2016 Postmortem

KoKo

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23. Well...Bill isn't going to have the building "Dot Com Bubble" that made many feel

Mon May 16, 2016, 08:47 PM

May 2016

rich while he quietly enacted a "Repub Lite" Agenda while those caught up in the Tech Revolution alive then who had a few bucks were buying up "Speculation Stocks" like "Pets.com" that were going to make them Millionaires.

To be Fair...at that time stocks like AOL, Yahoo and some other names that are still around today were Great Buys but then Things Went Wild!

Tech Employment was riding high and all of us started buying PC's and Apple, Dell, HP and Compaq were starting to get Everyone buying the first home Computers while the Internet of Today was being Birthed as people started the transition that was to come.

Times seemed Good...even though Bill ran on the Threat of the Japanese who were buying up our Real Estate and Taking Over our Companies were considered the Real Threat at that time.

He put in NAFTA and it got worse than the Japanese (who overextended themselves and got caught in a downturn)...but, with NAFTA we were off to the races with Jobs pouring overseas as China took up the slack when the Japanese miscalculated and got caught with sagging Real Estate and ventures that went under from over speculation.

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Memo to Hillary: Do Not Put Bill in Charge of the Economy [View all] NWCorona May 2016 OP

I would not worry so much about it. sadoldgirl May 2016 #1

HOW WILL WE EVER SURVIVE??? JaneyVee May 2016 #2

Alan Greenspan AgingAmerican May 2016 #4

But the after effects were something else. NWCorona May 2016 #5

The after effects? You mean GEORGE W BUSH??? JaneyVee May 2016 #8

So you think economic policy is instantaneous? NWCorona May 2016 #10

LOL. JaneyVee May 2016 #12

Classic comeback for when someone has nothing. NWCorona May 2016 #16

Your naivete is hilarious. JaneyVee May 2016 #21

Thanks for the compliment. NWCorona May 2016 #22

This Bush? Hillary sure does NWCorona May 2016 #13

At a funeral in 2016. JaneyVee May 2016 #18

And? NWCorona May 2016 #20

Millions of jobs were lost in the U.S. d/t his brilliant NAFTA plan designed to do just what it did. polly7 May 2016 #17

And tens of millions of higher paying jobs were created. Recursion May 2016 #36

Did you vote for him? Waiting For Everyman May 2016 #30

Don't put Bill in charge 840high May 2016 #3

Yes! This! peace13 May 2016 #26

Somebody's got to say it....interns. JEB May 2016 #28

Definitely dont put Jane Sanders in charge. JaneyVee May 2016 #6

Definitely more afraid of Bill NWCorona May 2016 #7

Operation Chaos 2016 JaneyVee May 2016 #9

That's a perfect term for what team Hillary is up to NWCorona May 2016 #11

And you. JaneyVee May 2016 #15

And you? NWCorona May 2016 #19

Definitely not, we don't want to be ripped off KingFlorez May 2016 #14

Well...Bill isn't going to have the building "Dot Com Bubble" that made many feel KoKo May 2016 #23

Great post, KoKo. nt. polly7 May 2016 #24

....! KoKo May 2016 #38

I was spending a lot of time in Japan just before and after the crash. Crazy times NWCorona May 2016 #27

Thanks...n/t KoKo May 2016 #37

RW talking points... hook line and sinker. nt BootinUp May 2016 #25

I think it's speaking from experience actually nt NWCorona May 2016 #29

That line has been overused. Can't you 840high May 2016 #31

The Clinton Presidency: Historic Economic Growth BootinUp May 2016 #32

I think gaslighting Americans into believing the 1990s were a bad time economically won't work Recursion May 2016 #33

Remember, a lot of these Bernie supporters weren't even alive in the 90s auntpurl May 2016 #35

I don't think the spouses of the presidents should be in charge of anything My Good Babushka May 2016 #34