Subject: Re: small town boy
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Date: Wed Mar 08 2000 - 07:49:33 EST
In a message dated 3/8/00 3:20:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, rbowman@indigo.ie
writes:
<< Again speaking as an outsider, I could not see what
he had accomplished at home either. (If the great
prosperity was the work of any individual it was,
apparently, Alan Greenspan.) What else was there,
apart from the handful of measly items such as those
listed by Sean? >>
Yep, Greenspan has been a stabilizing force in our economy for quite some
time, and is accurately recognized as the second most powerful man in the
United States. He does follow an agenda to an extent, however, and some of
that agenda is set by the President. Clinton walked into office
thinking...push the economy...and he did it. I have to give him credit for
that. He asked Greenspan to bring down interest rates and keep them down to
get people borrowing money, and it worked. Clinton also greatly decreased
government spending -- a lot of which had to do with things like the size of
the White House staff, military spending, etc. Almost everyone took their
cuts. Clinton's strength in this area had to do with making these cuts
palatable to the American public.
This was early on, however.
Yes, he was a moron in the area of foreign policy, but when we voted him in
we OBVIOUSLY sacrificed smart FP for a strong economy. No one doubted Bush
Sr's strength in FP. But the economy was slow...
Please recognize, Scottie, that I will be the only person on this list to
talk to you like this. I'm objectively assessing Clinton's strengths and
weaknesses even though I think he's even worse, as a person, than you've
described, and even though I completely disagree with his agenda for reform
(the big picture). The only thing you're going to get from everyone else is
partisan B.S. They will talk about the Republicans as if they were neo-Nazis
and the Democrats as if they were faultless.
Jim
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