Clinton's huge tax increase of 1993 payed off big time when the over-inflated markets delivered billions of hollow profits.
The unsustainable tax revenues were squandered by fat-cat greedy polititians at the federal and state level.
Considering the return of the business cycle, boom and bust, two wars and the horrific results of Sept. 11, the American economy has displayed miraculous strength.
The next time this tripe about our economy (as spewed in the article) is trotted out, the author should be required to list all the countries with a higher standard of living and countries with better economies than the USA. After the deafening silence, laugh in his/her face. Even with all we've been through, we're still numero uno.