Although I voted against Bill Clinton twice, he was very successful in eliminating the deficit.
https://www.factcheck.org/2008/02/th...under-clinton/ Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX
Or maybe just another example of a President being in office at the right time in history.
An equally if not more powerful influence was the booming economy and huge gains in the stock markets, the so-called dot-com bubble, which brought in hundreds of millions in unanticipated tax revenue from taxes on capital gains and rising salaries.
I've heard more than a few people who give Clinton credit for not doing things to fuck up the things that he had nothing to do with accomplishing. Trying to give Presidents credit for or blame for economic turns is a tricky conversation.
I see Bill Clinton as having very little to do with the economic success that happened during his time in office.