What do you guys make of this?
http://www.angelfire.com/va3/conservatismva/ The claims that Clinton inherited a growing economy and left us one in decline, and that the economic success under his Presidency was only thanks to the internet boom?
Under Clinton we had record low unemployment, balanced budgets, millions of people lifted out of poverty, median family incomes up, and the largest paydown of the national debt in history.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Clinton's raising taxes on the rich cause these successes?
This is an old and discredited Neocon argument. If you remember the economy was still sluggish for the first year of Clinton's term. It didn't start to fully recover until mid-1994 after the tax-increase and budget reform bills were passed. Both with few or no GOP votes.
If you want more info on what Clinton & Gore did to boost the economy go here:
http://clinton5.nara.gov/WH/Accomplishment...htyears-09.html