President Clinton's Economic Reform

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Before Clinton election, the rich people got the benefits from Republican policies and Reaganomics. After Clinton was elected as a president, his supporters said that would help the middle class. Actually, there were several changes that taking place in the United States economy in the 1990s. The country began to move out of the recession. The economy began in growing slowly. The economy continued in improving until 2001. Also, President Clinton established an economic plan. That plan helped in reducing interest rate and inflation. Also, it helped in the decreasing of the deficit and increasing trade. All of these things led to encouraging businesses investment. So, the effects for that business investment was an increasing in employment

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