$3.5T Bill, and I listed some measures...including tax hikes on corporations and the wealthiest of Americans...as Clinton had done in 1993, with excellent results (i.e. a budget surplus upon leaving office 8 years later), showing that such measures can work for the good of the country...
PB jumped in before we could finish our conversation, asking whether Gingrich and the GOP had anything to do with either the tax increase, or the results...my response to him showed a history of party controls for the WH, House and Senate...noting that the GOP had always...always...gone for tax cuts when they had total control of all houses, so I showed that when Clinton and the Dems had full control immediately upon taking office, they passed their tax increase...it's very hard for me to imagine that Gingrich and the GOP would have urged him to do so...although, I'm sure they argued for lower increases...so, net/net...Gingrich & Co. had nothing to do with Clinton's actions...which clearly did not hurt the country's debt level.
Thanks for allowing me to make the point again...Cheers!