{"id":13889,"date":"2012-11-21T19:39:04","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T19:39:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-11-21T19:39:04","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T19:39:04","slug":"countering_the_clinton_surplus_lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/11\/21\/countering_the_clinton_surplus_lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Countering the Clinton Surplus Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Greg in Denver, welcome to the EIB Network.  Hello.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Rush, mega dittos.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Thank you, sir.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  From a conservative outpost in Denver Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Yes, sir.  Wonderful to have you here with us.<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"eZObject_69853\" class=\"alignright\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/ObamaHillaryWhisperBill.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Rush, I\u2019m a CPA, and I knew after the 2006 midterms the Republicans were going to have to neutralize the Democrats\u2019 political advantage resulting from the Clinton surpluses or we, meaning all Americans, were going to lose for years.  And, Rush, you know, I\u2019ve studied this issue for years, and the path to recovery starts by explaining the fundamentals of Clinton\u2019s balanced budgets, specifically focusing on the tax revenue-to-GDP spike being caused from the temporary dot-com boom and explain how the revenue spike had nothing to do with government policy.  And from there, Rush, you can expose how the Democrats have systematically used the end of the temporary economic events during the Clinton years as a basis to blame Bush for destroying the economy.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  By destroying the Clinton surpluses?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Right.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  There really weren\u2019t any Clinton surpluses.  They were imaginary, but to whom do we start talking about the revenue spike and government policy relating to tax percentage as a share of GDP, who do we tell that story to?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  That\u2019s exactly the issue.  It is a difficult story to explain, and that\u2019s why the Democrats have been able to capitalize on the difficulty of the issue.  But the fundamentals of the economy, which are the truth of the matter, are the only way to neutralize the Clinton surplus &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Maybe I could go on Dancing With the Stars as a contestant and then when they interview me, talk about it there, or maybe I could arrange, you know, a lecture at George Washington high school or someplace.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  No, here\u2019s the way the point\u2019s gonna have to get communicated.  It\u2019s going to have start with the debate in Congress where the people in Congress understand what caused the debate and we can start to change the dialogue in this country to focus on the temporary events, that Bush had nothing to do with eliminating the temporary events associated with the dot-com boom.<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"eZObject_69878\" class=\"aligncenter\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/ClintonGoreBudget.jpg\"\/><BR\/>RUSH:  Look, I know exactly what you\u2019re saying, I understand it, and everybody has, in their review of history, something that they think if we just tell the story about this, and this is an important one, but you got Bill Clinton out there saying we finished our two terms with surpluses and Bush just ran right through \u2019em.  Our counter to that is, no, if you go back and look at the percentage of taxes compared to GDP and the temporary spikes in revenue caused by tax, we\u2019ve lost \u2019em.  At least half the Congress isn\u2019t interested in the truth about this.  There are a lot of lies that we\u2019ve gotta figure a way to counter.  There are all kinds of truths that we have got to be able to tell.  And whoever comes up with a way to get through to the people that need to hear it is going to be immensely popular and successful in any which way he or she chooses.  I\u2019m glad you called, Greg.  Thanks much.<\/line><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Greg in Denver, welcome to the EIB Network. Hello. CALLER: Rush, mega dittos. RUSH: Thank you, sir. CALLER: From a conservative outpost in Denver Colorado. RUSH: Yes, sir. Wonderful to have you here with us. 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