"Fiscally conservative."

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

cincybearcat wrote:

It kinda pisses me off that we let someone who is running on taxing more win for sure. Way to bring back responsibility to the government.

Although to a lot of us that IS being responsible.

The Clinton years brought us higher taxes and more regulation and years of unprecedented prosperity and growth. And a surplus... we actually had a surplus that was squandered with those Bush-era tax cuts. Which I think were pretty irresponsible.

at least people like You and your husband are much closer to a country that not only accepts gay marriage, but embraces it.

Hey you know... stop being nice to me, it's hard to fit you into one box. Geez.

not unprecedented, and certainly not without consequences. It brought us the beginning of the policies that led to the housing crisis. The tax cuts had nothing to do with the surplus. By the way, since you are a fan of analogies, the gov't having a surplus is like a store clerk keeping your change because he can spend it better than you can... And who brought us this magic surplus? was it the republicans who literally shut down the gov't? or the president who fought with them? Clinton helped pass a balanced budget by conceding welfare reform and giving up on "Hilary-Care" neither of which were all that popular at the time.

The republicans don't believe in what they say, the democrats are much more honest about their intentions IMO. But lets not have such selective memory. Tech bubble burst? the recession that began in 2000? or how about the stock crash after 9/11? There are many reasons for many things, but to imply that the regulation and higher taxation were the reason for prosperity and growth isn't really accurate. The free market that is the internet had a little to do with it. So we have Al Gore to thank for the tech rise and fall in the 90's ...