Quote from Jayford:
100% due to Newt and his contract with America crowd. Not only was a balanced budget their PLATFORM, but they so thoroughly took over congress that Clinton had no choice but to adopt the same. He never said anything about this until they swept into office (which is why it was their platform). Clinton had the tech boom going for him also (dramatically increased the GDP). Talk about timing!
Not quite -- the tech boom came in his second term, and that doesn't explain how he reduced spending in his first term.
There's no question that the Republicans helped push the balanced budget issue, but when push came to shove and Clinton shut down the government when the Republicans blocked his budget, it was the Clinton budget that passed.
BTW, only Congress actually spends money. Praise or blame congress.
No. The Office of Management and Budget is part of the White House and prepares the proposed budget. Yes it is passed by congress, but the budget is designed by the White House.
I fear that it doesn't matter who is in office now. SPEND SPEND SPEND. Until we are so bankrupt, that we will be forced to change.
Well that's what the Republicans said about Clinton, and they were wrong.
Also your theories don't explain how, if the Republicans were primarily responsible, they were unable to balance the budget when they had control of the house, the senate, the presidency, the Supreme Court, three KFC's, and the White House greenskeeper why they couldn't balance the budget -- or even come close.
