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No Gandalf, I was specifically talking about Reagan's economic policies enabling the 90's boom. Had the economy persisted as they were under Carter, Clinton and/or Bush Sr. would have been dealing with what Reagan had to. Whether you want to give credit to Clinton or the Republican Congress for jump starting it and keeping it going into 9/11, that's up to you, I won't argue. I don't really know what the heck Clinton did to help, but take a look at how much he wanted to spend, and then how much he spent. Look at the wars we were in like Somalia, Haiti, Serbia, bombing Baghdad. The debt was erased, but do you remember how much congress had to fight him, and override his vetoes, in order to get a balanced budget? He did act to have defense cut, but he wanted giant increases in almost all social programs. I guess the fact is, good things happened when he was president so he gets credit. Oops, I said I wasn't going to argue, sorry.