(03-01-2025, 02:34 AM)Punatang Wrote: ETA: As I informed in my signature line a week or so ago, Bill Clinton some 3+ decades ago did the same thing in his own way. I lauded the Democrat president here on PW for doing so. Of course, for much of what they said in those days, both he and Hillary would be called Nazi's here on extremist PW these days. He drastically cut back welfare benefits though and people here on the Big Island were absolutely reeling from the pain of losing the sugar economy and then having their support net ripped away by Clinton, back to back. There were foreclosures here, everywhere. In the words of The Great Patricia, know your history.
Speaking of history, during the Clinton years, lets also include the tax INCREASE on the wealthy coupled with the corporate tax increase and then lets also discuss the corresponding budget surplus as a result.
And when did, during the Clinton years, ANY government employee lose their job with 15 minutes to get out, and in some cases, begged to come back only to be refired (or semi-fired) the next day?
So yes, let's discuss history, but let's discuss ALL OF IT.
Let's not be myopic now!
ETA: Seems things were pretty dang good overall for all of Hawaii during those Clinton years:
Clinton-Gore Administration Accomplishments for Hawaii