Pros And Cons Of Bill Clinton

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Bill Clinton. The only president to experience such extreme highs and extreme lows, yet receive a mostly positive outcome. During the 42nd president’s years in office the United States population averaged 280 million. Major events such as the regulation of biological weapons and missiles began in Iraq to dispose of any threats made to other nations, including the US. With the 90s came a more modernized era, with the creation of the first smartphone by IBM, to the bulky iMac G3 from Apple. This was the Clinton term, which began on January 20, 1993 and ended on January 20, 2001.
Throughout his election, Bill Clinton demonstrated a variety of skills including confidence and intelligence, but one of the most valuable traits Clinton possessed that assisted his presidency was his endless drive to reduce the deficit. His idea was to raise taxes for the country, so that in turn, interest rates would improve, and people would be able to use a loan to pay for homes, cars, and more, without worrying about excessive expenditure. Many members of the senate, including his own party believed he was thinking beyond reality and that it would never work. However, Bill Clinton’s endless persistence for his policies to come through did in fact cause an % increase in the economy.
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While he had a sharp wit, his courage did not match.
Overall, most negative aspects of Bill Clinton’s presidency are overlooked because of the growth he instituted which brought about 20 million more jobs in the country. He was not the wisest person, or the most moral, mainly due to his short temper and preference to protect himself, instead of acting to save people from crisis in other

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