<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MaRdYC26 @ Jan 5 2007, 09:13 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>"Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, which required large employers to allow their employees to take unpaid leave because of pregnancy or serious medical condition." <--This has been huge."Clinton's attempt to fulfill another campaign promise of allowing openly gay men and lesbians serving in the armed forces was the subject of criticism." <--This is all based on your political views. I think this is a good thing, while others don't like it. Simply opinion."Clinton signed the Brady Bill, which imposed a five-day waiting period on handgun purchases. He also expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit, which benefits working class families with dependent children." <--Trying to reduce violence and help middle class famlies."It raised taxes on the wealthiest 1.2% of taxpayers, while cutting taxes on 15 million low-income families and making tax cuts available to 90 percent of small businesses.[12] Additionally, it mandated that the budget be balanced over a number of years, and the implementation of spending restraints." <--Going back to your political views. I believe we should increase taxes on the rich, while lowering on middle class famlies."In addition to his political skills, Clinton also benefited from a boom of the US economy. Under Clinton, the United States had a projected federal budget surplus for the first time since 1969."<--Great for the country.I also believe he increased minimum wage, and and I also think he introduced
affirmative action</div>Helping pregnant women is good, but certainly not worthy of making him one of the greatest presidents of all time. That's ridiculous.Helping gays be allowed to be in the military is fine, but once again not that important in my book. Gays are not a very large group in this country like people act. It's mostly hype. Anyway, unless you have "GAY" stamped on your forehead or you tell them you are gay, how would they know anyway? You couldn't say you were before Clinton, you couldn't say you were after him. Very meaningless to me.Those two bills are fine with me, but not really America changing in my opinion. You can still get a gun if you want one. I guarantee you if someone wants to murder someone, they can.Okay, fine.Yeah, I said myself that he benefitted from a great economy. So what. No one cares that he benefitted from it. He didn't do anything to cause it, and anyone should be able to tell that.Minimum wage is actually bad for a lot of people. When the minimum wage gets raised, prices get raised on all products/services in America (unless somehow your business doesn't hire anybody at or just above minimum wage). Many people get fired/laid off because they can't afford to hire everyone at the new wage. Minimum wage can be good for some people, but it has its negatives.I found that Clinton did a review on affirmative action, which basically had the purpose of knowing what was going on in America with affirmative action. Otherwise, I know of nothing that he did involving that. Affirmative action is racist and downright idiotic. I can't understand why any black person would want it. It implies that black people are somehow less than worthy of doing what a white man can. Black people have today and have had for decades tons of opportunity to do what they want. All it does is give jobs to people less qualified based on the color of their skin. I don't see how that helps America. You tell me.My brother told me recently that there was a case where a white person who was of African descent was denied a scholarship after they found out he was white. He sued and won. Props to him for defeating a racist group giving out scholarships.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MaRdYC26 @ Jan 5 2007, 09:38 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Or the fact republicans could care less about black people, yeah.</div>So, if Republicans could care less, then that implies that they do care, right?Anyway, Clinton didn't do that much for black people. Most of the rights they have today were earned long before he came along. To say that Clinton is one of the best presidents based on that is a travesty. Lincoln easily did more for black rights than Clinton did (see:
Emancipation Proclamation). I'd really like to know why people think Kennedy is so great, too.