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To: fireman15

Yes, Clinton did and still does take credit for the two things that propelled the economy during his tenure: the explosion of prosperity that followed the budget cuts imposed by the new Republican Congress, and the explosion of technology and worker productivity due to the computer revolution; both of which he had nothing to do with, and that happened in spite of him.


4 posted on 10/04/2013 8:41:17 PM PDT by NotTallTex
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To: NotTallTex
There is always something... we probably shouldn't expect another explosion in technology and worker productivity. The only explosion we have had lately are government regulations and restrictions from the EPA and other federal and state bureaucracies to mucking up energy production and the business environment.

Then there are all of the negative incentives from Obamacare regs forcing any business with 50 or more employees to cut peoples schedules back to 29 hours a week. Not to mention the negative incentive to keep small businesses, the real job creators in any recovery from hiring more than 49 employees.

Last year when I checked what it was going to cost for my wife and I to have a decent health plan after I retired it was going to be approximately half what it is going to cost me this year. That has got to have a negative impact on consumer spending. Has there ever been a more poorly conceived piece of legislation?

5 posted on 10/04/2013 9:00:09 PM PDT by fireman15 (Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
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