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Originally Posted by Rich
This is the reason Clinton made it priority number one to balance the budget, as opposed to created additional social programs like universal health care. He was trying to save what social programs already exist. Unfortunately a majority of Americans are complete idiots who will vote against their best interests if TV tells them to and if the guy says God enough times.
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That's interesting. I guess you aren't old enough to actually remember the Clinton admin. In fact, he DID try to pass universal healthcare, and it was shot down. He was CONSTANTLY trying to push through new social programs and they were shot down. Welfare reform was put through in spite of his efforts to stop it, as was the "contract with america" that was a massive help to the economy. As for Social Security, he was saying the same things that Bush is now saying, AND he was ALSO proposing private accounts.... the same as Bush.
Of course, his attack on Kosovo, a nation that was no threat to us, didn't happen either.
I'm just interested.... and this is not an insult. How old are you, and where have you lived in your life? I'm honestly curious.
Also, just to bring this in again from my earlier post...
Sorry, but anyone that doesn't realize that out of all of the substances in the world...OIL is the one most worth fighting for.... is living in a silly neo-hippy dreamland.
Without oil, we would be without food, (no way to harvest it, and no way to distribute it), we would be without medical care, (everything is made of plastic), homes (paint, roofing, etc...), clothing (oil by-products), .....in fact, pretty much everything around you is some form of oil by-product/plastic. The things that are not oil products, are moved by a transport system that is utterly reliant on it.
Good luck living without it!