1. Created 22.5 million jobs—the most jobs ever created under a single administration, and more than were created in the previous 12 years. Of the total new jobs, 20.7 million, or 92 percent, were in the private sector.
2. Overall unemployment dropped to the lowest level in more than 30 years, down from 6.9 percent in 1993 to just 4.0 percent in January 2001
3. The homeownership rate reached 67.7 percent near the end of the Clinton administration, the highest rate on record.
4. The surplus in fiscal year 2000 was $237 billion—the third consecutive surplus and the largest surplus ever.
5. Welfare rolls dropped dramatically and were the lowest since 1969. Between January 1993 and September of 1999, the number of welfare recipients dropped by 7.5 million (a 53 percent decline) to 6.6 million. In comparison, between 1981-1992, the number of welfare recipients increased by 2.5 million (a 22 percent increase) to 13.6 million people.
WHAT DID BUSH DO? NAME 5 IF POSSIBLE
2006-08-20
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