Posts Tagged ‘Bill Clinton’
The case against tax increases
A quick analysis of government spending vs. tax receipts reveals the answer: we have a spending problem, not a revenue problem. Democrats have understandably praised Bill Clinton’s management of the budget. His 2000 budget produced a quarter-of-a-trillion dollar surplus. How did he do it?
Read MoreIn praise of Gingrich
Presidents get too much blame for a bad economy. They get too much credit when things go well. Bill Clinton loves to make the good economy of the 90s seem like his doing. I’m willing to give him some credit. He deserves some. I like to give a chunk of praise to then-Speaker, Newt Gingrich as well. Clinton and Gingrich made a great team. They kept each side of the aisle honest, which led to a more responsible approach to government spending …
Read MoreReagan did it!
The economy was in shambles when Ronald Reagan took office, much worse off even than when Barack Obama took office. And yet Reagan fixed it where Obama failed. This week, Bill Clinton suggested that no one could have fixed our broken economy in just four years. Ronald Reagan proves him wrong …
Read MoreNo one says it better than Peggy Noonan
I didn’t have the stomach to watch much of the Democrat’s convention. My liberal friends probably felt the same about the Republican convention. Touche! I caught a little of Vice President Joe Biden’s speech. I couldn’t help but admire his rhetoric and delivery at the same time that I recoiled at his political philosophy and slipperiness with the facts …
Read MoreThe evolution of principle
By Tom Quiner What is a principle? It is an essential truth upon which other truths are based. Former U.S. Senator and Vice President of the United States, Al Gore, embraced a principle that human life begins at conception. He was clear and unequivocal: “It is my deep personal conviction that abortion is wrong. I…
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