Bill Clinton - Redefines Democratic-Republican

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Clinton
took office, the deficit quadrupled in size" (deficit 1). As a result, Clinton
must engage in creative cost cutting techniques to keep the budget under control.
Money afforded to state and local governments for development programs, such as
those which relieve "urban blight," will eventually be cut by two-thirds, a
third more then Gingrich's last congress proposed (Rauch 2). In addition, cuts
to transportation aid will prove fifty percent greater then republican
propositions (Rauch 2). According to Clinton, all of these maneuvers will
result in the lowering of the deficit by $600 billion, or almost one-third by
the year 1998 (progress 1). Economists speculate that these reforms may produce
the desired effect (Rauch 2). However, putting these measures into action may
contradict one of Clinton's main election tenets - to preserve the status quo as
it relates to government programs. The final budget will include one-seventh
for interest on the national debt. A ...

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