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Originally Posted by potter
it's not trying to show Clinton as a contributing saint. it's trying to show that the deficit dropped after Bush took office. insert Clinton's name with any generic one because the name prior to Bush's is irrelevant.
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If by "dropped" you mean it got bigger, then we are in agreement.
During the Clinton years the USD was worth over 50% more than it is now on the world market, and on that chart they were showing a surplus economic situation. Very simplistic way to look at it, there are obviously thousands of other factors to be considered.... but the fact is a lot of people think in simplistic terms and will vote based on that view.
Clinton - surplus, strong dollar.
Bush -- plunges US into the trillions in debt, weakest dollar in recent history
It's going to affect some people's votes, is all I'm saying.