Yeah, well if were not for George W Bush's policies of passing tax cuts for the wealthy with out paying for them, fighting two ways without paying for them and passing Medicare Part without paying for them, we would be in better fiscal shape.
@danka2000 dude the surplus was a myth just google clinton surplus myth, all of the projected surplus were result of the dot.com bubble. Both clinton and bush increased the national debt
@trueconservatie33 Actually you are wrong. Check your history. The surpluses were the result of the 1990 budget agreement between George HW Bush and congress and Clinton carried and added on that policy. You had a 10 year expansion because of it. Yes bubbles can form toward the end of expansions and that is what happened . I think you need to get educated with the business cycle. Washington has no short term control of it, longer term yes and this is an example.
@danka2000 well i dont disagree a lot, the deficit went down because after cold war military budget cut, some minor spending cut. the national debt went up every year, when he left office, the debt was like 5.7 trillion dollar. he took the money that people put in social security and paid the down the public debt, while intergovernmental holding went up every year. of course bush did a lot of worse. and Obama is doing taking it to a sterioid level
@trueconservatie33 Clinton created a budget surplus. Of course there was still a national debt during the Clinton era. Reagan increased spending across the board while cutting taxes, which created our first problematic national debt. Clinton balanced the budget and was well on his way to paying off the National debt. At one time he had a $227 billion budget surplus going. Unfortunately, Bush took office and turned that into a $600 billion deficit by 2003.
@SexSteakSoda . there never was a budget surplus, all of the revenues were generated from extra money that people put into their social securities, because of the dot.com bubble. when greenspan raised the interest rate, the bubble bursted and all of the companies were making money on paper went bankrupt. he paid down the public debt, but the intergovernmental holding went up dramatically. if there was a surplus, the national debt would went down.
@trueconservatie33 The national debt DID go down. I don't understand how you can sit there and tell me there was NO budget surplus when every source out there statistically proves that there was. The Federal Budget is a matter of public record. The budget surplus at one point was $227 billion. The U.S. public debt and gross national debt did in fact go down somewhat in the 90's. The majority of the debt that was added in the 90's was interest from the Reagan and Bush era of cuts and spending.
@trueconservatie33 The budget is determined by the following simple formula: Revenues minus expenditures. In those years, our revenues (regardless of the source) exceeded our expenditures. In other words, we had a surplus. You can argue that the dot-com bubble is the reason why our economy was so prosperous, and you'd have a good point, but saying that "there never was a budget surplus" is ignorant. It's a matter of math, not opinion.
@navid500 the national debt went up each under clinton, all those profits were not "real", people were putting more money into social security fund, he borrowed that money to paid down the public debt, while the intergovernmental holding went up every year. All the profits were created by the whores on the Wall Street.
Surpluses for the next 25 years? Wow is that the biggest BS statement ever or what? Haha. Man these people just pull numbers out of their asses ... literally.
i am a republican and i like Bill Clinton back in the day because when the gop won back the congress in 1993. he could have fight gop but he knew it was going to be a lost for him in 1996. so what he did he worked with the gop and look how the 90s was. i feel obama wood have to do the samething in 2010
If you don't like Clinton, why are you wasting your time commenting under his videos? Don't you have anything better to do? Of course you don't....typical Youtube troll.
I love this speech. Ann Lewis has been my idol writer forever and this ha to be one of my favorite speeches she has ever written. It just doesn't get any better than that.
@michaelheiland123654, Bill Clinton didn't run in 2008 you moron, his wife did. And as for Obama, I like him, I voted for him, but Clinton was a better president.
Excuse me yea Bill Clinton try to run for the white house in 2008 he was using his wife as a excuse. But the Americans people told bill clinton NO. They accused him of racist!He was so funny when he got out of the race he turn red I couln"t stop laughing for weeks! yea I like Obama better then Bush, Clinton.
Michaelheiland123654, You seriously need to learn how to spell and use proper grammar. You sound like a moron. And don't make this argument into a racial issue.
Eric8542009, Oh please for you information the one that need to go back to school in learn so grammar is you. In you are the one who is making this racist.
michaelheiland123654, I don't know why I'm even wasting my time with you. And no, I am not the one making it racist. You are. I believe you're the one that told me to kiss your black ass.
@Eric8542009 Sorry I agree with Michael also , Bill Clinton was the worst President in the USA History, He only took credit of Reagan works that is why the Economy was good in the 90"s That is why the Clinton lost in 2008 Election cause of the past@.
You say Clinton was the worst president in our country's history? What about George W. Bush or Richard Nixon? The only good Republican president was Abraham Lincoln. But of course Republicans of today don't admire him, they are more of a Palin, Bush or Reagan type of party these days.
@Eric8542009 no body believe you everybody know Clinton was the worst president ever, You are using that as a excuse prob because you dont like my president cause he black, Man grown up let work together as a team and not being racist! Thanks,
"I don't like your president because he's black"? What are you talking about? In case you didn't know, I voted for Barack Obama. I just feel Clinton was a better president that's all. Barack Obama is every American's president. And how am I being racist? Name one thing I said that was racist. Your username sounds bit racist.
They always used that as a excuse saying oh I voted for Obama yea right! You say this I just feel Clinton was a better president. That is racist to many people why? Because the only good president we will have is Barack Obama and Michelle Obama in 2016. You and every Americans we should be proud , happy to have a black president in Office! I hope you understand my points of view!
Let get along stop being racist, if you like clinton so much then that is fine just keep it to yourself! Many People dont like Clinton cause the bad economy, 9/11, war, people losing house, jobs and all that stuff!
How am I being racist? I don't know where you're getting that from, I seriously don't. You've never answered my question though. And all the things you've named, Bush Jr was responsable for (9/11, bad economy, 2 wars that drove up our debt).
Bill Clinton was awesome. I only hope Barack can bring back some of the stability, not all of course, I don't think that's possible so quickly. Personally, I don't give a damn about presidents and their "bedroom morality," I don't vote bedmates, I vote presidents.
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all right a little history lesson for you guys, did you know that the dollar value went up during the Bush administration? no one ever pays attention to that fact Or how about this that by the end of Andrew Jackson's administration, America's financial system was contributing to national growth while at the same time new national & state debts were amassing, sealing the fate for future generations. Oh & by the way, no one seems to be able to explain bush being both a evil mastermind & an idiot?
Can you prove the dollar value went up during bush? And what does andrew jackson have to do with anything? And it is through Bush's idiocy that he is an idiot.
Clinton blasts them back by telling them how much America has improved? Are you kidding me? The President doesn't balance the budgets, the Congress does. Have you ever heard of appropriations committees or the Congressional Budget Office? Even the President has to have his budget approved by the OMB to make sure it matches the Congressional Budget. If it doesn't the President's budget needs to be revised. Become educated before you comment.
Dennis Hastert is visibly pissed! Everything they had worked so hard for had been defeated! As well, the Republican caucus had suffered losses with both Newt and a fellow from my state, Bob Livingston! They were in hell!
You can feel the tension that Dennis Hastert and the Republicans are giving Clinton for the Lewinsky scandal that recently occurred, and Clinton blasts them back by telling them how much America has improved.
Budget surpluses for the next 25 years? Oh dear, how times changed so quickly.
mohaas05 1 year ago
@mohaas05 Yeah, more like two years, then deficits ever since and for who knows how much longer.
narishbeatle 1 year ago
Clinton was a great President. Then George Bush came along and just ruined our country. Obama has been no help, but it all started with Bush.
SexSteakSoda 1 year ago
Yeah, well if were not for George W Bush's policies of passing tax cuts for the wealthy with out paying for them, fighting two ways without paying for them and passing Medicare Part without paying for them, we would be in better fiscal shape.
danka2000 1 year ago
@danka2000 dude the surplus was a myth just google clinton surplus myth, all of the projected surplus were result of the dot.com bubble. Both clinton and bush increased the national debt
trueconservatie33 1 year ago
@trueconservatie33 Actually you are wrong. Check your history. The surpluses were the result of the 1990 budget agreement between George HW Bush and congress and Clinton carried and added on that policy. You had a 10 year expansion because of it. Yes bubbles can form toward the end of expansions and that is what happened . I think you need to get educated with the business cycle. Washington has no short term control of it, longer term yes and this is an example.
danka2000 1 year ago
@danka2000 well i dont disagree a lot, the deficit went down because after cold war military budget cut, some minor spending cut. the national debt went up every year, when he left office, the debt was like 5.7 trillion dollar. he took the money that people put in social security and paid the down the public debt, while intergovernmental holding went up every year. of course bush did a lot of worse. and Obama is doing taking it to a sterioid level
trueconservatie33 1 year ago
@trueconservatie33 Clinton created a budget surplus. Of course there was still a national debt during the Clinton era. Reagan increased spending across the board while cutting taxes, which created our first problematic national debt. Clinton balanced the budget and was well on his way to paying off the National debt. At one time he had a $227 billion budget surplus going. Unfortunately, Bush took office and turned that into a $600 billion deficit by 2003.
SexSteakSoda 1 year ago
@SexSteakSoda . there never was a budget surplus, all of the revenues were generated from extra money that people put into their social securities, because of the dot.com bubble. when greenspan raised the interest rate, the bubble bursted and all of the companies were making money on paper went bankrupt. he paid down the public debt, but the intergovernmental holding went up dramatically. if there was a surplus, the national debt would went down.
trueconservatie33 1 year ago
@trueconservatie33 The national debt DID go down. I don't understand how you can sit there and tell me there was NO budget surplus when every source out there statistically proves that there was. The Federal Budget is a matter of public record. The budget surplus at one point was $227 billion. The U.S. public debt and gross national debt did in fact go down somewhat in the 90's. The majority of the debt that was added in the 90's was interest from the Reagan and Bush era of cuts and spending.
SexSteakSoda 1 year ago
@trueconservatie33 The budget is determined by the following simple formula: Revenues minus expenditures. In those years, our revenues (regardless of the source) exceeded our expenditures. In other words, we had a surplus. You can argue that the dot-com bubble is the reason why our economy was so prosperous, and you'd have a good point, but saying that "there never was a budget surplus" is ignorant. It's a matter of math, not opinion.
navid500 7 months ago
@navid500 the national debt went up each under clinton, all those profits were not "real", people were putting more money into social security fund, he borrowed that money to paid down the public debt, while the intergovernmental holding went up every year. All the profits were created by the whores on the Wall Street.
trueconservatie33 7 months ago
@navid500 go to yahoo and type myth of clinton surplus, i forgot the exactly the website address, you will find the article
trueconservatie33 7 months ago
@navid500 you really need to do some research rather than taking any words from politician
trueconservatie33 7 months ago
Surpluses for the next 25 years? Wow is that the biggest BS statement ever or what? Haha. Man these people just pull numbers out of their asses ... literally.
caldus85 2 years ago
@caldus85 if bush hadn't cocked up, maybe we might have had surpluses now and in the future.
theguywhowatchevids 1 year ago
Good times!!!
SandraLondon63 2 years ago
It's Al Gore!
Darknighte9 2 years ago
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i am a republican and i like Bill Clinton back in the day because when the gop won back the congress in 1993. he could have fight gop but he knew it was going to be a lost for him in 1996. so what he did he worked with the gop and look how the 90s was. i feel obama wood have to do the samething in 2010
attie3 2 years ago
Biill Clinton can kiss my big fat black a**
Whitecrackertrash 2 years ago
If you don't like Clinton, why are you wasting your time commenting under his videos? Don't you have anything better to do? Of course you don't....typical Youtube troll.
Eric8542009 2 years ago
Bill Clinton look like president Kennedy in sound like him
michaelheiland123654 2 years ago
You did a good job Republicans. Hell of a job.
MihaiBorcan 2 years ago
I love this speech. Ann Lewis has been my idol writer forever and this ha to be one of my favorite speeches she has ever written. It just doesn't get any better than that.
Stonymypony 2 years ago
This means that Bush managed to waste all of the "25 year" surplus and even more than that
danielko22 2 years ago
I miss Clinton so much. He was such a good president. Bush was a mistake. Give us back the respect we and the world once had.
Eric8542009 2 years ago 5
Obama is a better president the clinton , that is why bill clinton lost in 2008 it was so funny!
michaelheiland123654 2 years ago
@michaelheiland123654, Bill Clinton didn't run in 2008 you moron, his wife did. And as for Obama, I like him, I voted for him, but Clinton was a better president.
Eric8542009 2 years ago
Excuse me yea Bill Clinton try to run for the white house in 2008 he was using his wife as a excuse. But the Americans people told bill clinton NO. They accused him of racist!He was so funny when he got out of the race he turn red I couln"t stop laughing for weeks! yea I like Obama better then Bush, Clinton.
michaelheiland123654 2 years ago
michaelheiland123654, just stop talking. You're making a fool of yourself. Idiot.
Eric8542009 2 years ago
@Eric8542009 Who care thjis is old 1999 You and Bill Clinton can kiss my big black ass! Clinton is a biggerst Terrost!
michaelheiland123654 2 years ago
Michaelheiland123654, You seriously need to learn how to spell and use proper grammar. You sound like a moron. And don't make this argument into a racial issue.
Eric8542009 2 years ago
Eric8542009, Oh please for you information the one that need to go back to school in learn so grammar is you. In you are the one who is making this racist.
michaelheiland123654 2 years ago
michaelheiland123654, I don't know why I'm even wasting my time with you. And no, I am not the one making it racist. You are. I believe you're the one that told me to kiss your black ass.
Eric8542009 2 years ago
@Eric8542009 Sorry I agree with Michael also , Bill Clinton was the worst President in the USA History, He only took credit of Reagan works that is why the Economy was good in the 90"s That is why the Clinton lost in 2008 Election cause of the past@.
Whitecrackertrash 2 years ago
You say Clinton was the worst president in our country's history? What about George W. Bush or Richard Nixon? The only good Republican president was Abraham Lincoln. But of course Republicans of today don't admire him, they are more of a Palin, Bush or Reagan type of party these days.
Eric8542009 2 years ago
@Eric8542009 no body believe you everybody know Clinton was the worst president ever, You are using that as a excuse prob because you dont like my president cause he black, Man grown up let work together as a team and not being racist! Thanks,
Whitecrackertrash 2 years ago
"I don't like your president because he's black"? What are you talking about? In case you didn't know, I voted for Barack Obama. I just feel Clinton was a better president that's all. Barack Obama is every American's president. And how am I being racist? Name one thing I said that was racist. Your username sounds bit racist.
Eric8542009 2 years ago
They always used that as a excuse saying oh I voted for Obama yea right! You say this I just feel Clinton was a better president. That is racist to many people why? Because the only good president we will have is Barack Obama and Michelle Obama in 2016. You and every Americans we should be proud , happy to have a black president in Office! I hope you understand my points of view!
Whitecrackertrash 2 years ago
@Whitecrackertrash you make no sence, i can't understand your grammer
DCdorian 2 years ago
Let get along stop being racist, if you like clinton so much then that is fine just keep it to yourself! Many People dont like Clinton cause the bad economy, 9/11, war, people losing house, jobs and all that stuff!
michaelheiland123654 2 years ago
How am I being racist? I don't know where you're getting that from, I seriously don't. You've never answered my question though. And all the things you've named, Bush Jr was responsable for (9/11, bad economy, 2 wars that drove up our debt).
Eric8542009 2 years ago
@Whitecrackertrash
Clinton was the worst president ever?!?! What are you smoking?? Here are just a few of his accomplishments
-Ending his presidency with the highest approval rating of any post WWII president
-Ending his presidency with a budget that had a surplus
-Ending his presidency with a record low unemployment of 3.9% in December 2000
-Ending his presidency with the longest, most prosperous peacetime era in American History
Now exactly, how was he the worst president?
LocoYoFla 2 years ago
What you need to do is to stop living on food stamp, section 8, wealfare and get a real job!
Whitecrackertrash 2 years ago
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Stonymypony 2 years ago
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Stonymypony 2 years ago
Wow..The good ole "manufactured days".
malboro1979 2 years ago
Then, what pray tell have we had since January 2001?
Maybe it's my age frame (I was 21 to 28) when Clinton was President, but they seemed like pretty decent times to me....
madrosesurge 2 years ago 5
having a surplus at a time of war (let alone 2 wars) is pretty much unheard of
jamesspencerjackson 2 years ago 4
But still Obama is better!
michaelheiland123654 2 years ago
lol ! Absolutey not...! not by an ounce
MrRaunchy1978 2 years ago
This speech was also used for President Bartlets state of union in the west wing.
bestirishfirefighter 2 years ago 3
Notice Hastert isnt clapping very much! Aw, poor Republicans! Can't admit when their policies suck.
ChazzyJoe 3 years ago 8
Bill Clinton was awesome. I only hope Barack can bring back some of the stability, not all of course, I don't think that's possible so quickly. Personally, I don't give a damn about presidents and their "bedroom morality," I don't vote bedmates, I vote presidents.
PhillAlexandros 3 years ago 13
To bad 10 years later it's been the worst economy since the great depression!
I hope Obama is like him
Please God.
ttpad08 3 years ago 26
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all right a little history lesson for you guys, did you know that the dollar value went up during the Bush administration? no one ever pays attention to that fact Or how about this that by the end of Andrew Jackson's administration, America's financial system was contributing to national growth while at the same time new national & state debts were amassing, sealing the fate for future generations. Oh & by the way, no one seems to be able to explain bush being both a evil mastermind & an idiot?
fox4488 3 years ago
Can you prove the dollar value went up during bush? And what does andrew jackson have to do with anything? And it is through Bush's idiocy that he is an idiot.
ChazzyJoe 3 years ago
I think you are plain stupid....Bush was an idiot and Clinton a genius....
elrincondeldolor 3 years ago 19
Scumbag NWO Puppet!
ParadoxalWorld 3 years ago
lol so much for 25 years of surplus. bush brought us 50 years of debt and unemployment. and bush sure beat the bush this time.
wliu129 3 years ago 5
highly hilarious, only geroge bush n dick cheney could fuk that up
VinCrazyest 3 years ago 3
Clinton blasts them back by telling them how much America has improved? Are you kidding me? The President doesn't balance the budgets, the Congress does. Have you ever heard of appropriations committees or the Congressional Budget Office? Even the President has to have his budget approved by the OMB to make sure it matches the Congressional Budget. If it doesn't the President's budget needs to be revised. Become educated before you comment.
RogMor80 3 years ago
Dennis Hastert is visibly pissed! Everything they had worked so hard for had been defeated! As well, the Republican caucus had suffered losses with both Newt and a fellow from my state, Bob Livingston! They were in hell!
jchris723 3 years ago
You can feel the tension that Dennis Hastert and the Republicans are giving Clinton for the Lewinsky scandal that recently occurred, and Clinton blasts them back by telling them how much America has improved.
God Bless Bill Clinton.
dontmentionthewar 3 years ago