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Jimbo,

I didn't write those words because I was a big fan of Clinton. The balanced budgets we had during his administration were partially the responsibility of a Republican congress fighting his spending proposals. During that period the U.S. dollar was very strong. But during Bush's administration we abandoned all semblence of fiscal responsibility, in part because there was no counterbalancing force in congress. IMHO of course.



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Desert Cat,

IMHO and in fact the opinion of scholars a lot smarter than me believe it was the Regan administraion who was predominately responsilbe for the boom during the Clinton administration. The Republican controlled congress and Clinton were minor players in the end result.

Now if you had longed for the good old ways of the Reagan administration I wouldn't have said a word. Bush Sr. did a terrible job in regards to fiscal responsibility. Bush jr has had much bigger fish to fry yet the economy recovered remarkably fast after the devestating effects of 911.


Jimbo