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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 2 years ago

Since bill clinton was last president to have a balanced budget does that make him the most conservative candidate in reacent years?

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  • Anonymous
    2 years ago
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    in a word, yes. under Clinton we not only had a balanced budget, but a surplus of money and a

    very strong economy.Teens were turning down life guard jobs of $12.00 to $13.00 dollars an

    hour for higher paying jobs elsewhere.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    The surplus and the balanced budget were fuzzy math, which was found out shortly after Bush gave back the money that was theirs.

  • 2 years ago

    Bill Clinton happened to be in office during the Dot-Com hysteria in the stock market and also while Newt Gingrich brought forth his "Contract with America" which balanced the budget. Clinton accepted it while kicking and screaming. Gingrich was rewarded by The People by being thrown out of office.

  • 2 years ago

    There was a huge boost in the tax base via the rise of the internet and all the fortunes that were made in those heady days. I remember it well. I made money too. I dont remember the Clinton administration doing much more than just saying, "Wow, this is cool"

  • 2 years ago

    false. Bill Clinton had a balanced budget only because the Republican dominated House of Representatives forced it on him

  • 2 years ago

    if Clinton ran today he'd be a moderate republican who probably wouldn't make it out of the primaries....and if he did, he'd be accused of racism (for using Confederate imagery in past campaign ads), hate speech (for saying he did not support same-sex marriage) and hating women (for saying abortion should be limited)...

    don't believe me? if you study the 2016 candidates from both sides and their histories, you'll find that the one who came closest to Clinton in terms of ideology and policy was John Kasich... who, as a republican congressman was a key figure in hammering out the bi-partisan legislation behind Clinton's economy...

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Budgets come from Congress, Einstein. Congress was in Republican hands. It passed no big new spending programs. No obongocare.

  • 2 years ago

    BIll also doubled the Dow, just like Obama, and unlike Donnie.

  • Ann
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Still believing that lie?! LOL Even CNN explains how it wasn't a balanced budget. Do some research instead of believing what you hear.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Nope...just the most recently impeached.

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