Really Newt? And how did that work out for you? Oh, waitaminute, you were the EX speaker of the House by the end of 1998... Anyone that listens to this clown and takes him seriously is unwittingly aiding and abetting the Dems...
Let’s review recent history shall we?
Gingrich and the incoming Republican majority’s promise to slow the rate of government spending conflicted with Clinton’s agenda for Medicare, education, the environment and public health, leading to two temporary shutdowns of the federal government totaling 28 days.
Clinton said Republican amendments would strip the U.S. Treasury of its ability to dip into federal trust funds to avoid a borrowing crisis. Republican amendments would have limited appeals by death-row inmates, made it harder to issue health, safety and environmental regulations, and would have committed the president to a seven-year balanced budget. Clinton vetoed a second bill allowing the government to keep operating beyond the time when most spending authority expires.
A GOP amendment opposed by Clinton would have not only have increased Medicare Part B premiums, but it would also cancel a scheduled reduction. The Republicans held out for an increase in Medicare part B premiums in January 1996 to $53.50 a month. Clinton favored the then current law, which was to let the premium that seniors pay drop to $42.50.
The government closed most non-essential offices during the shutdown, which was the longest in U.S. history. The shutdown ended when Clinton agreed to submit a CBO-approved balanced budget plan.
Looking back — WHAT WAS SO BAD ABOUT THAT?
We found out that we could survive a government shutdown and in the end — WE GOT A BALANCED BUDGET, which led to rare surpluses in the late 1990’s and a booming economy to boot.
RE: you were the EX speaker of the House by the end of 1998.
In 1998 Republicans lost five seats in the House—the worst midterm performance in 64 years by a party not holding the presidency. Gingrich, who won his reelection, was held largely responsible for Republican losses in the House.
Newt’s private polls had given his fellow Republican Congressmen a false impression that pushing the Lewinsky scandal would damage Clinton’s popularity and result in the party winning a net total of six to thirty seats in the US House of Representatives in this election.
The day after the election, a Republican caucus ready to rebel against him prompted his resignation of the speakership. He also announced his intended and eventual full departure from the House in January 1999.
STILL, WE HAD A BUDGET SURPLUS AND A BOOMING ECONOMY. If today, accomplishing that same feat means we sacrifice Boehner’s Speakership, I’m all for it.
Which clown SHOULD we listen to, in your opinion ?