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thesquanderer

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9. Hillary supporters may not want to bring attention to the fact that...
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 11:14 AM
Feb 2016

...Bill raised taxes, including taxes on a big chunk of the middle class (those over about $70k, I believe), which is something Hillary is running against doing.

I can easily list Clinton policies that don't look so good in hindsight... deregulation (including repeal of Glass-Steagall among other things), the crime bill, welfare reform, DOMA/DADT, NAFTA

I realize that, to some extent, Bill Clinton was a victim of his times. Be that as it may, maybe the reason that Hillary doesn't get so much credit for the positive parts of her husband's record is that they are harder to come by.

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