{"id":289,"date":"2004-06-28T22:05:37","date_gmt":"2004-06-29T02:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=289"},"modified":"2004-06-28T22:05:37","modified_gmt":"2004-06-29T02:05:37","slug":"bill-clinton-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=289","title":{"rendered":"Bill Clinton by the Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

I never voted for him. But in retrospect, if I had to chose between Bill Clinton and George W. Bush today it would be like choosing for dinner between a nice piece of medium-rare prime rib and a big hot steaming plate of poo. But maybe that’s just me.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, while the Clinton detractors have come out from under their rocks as the ex-Prez barnstorms the country on his book tour, Ron Brownstein took a look<\/a> in today’s LA Times at a few of the items that Bubba’s detractors seem to be conveniently over-looking.<\/p>\n

As Brownstein says, in a piece that doesn’t give Clinton a completely free ride, the critics who would dismiss so many of his accomplishments as “‘trivial’ says more about the critics than about Clinton.”<\/p>\n

The most notable of accomplishments, obviously, were on the economy. Read the full article<\/a> for his thoughts on Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics, etc. But here’s some of Clinton’s notable numbers (all according to Census Bureau figures):<\/p>\n

During Clinton’s two terms, the median income for American families increased by 15% after inflation.<\/div>\n
It rose even faster for African Americans (33%) and Hispanics (24%) than it did for whites (14%).<\/div>\n
The growth was so widely shared that from 1993 through 1999, families in the bottom fifth of the income distribution saw their incomes increase faster than those in the top 5%.<\/div>\n
By comparison, under President Reagan in the 1980s, those in the top 5% increased their income more than five times faster than the bottom 20%.<\/div>\n
The poverty rate under Clinton fell 25%, the biggest eight-year decline since the 1960s. (It fell even faster for blacks, Hispanics and children.)<\/div>\n
In two terms, the number of Americans in poverty fell by…
\n77,000 under Reagan.
\n8.1 million under Clinton!<\/div>\n
In two terms, the number of children in poverty fell by…
\n50,000 under Reagan.
\n4.1 million under Clinton! (a ratio of 80 to 1!)<\/div>\n

That’s just a few of things that a Democrat in the White House has recently given to America. Ponder it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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