When Clinton first started running for President his main goals he wanted to accomplish included health care reform, improving the school system, and strengthening the economy and creating new jobs. Clinton’s agenda was conservative much like this quote from David Harsanyi, "Despite bringing some big liberal ideas, earthy debauchery and all manner of corruption to the Oval Office," Harsanyi writes, Mr. Clinton "presided over a thriving economy, declared the era of big government over and signed more consequential conservative legislative than any president since - and perhaps, anyone before him.” Clinton had liberal ideas but had a more conservative legislation, he wanted a big government and a thriving economy and those are the types of bills he would sign into office.
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Economically in his first 2 years, he created six million new jobs which is about 250,000 every month. Part of the 1993 Economic Plan, cut taxes on 15 million low-income families with incomes of $27,000 or less and tax cuts to 90% of small business and only raising taxes 1.2% to the wealthy tax payers. In 1994, the economy had the lowest combination of unemployment and inflation in 25 years. He had the largest deficit reduction plan in history, over $600 billion, the deficit had already gone down for 3 years in a row since Harry Truman. Not only did Clinton excel in improving the economy but he also improved multiple sectors of the country but one that is more known is where he implemented the Family and Medical Leave Act, which gave workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-guaranteed leave for child birth, adoption, or personal/family illness. That is so important for pregnant women and being able to take off work for a parent, spouse or child getting ill and you needing to be with them during that time. In addition to that bill he also had high home ownership, low crime rates, and generated a budget
Economically in his first 2 years, he created six million new jobs which is about 250,000 every month. Part of the 1993 Economic Plan, cut taxes on 15 million low-income families with incomes of $27,000 or less and tax cuts to 90% of small business and only raising taxes 1.2% to the wealthy tax payers. In 1994, the economy had the lowest combination of unemployment and inflation in 25 years. He had the largest deficit reduction plan in history, over $600 billion, the deficit had already gone down for 3 years in a row since Harry Truman. Not only did Clinton excel in improving the economy but he also improved multiple sectors of the country but one that is more known is where he implemented the Family and Medical Leave Act, which gave workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-guaranteed leave for child birth, adoption, or personal/family illness. That is so important for pregnant women and being able to take off work for a parent, spouse or child getting ill and you needing to be with them during that time. In addition to that bill he also had high home ownership, low crime rates, and generated a budget