Van Jones is a self-proclaimed radical communist activist

[Rabbithoundjb]

There were 23 million jobs created when Clinton was president, true. Clinton also signed NAFTA which has cost millions upon millions of american jobs since the mid 90's, not to mention the technology that has been sent out of the country.
The differences between me and you is I am married to a set principles and not parties, I can see the good and bad in any public representative. I am not such a DUMDAZZ that I only see one side of of what any action by any representative caused and I don't continue to say the same things like you that continue the make you look well, not to smart.

All of your post are a diversion away from discussing or focusing on this LOSER administration.

Republican this, Republican that, the same DUMBAZZ BULL$HIT.

[Pine Mt Beagles]

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

THE WHITE HOUSE August 5, 2000
President Clinton and Vice President Gore's Economic Plan:
Building the Path to Prosperity for America's Families
Seven years ago this week, President Clinton and Vice President Gore's economic plan was enacted without a single Republican vote. Vice President Gore broke a tie on August 6, 1993 to pass the measure in the Senate and President Clinton signed the 1993 Budget Reconciliation into law four days later. Their bold, three-part strategy established fiscal discipline; invested in education, health care, science and technology; and opened foreign markets so that American workers have a fair chance to compete abroad. Passage of the economic plan was a historic turning point, reversing 12 years of trickle-down economics and turning the largest deficit in history into the largest budget surplus in history. It also committed the country to a path of fiscal discipline that helped unleash the productive potential of the American people, contributing to the longest economic expansion in history, including the creation of over 22 million jobs, the lowest unemployment and inflation rates in a generation, rising wages and the highest homeownership rates on record. Today, working families are enjoying the benefits of this comprehensive plan and the course of fiscal discipline it established.
Clinton-Gore Economic Plan Restored Fiscal Discipline

The previous two administrations drove annual budget deficits to their highest level in history, piled up more debt in 12 years than the nation did in the previous 200, and quadrupled the national debt. Thanks to the 1993 economic plan, President Clinton and Vice President Gore kept their promise to cut the deficit in half in four years and produced three back-to-back surpluses for the first time in over 50 years. Fiscal discipline has resulted in real benefits for American families by keeping interest rates low and productivity high, and by creating the conditions for the strongest economy in our nation's history.

Slashed the Federal Deficit

- 1993 Plan - $500 Billion in Deficit Reduction: When President Clinton and Vice President Gore took office, the deficit was $290 billion and expected to grow to $455 billion by 2000. The 1993 economic plan contained $500 billion of total projected deficit reduction over five years, including $255 billion in spending cuts. Even before the Balanced Budget Agreement of 1997 took effect, the deficit had been cut to $22 billion in FY 1997, a 92 percent drop.

- Paul Volcker, Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman: "The deficit has come down, and I give the Clinton Administration and President Clinton himself a lot of credit for that. [He] did something about it, fast. And I think we are seeing some benefits."

- Today - On Track to be Debt Free by 2012: Today we have turned the largest deficit in history into the largest surplus in history and, under the Administration's budget framework, we are on track to be debt free by 2012 for the first time since Andrew Jackson's administration.========TO BAD YOU GUY'S VOTED IN TWO OIL TYRANT'S--

Lowered Interest Rates and Increased Productivity

- 1993 Plan - Fiscal Responsibility Produced an Immediate Drop in Interest Rates: Even though the recession had technically ended when President Clinton and Vice President Gore took office, America remained mired in high unemployment and slow economic growth. The passage of the deficit reducing legislation almost immediately led to a drop in interest rates, which spurred investment and led to an increase in the rate of job creation, wage growth and productivity.
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- NAFTA's Impact on US Employment.

Studies done by Kate Bronfenbrenner at Cornell University showed the adverse effect of plants threatening to move to Mexico because of NAFTA.[35]An increase in domestic manufacturing output and a proportionally greater domestic investment in manufacturing does not necessarily mean an increase in domestic manufacturing jobs; this increase may simply reflect greater automation and higher productivity. Although the U.S. total civilian employment may have grown by almost 15 million in between 1993 and 2001, and during this period several other free trade agreements have been concluded or expanded.[36]
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-Job creation
U.S. employment increased over the period of 1993-2007 from 110.8 million people to 137.6 million people, a 24 percent increase.[2] Specifically within NAFTA’s first five years of existence, 709,988 jobs (140,000 annually), were created domestically.[3] Proponents point out that had there been any significant negative impact on the labor force because of NAFTA, it would have been evident in the initial years. Yet, the mid to late nineties was one of the United States’ biggest periods of economic growth. Classical macroeconomic theory stipulates that when a country is experiencing economic growth (i.e. increase in GDP or GDP per capita), then there will also be an increase in the participation of the labor force.[4] Thus, because trade liberalization ultimately contributes to increases in GDP, it in effect, helps to bring the rate of unemployment down in a country. The U.S. experienced a 48% increase in real GDP from 1993-2005. The unemployment rate over this period was an average of only 5.1%, compared to 7.1% from 1982-1993, before NAFTA was implemented.[3]

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-REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE OVER WHELMINGLY SUPPORTED THIS N.A.F.T.A.BILL
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-AT LEAST TRY TO UNDERSTAND THAT REPUBLICAN'S HAVE NEVER DID A SINGLE THING FOR YOU OR YOUR FAMILY -ONLY BIG BUSINESS AND FOREIGN OIL.
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-SHOW ME A REPUBLICAN THAT HAS DID SO MUCH-PLEASE READ ALL THE POST SO YOU WILL AT LEAST KNOW WHAT N.A.F.T.A--IS AND WHAT IS HAS DONE--I PERSONALLY DON'T AGREE WITH N.A.F.T.A. BUT GET YOUR FACT'S STRAIGHT.

[Rabbithoundjb]

Well gee whiz we should just send more of our corporations out of the country, more of our technology since based on your post it will create growth. White house archives, like anything in washington is credible. You will look blindly past the shape of the country and believe anything that suits what you want to think.

I already knew republicans supported Nafta, imagine that some idiot republicans. The fact is Clinton signed it into law and if you think it was so great, you must be happy with everyone working for wal-mart. OH thats right Obama will take care of everyone just put your hand out.

[TC]

yall might as well Give up on Rufus
ya Caint Argue with a brick Wall or the Mentally insane
RUFUS PLEASE just talk to Another DR and get your meds Changed
Once you have REJOINED the Real World the Fog may just lift!!!!
ya Get your purple Card yet???