What were the goals of Bill Clinton's agenda as President and what was the meaning of neoliberalism?
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The goals of Clinton's agenda were:\n1. Economic Leadership and a Stronger Economy.\n2. Fighting Crime and Restoring Our Communities.\n3. Strengthening Our Families: Security and Opportunity\n4. Cutting Bureaucracy\n5. Making Education A Priority\n6. Expanding Markets for American Products\n7. Protecting Our Environment\n8. Promoting Security and Freedom Abroad\n\nNeoliberalism is widely used as a description of the revived form of economic liberalism that became increasingly important in international economic policy discussions from the 1970s onwards.  I have added two links that go into a thorough description of neoliberalism.
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The GOP attempts to end affirmative action was meet with a filibuster by the Democrats.  He is attempting support of immigration reform currently (not up to date on your current news I see) all be it it is an ulta Liberal stance.  \nAlso as you noted he "promised" during his campaign, are you sure?  Or did he profess that those issues were on his agenda?  In the system of government that the US has, the president can not write laws or bills... or did you not know that?
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I voted for Ralph Nader, mainly because I felt that Clinton had sold out his liberal constituency. There hasn't been a truly liberal president in the White House since Lyndon Johnson. Heck, even Dick Nixon was more liberal than Clinton.\n\nThat being said, Clinton was an exteremely effective president who did bring our financial house in order after decades of mismanagement.
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He has stood for lower tax rates, the removal of price controls, strong punishment for crime and terrorism; and business privatization. He has also argued for more socially responsible economic policies, and was elected in 1995 after campaigning on a platform of healing the "social rift" (fracture sociale). His economic policies have at various times included both laissez-faire and dirigiste elements
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1. Neocons... hehe (thought I'd throw my own version of name calling in) use name calling as a method of 'winning'. That's all in the own head btw.\n\n2. I've watched some detailed research on this subject on CSpan and it was actually a goal of the Republican party to have a campaign designed specifically to make the word 'liberal' derogatory. Their goal was to have the words liberal and democrat to mean the same when someone is talking about each party.\n\nTheir strategy worked btw. Today even us democrats use the word liberal to describe us when we all know that the far left is only a minority of the democratic party.\n\nDid you know that Clinton was a moderate democrat? Yep. But if you listen to ppl today, they say, '... that liberal democrat Clinton.....'.
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Bill Clinton was fulfilling a campaign promise that he made - The Family and Medical Leave Act gave job protection to all people who were sick or had family members they needed to care for, but it especially helped women whose jobs could be threatened because of pregnancy and childbirth. It also was allowed a father to take off when a child was born to care for his family. \n\nOne of the economic reasons that women have lower wages is because the work of having children takes them out of the job market for a period of time.  Women who return to work after the birth of a child often find their jobs are gone, or they've beens shifted to a career path that might not allow them to reach the top rungs of the corporate ladder.  Pregnancy leave protections were there, but Clinton's plan was much more conprehensive.\n\nSimalar problems occur when women (often the primary caregivers in the family) and men have to care for their ailing parent or grandparent.   \n\nClinton was very understanding of this dilemma that millions of VOTING mothers face, and this is just one of his and Hilary's proposals that really clicked.  The soccer moms of the 1990s recognized the value of his vision for families and voted Clinton into office.
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clinton, hands down everything in the econ. was up with clinton in office. also he left office with a surplus in the budget, where now we are dulging into social security and going futher into a deficety everyday with bush.
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1) Correctly implemented policy for proper economic growth. Slow growth based on actual production is preferable to boom growth based off of hype. The economy is in good shape. Granted more has to be done now that the economy is on the right track, to cut spending back down in certain areas, but the spending was necessary to properly boost the economy and support the military actions.\n2) Has a focus on homeland security and taking the battle to terrorists instead of giving them more opportunities to attack on American soil.\n3) Sticks to his guns. Follows through. Not every decision is right, but he follows through on actions til conclusion.
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Clinton's politics have historically been far to the left - - she tried to engineer the government takeover of the entire health care sector, remember?    And if you've ever read It Takes a Village, MAN that is the 1990s version of Marx' Manifesto.\n\nShe sometimes gives speeches where she tries to sound centrist.\n\nWe just don't believe it.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt promised to get the US out of the great depression by creating a whole new unconstitutional bureaucratic system of government, the New Deal.  This brought about welfare, and demolished our limited, Constitutional government.  That Constitutionalism was being eaten away at before, but this was a very big part of doing away with the Founder's original intents.\n\nWWII also brought severe federal government restrictions on the economy, and I think price controls.  That further helped in the erosion of the original, limited federal government.
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Well, seeing that there's only been one president in the 21st Century (aside from the 19 days Clinton was in office pardoning all his contributors in 2001), I wonder what sort of agenda you have here.
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anything by bill clinton
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Hillary Clinton, this is part of a speach that she give in Chicago:\nAn Economy That Rewards Hard Work\n\n"America did not build the greatest economy in the world because we had rich people. Nearly any society has some of those. We built the greatest economy in the world - and most of us are beneficiaries of it - because we built the American middle class. ...If we don't send a signal that we are all in this together, the character of America will change." \n"I want to send the signal to every one of the people who served us tonight in this hotel, everybody that does the hard work that is so essential to keeping our economy going, that we want them to be successful, as well. And that anyone who works full time should not live in poverty." \n"The truth is we can't be secure without a strong economy, and we can't sustain our deepest values without an economy that rewards hard work." \nYou can listen to this important speech for yourself at http://www.hillaryclinton.com.
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It sounds like you need to learn a lot more about what Clinton did, good and bad. How about taking a history class at a local community college, where you can learn more about Clinton and other presidents have done for this country? \n\nClinton presided over one of the richest and most peaceful periods (8 years) in our nation's history and established friendly relations with many countries that were emerging from Communism. He fully funded education and set aside new wilderness land for protection. He also attempted (but failed) to pass universal health care coverage for all Americans, although he did manage to get COBRA health coverage for people who are between jobs and Family/Medical Leave that allows someone to take time off from work for the birth of a child or to care for a sick fmaily member. During Clinton's time in office, America had more respect from other countries of the world than we do now. He did not try to get extra rights for gays and lesbians, only the same treatment that other people already get.\n\nAll in all, I think Clinton will be remembered as one of the best Presidents in the second half of the 20th century, but one who perhaps ws not able to live up to his full potential (due to the failure of his health care plan since America was not ready for Hillary, the GOP takeover of Congress in 1994, and the Lewinsky scandal which crippled him in his second term).
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A few reasons:\n* Clinton precided over tremendous economic growth thanks to the Internet boom.\n* Clinton was president between the Cold War and the War on Terror. He cut military/defense spending and was able to concentrate on domestic spending, and spending less.\n* Clinton got to work with a fiscally responsible Congress. Only Congress has the right to spend money, according to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. The President does not have the power to do this, and therefore should never be given credit for a good economy or blame for a weak one. BTW, the economy started downward in Clinton's final year in office.
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Searching for a 'legacy' thru an aborted nation-building exercise in Haiti, attacking Serb civilian targets without UN approval, inviting terrorists to the WH, frying religious cultists in Waco, ignoring continuing and increasingly harmful terrorists attacks upon America and cutting the military and intelligence budgets at the same time. - 'Willard' Clinton\n\nCreating a welfare state and an intrusive government bureaucracy, while implementing policies that deepened and lengthened the Depression unnecessarily. - FDR
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When he was in high school, he was inspired to enter politics when he met former President John F. Kennedy.  \n\nHe graduated from Georgetown University and won a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford University which pretty much guarantees he had a higher GPA than Bush.\n\nA Rhodes scholarship is one of the most competitive and prestigious awards in higher education.\n\nHe was Arkansas Attorney General and of course governor for two terms before he defeated Bush Sr. for president which made him far more politically qualified to run the country than Bush Jr.\n\nClinton achieved all this without the help of having a father who was a former president (as a matter of fact Clinton's father was killed in a car accident 3 months before Clinton was born) or without the advantage of being born with a sliver spoon in his mouth.\n\nBush on the other hand was owner of Harkin Oil which was on the verge of collapse until the Gulf War suddenly brought the company out of ruin. Thanks Daddy.  He was governor of Texas for one term and while he was governor of Texas, our schools systems went belly up, poverty soared, and crime went to an all time high.  Dallas still has the highest violent crime rate in the country 8 years in a row.  \n\nYep, Clinton still gets my vote.\n\nThis what I could come up on short notice; I hate pop quizzes.\n\nFrom the day former President Clinton took the oath of office, he dedicated himself to making his campaign promises realities and constructing this country into what we became while he was president.  I’m not saying he completed these goals, I’m saying he did his best to complete them.  Instead of neglecting domestic issues, like Bush has done, such as health care, the elderly, education, child protection and crime, he addressed those issues head on.\n\nDuring those eight years he was in office, our country flourished; unemployment figures dropped to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the lowest inflation in 30 years, the highest home ownership in the country's history, dropping crime rates in many places, and reduced welfare rolls. He proposed the first balanced budget in decades and achieved a budget surplus. As part of a plan to celebrate the millennium in 2000, Clinton called for a great national initiative to end racial discrimination\n\nHe sent a strong message with the National Child Protection Act that American would not stand for our children to be abused; as child abuse rises and we watch horrible crimes been committed against our children, what has Bush done to protect the children of our country?\n\nCrime dropped with the passing of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and he supported hate crime legislation.  When Bush was governor of Texas he allowed hate crime legislation to lie on his desk until it expired and he repealed much of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act; violent crime has risen and is on the rise.\n\nEducation improved with the passing of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Vocational Education Act, and the Higher Education Act while passing a Comprehensive School Reform Program, a Reading Excellence Act, and Workforce Investment Act.  As we watch school districts going bankrupt and federal courts taking over school districts, ask yourself what has Bush done for America’s educational system? \n\nElderly were given the Long Term Care Security Act. What has Bush done for the elderly except offer a confusing prescription plan which has done nothing to help the elderly?\n\nIn 1995, Clinton attempted to pass anti-terrorism legislation, but the Republicans said the legislation would have taken away too many Constitutional Rights.  Again in1996, President Clinton urged Congress to come up with bi-partisan anti-terrorism legislation and once again, the Republicans refused to do so.  Think about these facts and the fact the Patriot Act is as strong as the legislation Clinton proposed.  Who is responsible for letting our guard down an