now, 25 years later, he doesn’t look like he’ll make it to the next election, much less for a 4 or 8 year term of his dear wife’s being in office (God forbid!).


15 posted on 05/16/2016 11:33:47 AM PDT by EDINVA
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To: EDINVA
For those who don’t remember: the economy during Clinton’s years didn’t do well till after the GOP took over Congress in ‘95 and made sure Bill/Hill’s harebrained schemes would not be implemented (the very reason they were elected to the majority).

And there's the flip-side: the economy was doing great during the Bush administration, until the Democrats took over both Houses of Congress in 2007. Then, it all went into the toilet.

The truth is: for the past 25 years, the health of the economy has well-correlated with the party that controls the House of Representative. It get's better when the Republicans are in power, and worse when the Democrats are in power.

Go back another decade and that correlation doesn't hold as well. But, there remains a correlation with whether the deficit grows or shrinks, depending on which party controls the House.

22 posted on 05/16/2016 12:10:27 PM PDT by justlurking
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