I didn’t vote for Bill Clinton the first time, but I did the second
time. And his mid-term elections were similar to those of Reagan, Bush,
and Obama. He didn’t win a majority.
Clinton had the type of personality to get both parties to agree to compromises that best served the people of this country.
I’ve read several different amounts of the deficit that Reagan left
after his presidency, one source on the internet says 3 Trillion, but
the charts are difficult to read. A sure figure is a recorded 290
billion high in 1993. Clinton balanced the budget and spent surpluses of
2.3 trillion for Social Security, and 550 billion for Medicare.
In five years, the Clinton Budget brought America into balance,
increased investment in education by 20 percent, including the largest
increases in college aid since the GI Bill. He cut spending in hundreds
of superfluous programs, provided targeted middle class tax relief,
including a $500-per child tax credit, provided insurance for five
million uninsured children, respite care for families caring for a loved
one with Alzheimer’s, and, for the first time, mammograms for older
women under medicare. He produced the Family Leave Act for working
parents, a huge boost for working parents. He brought over site to
Child Care institutions so abuses would not be covered up by demanding
licensing and state inspections.
He produced the Paycheck Fairness Act, The Brady Bill, and Gun
Control of some automatic weapons. He delivered a promise with twenty
million new jobs, the lowest unemployment rate and smallest welfare
rolls in thirty years, the lowest crime rate in twenty-five years, put
100,000 new police on the streets, cut and maintained the smallest
federal workforce in forty years, the first back-to-back (three years of
surpluses) in fifty years, seven years of declining teen pregnancies
and a 30 percent increase in adoptions and 150,000 young people who
served in his AmeriCorps. He Passed the hate crimes bill, the
Employment Non Discrimination Act, and tried to pass a bill to allow
gays to serve openly in the military. He settled for don’t ask, don’t
tell.
He poured money into our National Parks that were badly degraded. He
corrected old injustices by awarding the Medal Of Honor to 22 Japanese
American Soldiers who served while their families were interned in
camps. He funded the Save America’s Treasures Act, when it was brought
to his attention that an old Civil War soldiers home was deteriorating. a
place President Lincoln used as a summer home.
Clinton reversed thee downward spiral in international affairs and
went to countries that had never been visited by a representative of the
United States, let alone a President.
A Japanese television company was closing and Clinton called them and
said what would it take to keep you in business? Sell more tv sets.
Clinton talked to Sam Walton of Walmart and they agreed to carry
100,000 of those televisions in their store and the company stayed open
and the jobs were saved. He went to Sam twice and turned things around
because of Walmart’s great marketing power. At that time Walmart had
retirement for their employees, as well. When Sam died, all that fell by
the wayside. He didn’t do it alone, it required the cooperation of the
Republican Party and they did it together.
Clinton’s Health Care plan was better than Obama’s, but Bob Dole, who
was running against him for President, decided that the Democrats would
hold power forever if they let his health care plan proceed. Dole was
so sure he was going to win the election that he told Clinton he would
kill it and did. Of course, Dole didn’t win, but the health care for
America got tossed.
Clinton accomplished a lot while being vilified for a sexual liaison,
yet his actions were no worse than, Eisenhower, Roosevelt, the Kennedy
Brothers and others we know little about. He was just exposed and hunted
by a vengeful partisan wearing “Independent Council” clothing. The
truly independent council didn’t find any impeachable conduct so he was
fired and Kenneth Starr put in his place. He offered money to people to
lie, and he threatened and jailed Susan McDougal because she refused the
money and refused the threats and chose not to lie for him.
I guess I’m yearning for the Clinton years. But, the most courageous
acts of congress, both republican and democrat was going up against
the most powerful organization in the United States, The National Rifle Association.
Representatives on both sides of the aisle knew that their seats would
be targeted and their careers likely ended if they voted for the Brady
Act and any gun control measures. The amazing thing is, they did it
anyway. And, those crucial votes, by representatives and senators who
had the chance to kill it (by order of the NRA and didn’t) lost their
careers.
THE ONLY WAY TO REDUCE THEIR POWER IS FOR 100% OF THE
CONGRESS AND HOUSE TO VOTE AGAINST THE NRA AND NOT ACCEPT THEIR MONEY.
LIKE A UNION. OR ELSE, THE NRA HOLDS ALL OF US HOSTAGE. EVEN IN OUR
SMALL LOCAL COMMUNITY, ANY REFERENCE OR MOVE TO CONTROL ANYTHING HAVING
TO DO WITH GUNS IS MET WITH A WELL ORGANIZED RESISTANCE FROM THE NRA.
THEY WILL DECIDE WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY WE LIVE IN, THE MOST POWERFUL
ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES, THE NRA MAFIA.
