Quote from Messi007:
Bill Clinton (should I said Newt Gringich?) cut the most important tax (the capital gain tax) from 28% to 24%. Bush father was the one who in fact increased the effective tax rate. Rich People makes the money Through assets inflation (aka capital gain) Not by ordinary income. Did you know that there's a relationship between economic boom and Increased tax reveneues? When you have an economic bubble, then the tax revenues will come bigger.
The Fact is that Congress control de budget NOT the president.
Bill Clinton was a disaster. He was the one how signed the Housing Reinvestment act, the one who repeal de Glass-Steagal act and the one who signed the Futures reform act in 2000 and he was the one who dismantle the CIA. He left the country in a big recession.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_Budget_Reconciliation_Act_of_1993
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (or OBRA-93[1]) was federal law that was enacted by the 103rd United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. It has also been referred to, unofficially, as the Deficit Reduction Act of 1993. Part XIII, which dealt with taxes, is also called the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993.
Specifics
It created 36 percent and 39.6 income tax rates for individuals in the top 1.2% of the wage earners.[2]
It created a 35 percent income tax rate for corporations.
The cap on Medicare taxes was repealed.
Transportation fuels taxes were raised by 4.3 cents per gallon.
The taxable portion of Social Security benefits was raised.
The phase-out of the personal exemption and limit on itemized deductions were permanently extended.
Effect
The government was able to raise additional revenue, which helped balance the budget and by the end of the 1990s began to reduce privately held public debt.[3] An equally if not more powerful influence was the booming economy and huge gains in the stock markets, from the dot-com bubble, which brought in hundreds of millions in unanticipated tax revenue from taxes on capital gains and rising salaries. [4]