• veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Clinton was the last president that actually practiced fiscal responsibility with a budget surplus. Granted, his scandal was appalling for its time, but it was a personal affair afaic, he probably doesn’t need to be lumped in with the others.

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      He was more than his affair. His trade and business policies set the precedent for decades of bad faith decisions by American leadership.