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Originally Posted by suzzer99
Bill was a pretty good president except for the crony capitalism and setting the housing crisis in motion with deregulation. He didn't start any stupid $2T wars. I'd settle for that a second time around, especially faced with the prospect of a stupid $2T wall with Trump's name on it.
Imagine the lulz though. Awesome.
I mean, this dude ran on and very early on passed massive welfare reform that made life a harder for poor, single mothers.
There's this gem:
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The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, H.R. 3355, Pub.L. 103–322 is an act of Congress dealing with crime and law enforcement that became law in 1994. It is the largest crime bill in the history of the United States, consisting of 356 pages providing for 100,000 new police officers, $9.7 billion in funding for prisons and $6.1 billion in funding for prevention programs which were designed with significant input from experienced police officers.[1] Sponsored by U.S. Representative Jack Brooks of Texas, the bill was originally written by Senator Joe Biden of Delaware, passed by Congress, and signed into law by President Bill Clinton.
And of course, that housing crisis disproportionately affected the already-disadvantaged.
Reality is, Clinton was incredibly fortunate to ride an 8 year crest in the economy that kept middle class families afloat even though most of the gains were reaped by a small few, and really ****ed over a lot of people. At the very least, he got us involved in relatively little military activity, and Hillary is probably more likely to increase that than Trump is.
I mean, **** trump and what not, but **** Clinton and **** this Clinton too.