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49. incomes went up quite a bit

Reply to HiPointDem (Reply #39)

Fri Jun 8, 2012, 02:25 PM

Jun 2012

the economy for most Americans improved.

I'd go back there in a heartbeat.

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If You Think Clinton Was Good For The Economy, Then You Don't Understand The Economy [View all] FarCenter Jun 2012 OP

Du rec. Nt xchrom Jun 2012 #1

I disagree. denverbill Jun 2012 #2

Consider that Clinton reappointed Greenspan twice, 1995 and just before the 2000 election FarCenter Jun 2012 #6

The author claims Bill was to blame for the 2008 meltdown 8 years after he left office Major Nikon Jun 2012 #16

Dont you get it? Dokkie Jun 2012 #24

No, I don't Major Nikon Jun 2012 #53

Good point if you focus entirely on the stock market and ignore his policies. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #25

Well said. I think the OP imports a revised history -- against Democrats. Festivito Jun 2012 #54

Few Of Us Know What A Real Good Economy Is... KharmaTrain Jun 2012 #3

Exactly. He and his cohorts worked tirelessly to contain the spread of wealth and to suppress the Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #26

..and we get ripped for "blaming" Bush... Wounded Bear Jun 2012 #4

Not to mention cbrer Jun 2012 #5

So few people realize how central edhopper Jun 2012 #44

I couldn't tell how the economy was back then slackmaster Jun 2012 #7

And St. Ronnie was even worse WI_DEM Jun 2012 #8

And the Senator was right. We've been warned more times than I care to count over a period of Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #28

that's such a shit source cali Jun 2012 #9

But the author of the piece is Dean Baker, with progressive credentials FarCenter Jun 2012 #12

He's being used. BI has an anti President Obama and anti dem party agenda cali Jun 2012 #15

Whatever, shoot the messenger if you can't deal with the message... FarCenter Jun 2012 #17

The message is even easier to deal with Major Nikon Jun 2012 #18

There is something I try very hard to live by... sendero Jun 2012 #42

People tend to wax nostalgic about the Clinton years...... marmar Jun 2012 #10

Clinton was best president for the The Second Stone Jun 2012 #11

Both parties applaud reappointment of Greenspan to head US Federal Reserve FarCenter Jun 2012 #14

My internal alarms start ringing when someone uses the phrase "both parties" a lot. 2ndAmForComputers Jun 2012 #45

I posted the headline without changing it - but maybe the World Socialist Web Site is over the top! FarCenter Jun 2012 #47

I have no idea what the hell you're talking about. 2ndAmForComputers Jun 2012 #50

yeah, he's excellent on "admitting his mistakes" after the fact. "mistakes were made" on haiti, HiPointDem Jun 2012 #32

Admitting mistakes does not edit/delete them out of existence and yes, those "mistakes" TheKentuckian Jun 2012 #37

one thing for sure, income inequality has grown steadily G_j Jun 2012 #13

under Clinton, the gap between rich and poor shrank dramatically. bigtree Jun 2012 #20

I suppose it would be more accurate to say wage stagnation has been steady for the "99%" G_j Jun 2012 #22

Not true, see graph below FarCenter Jun 2012 #23

Thanks for going to the trouble to debunk that BS. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #29

there are graphs and graphs bigtree Jun 2012 #36

i did it for you. seems you're misinformed. see that big jump in the top 1% starting about 94-95? HiPointDem Jun 2012 #34

looks like I am misinformed bigtree Jun 2012 #38

wages went up, but not dramatically. clinton did "welfare reform" -- it's on his watch that we HiPointDem Jun 2012 #39

incomes went up quite a bit bigtree Jun 2012 #49

i think if you dig into the statistics you'll find the gains for median workers and under were not HiPointDem Jun 2012 #52

I lived it as a working man with a young family bigtree Jun 2012 #19

He was an enthusiastic free-trading globalist through and through Populist_Prole Jun 2012 #21

This argument is seriously deformed cthulu2016 Jun 2012 #27

You make the author's point in your reply. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #31

"made almost all the gains they've made since 1980" is no particular recommendation as they HiPointDem Jun 2012 #40

The gains were reversed cthulu2016 Jun 2012 #41

boom economies are typically better for workers than bust economies, or seem to be. but HiPointDem Jun 2012 #48

When was Glass- Stegall ended? bahrbearian Jun 2012 #30

1999 by the passage of Gramm-Leah-Bliley Act FarCenter Jun 2012 #43

Major unrec...CLinton knew what he was doing until his last joeybee12 Jun 2012 #33

NAFTA bahrbearian Jun 2012 #35

and the point is? spanone Jun 2012 #46

Please tell us how good/bad he was, COMPARED TO THE PRESIDENTS BEFORE AND AFTER HIM. 2ndAmForComputers Jun 2012 #51