Who gets more credit for the great economy of the late 90's?

Question

The Republicans who took over the house and senate, or the fraudulent profits of companies like World Com and Enron or Bill Clinton?

Answer 1

A combination of several things.
Clinton working with a R congress (ever heard of triangulation?).
Tech boom, the rise of the internet, Y2k (alot of investment to fix things), Euro (tons of tech work to deal with the Euro as well).
Relatively low interest rates.
Tax policies started in the 80's and continued thru the 90's.

Answer 2

I look back to Ronald Reagan, who cut a number of welfare type programs (saving us tons of tax dollars for generations to come. His employ America program -- increased military spending on toys -- got America off it's dead can (a left over from the horrible Carter years) and working again.
George Bush (senior) changed little on that eonomic road to recovery, but he did plan a military draw down. That SHOULD have saved the tax payers lots more money, but he was given the boot and Clinton took over.
Clinton had no clue what he was doing and just about wiped out the military. Remember, he said that with Russia gone, we'd never again fight a two front war, therefore, we no longer need a military... We're paying for that now! The only saving grace about the Clinton years, was a Republican Congress and Senate. The prosperity felt during the Clinton years was inspite of Clinton. Does anyone remember when the government ran out of money? The military didn't get paid and all "Non-Essential Personnel" were told not to report for work... Guess Bill was too busy getting a cigar or two soaked.
Do you suppose that if Newt had gone to the middle east to do Madeline's job As Pelosy has done with Rice's job, we could have avoided both 9/11 and Iraq? Just wondering. Those morons are so confused about their job descriptions these days.

Answer 3

The fact remains, there was a 200+ billion surplus when Clinton left the office.
That had nothing to do with the house and senate.

Because the senate remained the same till last year (when the Democrats took over) when Bush was voted in.
America was already in the red by then. Deep in huge deficit. The House and senate under Bush were famous for their fraudulent spending.

It has to do with the Commander-in-Chief and the administration.
You can dispute all you want.
The fact remains, America is still at war and money is being sucked up so fast that future generations are at risk.

You voted for the wrong President!

Answer 4

It was a combination of false profits driving the stock market but since the market rebounded, I would have to give a lot of the credit to the Republicans. Their company friendly tax breaks drive the economy to be good for everyone. Low unemployment, high home ownership & etc. can only have come from a strong economy that occured after the Republicans took control.

Answer 5

evaluating the unemployment & inflation charges the most suitable 8 years were in basic terms as sturdy. consistently base your opinion on truth & extremely recorded numbers rather of on what the media have programed you to imagine. for instance the known awareness has that Clinton balanced the fed budget yet extremely the nationwide debt higher each and each year he replaced into in workplace.

Answer 6

Time

Answer 7

Ronald Reagan, and deficit spending (ie: borrowing in the down times to invest in the future and invigorate the economy).

Answer 8

Clinton, for some reason. Should have been the House and Senate.

Answer 9

the contract with America.

Answer 10

"My plan reduces the national debt, and fast. So fast, in fact, that economists worry that we're going to run out of debt to retire."
—George W Bush radio address, Feb. 24, 2001

Six years later... have we run out of debt yet?