Was life really better under Clinton?

I remember Clinton's term as being a heck of a lot more fun than Bush's The economy wasn't that bad, I was working then and not being taxed to harshly, the military is always being cut so I don't blame that on him personally. At least with Ckinton people still were able to keep the houses they bought Is any of that a reason to vote Obama? Nope

I can't speak for anyone but myself - but in my opinion life was much better when Clinton was in office. I didn't have to worry about losing my job to overseas companies, if I lost my job I could find another fairly easily, and my cost of living was significantly less. Now it is a daily struggle, and I can not wait until his term is over. Gas prices are outrageous and Bush has no plans on stopping the increase and yet gas prices can flux up to .50 cents daily and vary as you drive down the street. I never had to work two jobs before (and I make more now than when Clinton was in office), or have struggled this badly. It may not have been a perfect term in office, but it was a whole lot better than it is now.

Well yeah life was better under Clinton. Our biggest national calamity was weather or not he lied about doing Monica in the Oval Office. All the issues and problems were just a small snowball that has gradually rolled into the avalanche we have now. Other than that, life was about the same for me.

I remember my mother telling me that she remembers gas prices at 25 cents a gallon, and she thinks it's been over-priced ever since. I also had a better job under the Clinton administration (that is, I just happened to have a better job) - but it's not Bush's fault where I was then, and where I am now. I like neither Democrat nor Republican - I call them Repubocrats. They are all the same to me, and I've been voting 3rd parties since the 1984 election (my third) - However, to Clinton's credit, I didn't lower my standards and voted Republican to get him out of office like I voted Democrat in the 2004 election to get Bush out of office. Most people will see how successful that strategy worked. Well, no more. I will vote for the party I most agree with. - I was with the Natural Law Party, but they are no longer participating in national elections. I will vote for more local offices in that party, but I am still up in the air as to who to vote for for offices like president of the United States. No, it will neither be Obama nor McCain.

Clinton was actually a really good president. Everyone was real hard on him because of the whole Monica Lewinsky scandel, however, presidents have been doing that stuff for years. Even have a back door where the girls come into the White House. Also the thing that I remember most from Clinton, was for one the Health Care, how many people did not worry about heatlh coverage because it was taken care of. Another thing that I remember is the economy, the economy was in pretty good shape when Clinton was in office. He held it really well. It's not him that destroyed the economy, in all honesty there has not been one country that has went to war and not suffered economically. Look at Louis XIV he helped us out against King George and he went bankrupt. Another good example is the great depression, all of the economics reflect things that happen or occur in the country. I guess it is all how you look at it. I thought he was great for the economy and so does my professors who have taught me to look at the overall politics of the situation. Maybe though their was more scandel then we were aware of though, who knows. Great discussion.

While you make some comparisons, why not gauge it this way: Under which of these administrations do YOU suppose there has been a BIGGER EROSION of America's Middle-Class? We have an increasingly WEALTHY RULING CLASS in America, that literally controls the laws, courts and public institutions that the rest of us are forced to live with. The big have gotten just a little bit too big for the good of our Country and the majority of people living in it. Now often, when I make that comment, I get called a communist, a socialist and so on. WELL, if we are to have socialism, let it be for the benefit of CITIZENS and NOT FOR HUGE FINANCIAL CORPORATE INTERESTS. I am sick of all the Republican cries for personal responsibility while we watch daily the gross irresponsibility of powerful corporations, who get bail out after baul out, while their corporate boards and officers collect millions, and that is just in their perks and bonuses. I certainly think that this economy was doing far better under Clinton than it ever has under Bush. I actually still believe that Bush was NOT elected at all, we have been living under a dictatorship of the privileged corporate elite, we may as well call him KING, or EMPORER-- thank GOD that his brother didn't decide to run and carry on the will of the BUSHES! I view this as perhaps the last chance that ORDINARY AMERICANS will have to make any inroad in reclaiming some power. My father was a veteran, my brother served, my deceased sister served in the Coast Guard and I KNOW they did not serve so that we could have a president with SEVEN HOMES, as record numbers of American Citizens have NONE, face foreclosures, evictions, job losses, get screwed out of their hard earned pensions-- I could go on and on. Do I think people making OVER 250K a year NEED a tax break? NO. Trickle Down Theories have NEVER worked, you just get a concentration of greedier and greedier people on top and needier and needier people at the bottom. America never had the sort of class division that we do today. Today we have homeless families-- we have mentally ill citizens roaming about with no provisions or care-- we have criminal economies growing exponentially in every large city in America, WHY? Because that IS the only job in town in some of these neighborhoods. I KNOW. It is time for CHANGE. And it will remain time for CHANGE no matter who wins the election. And change will happen, because past a point, as more and more Americans become disillusioned and disenfranchised, change will come. I just hope it doesn't take another Civil War! Hopefully, we can still have elections where votes get counted. If so, I have little doubt that Barack Obama will WIN this election. I do believe the Clinton's did not address the biggest issue we have today any better than the Bush camp has, and that is that there has been an incredible disproportionate distance between the haves and the have nots. I live in Massachusetts, and I will never forget how during the Clinton years, my agin mother paid MORE in taxes than Coca-Cola did! We have been needing some RADICAL changes for YEARS, hopefully NOW we will see some. At least that is MY hope. And, no I am not a RADICAL, NOT A COMMUNIST, I belive in working, contributing and doing one's share-- that said, I also believe that NOBODY SHOULD OWN MORE HOUSES THAN THEY CAN COUNT! lol

I can only speak for myself but my life was much more comfortable. In general there was peace - no wars, much less unemployment, budget was out of deficit. The past 8 years have changed all that for the worse.

I live in Canada, but I remember the scandals, and that as soon as Clinton left office, the terrorists bombed the Twin Towers. Now I happen to know if they plan a strike like that, it was started while Clinton was president. I have lived long enough to see what happens to several presidents, and I did notice a trend that Democrats can do no wrong, and the Republicans get blamed for everything. I did notice that things got better under Bush, but then they started to blame him for things they would not have blamed Clinton for. The thing wrong was those sub prime lenders and the people who bought houses they could not afford. I think the sub prime lenders were designed for those who had a temporary slump in jobs and the next year or months later would get a better or be rehired and not those who would never have a good paying job in their lifetime.

I remember the Clinton years a lot differently than what you described. I made much less and could afford much more. And I am not referring to credit debt. I could afford my house payments, I could afford food, I could afford gas. And it wasn't a struggle to afford it. I could even afford to save as well as have a little extra spending money. Not the case in the Bush years. Although I make considerably more money and I still do not live on credit, it is a struggle to meet the cost of heating my home, it is a struggle to afford the maintenance, it's a struggle to purchase food, it's a struggle to put gas in the car to go to work. Now, I'm not saying Clinton walked on water. I do believe there are mistakes he made that also contributed to what we are experiencing now, but overall, I think the Bush administration has to take the brunt of the responsibility. Just my opinion.

My friend I don't live in America never been there but I follow world news. Under Clinton administration there were good things and the economy was great because when America Economy is doing good then the third world countries are doing well. Clinton leave a good Economy that Bush came and abuse and mash up. What these persons are saying is true and if you look with out a political color you will see that it is the truth. It is because of this I was routing for Hilliary to be Vice President because she and Bill could assist Obama when he wins. I hope though that he will give him a advisory position. He will be receiving a country that is not doing well and he need all the helps that he can get when he wins.

i can only say when Clinton was a president there was no war! thats all there was PEACE.

Sounds like you must have Amnesia Dori. I was younger when Bill Clinton was president, but I do remember being able to fill up the tank in my 1984 LeBaron for less than $10.00 (9 gallon tank), and I remember having no problem finding a job, I also remember watching CNBC listening to all of the money being made, and republicans spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars because they couldn't beat him in an election. Those are the facts about the Clinton years, and I can tell you right now Bush would give one of twins for Clinton's economy. Bill Clintons't tax increase led to the largest boom market in the last 30 years. I hate to tell you this, but there is something called economic cycles, right now Bush's boom (well for the people making six figures on up) is busting as we speak (I see you forgot all about that). One of my favorite memories of the Bush Sr. administration was the picture of Rummy, and D!ck Cheney going over the cuts that they were going to implement in military funding (now republicans will never admit this happened, even when you show them the youtube video, they act like four year olds having a temper tantrum holding their hands up over their ears screaming "I can't hear you"). I remember Bush sending millions of jobs over to China, and the American people sending tens of billions of dollars over to a communist country, so Wal-Mart can sell us cheap products, and we fund our next enemies military. I remember George W. Bush walking into office with a budget surplus (that was long gone four months into office), I remember the price of gas at $1.09 a gallon in 1998 (yes that is right ten years ago it as that cheap), I remember the price of a durm of oil at $10.00, I remember the oil companies complaining about losing money, and OPEC crying about price. My, how things have changed for the worse in only 10 years, No wonder the American people want Barack in office, the world can't afford another George W. Bush, and McCain supports everyone of Bush's failed policies.

I think the country was a ot better when Clinton was president. I think that he was a great president. We didnt have half the problems that we have now. However, I am not voting for Obama. He is a totally different person from Clinton.

I agree that life was really great under the Clintons.Economy was booming those days.Now its the reverse,county is in recession now.Jobless,sub prime crisis,and lot many problems.

I remember life being better under Clinton. Things were not so expensive. Gas was a heck or a lot cheaper, and there was no major war going on. Yes, I was a child in the 1990's, but does it matter? Clinton was nowhere near as bad as Bush.

My life and financial situation ahs been up and down. And it had nothing whatsoever to do with who was in office. I remember good financial tiemes and bad under all the administrations I have lived under. I don't place my financial destiny in the hands of one man and the governemtn doesn't set my station in life. Every personal financial hardship I can recall, has been thge result of decisions I have made, or circumstances that fall under eh catergory of "life happens"

I will agree with the basis of what they are saying. Yes the economy and the state of our country was better during the time period that CLinton was president. However, that had very little if anything to do with the president himself. IMO congress is the one that really has the ability to change things they are the one that can make or break this country as are the American people. If we have a problem with the way things are going them we are the ones that need to do something about it. The president it just one person. Yes he/she has influence and yes he/she has some power but they are not all powerful and can be voted down when it comes to their policies and ideas for running the government. What people do not like to remeber is that the economy started to down slide during the Clinton administration but they were too busy looking into his private life at that time to really take notice. It take several months for things to really show up in our economy. I am not saying that Bush has been a saint and great leader but it has not been entirely his doing.