Bill Clinton: GOP adopts European policies

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NEW YORK, June 4 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Monday the Republican Party and presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney "have adopted Europe's economic policies."

Speaking in New York at a fundraiser for the re-election campaign of President Barack Obama, Clinton said the Republican plan for the U.S. economy is "austerity and unemployment now, and then a long- term budget that would explode the debt when the economy recovers so the interest rates would be so high, nobody would be able to do anything."

"The Republican Congress and their nominee for president, Governor Romney, have adopted Europe's economic policies," Clinton said at the home of Avenue Capital Group founder Marc Lasry.

He said Obama's economic policy is "job growth now, and long-term budget restraint." Clinton accused Republicans of engaging in politics of "constant conflict" and said GOP economic policies are "crazy."

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Bill Clinton Criticizes Austerity Measures In U.S., Europe

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--U.S. and European politicians are squabbling over austerity measures to resolve deep-seated economic problems, but instead need to set aside entrenched views and take a longer-term approach to find real solutions, former President Bill Clinton told a financial conference.

In Europe, the key to battling its economic malaise is in taking the long view: promoting growth instead of a current plan to pare debt by cutting spending and raising taxes, Clinton told the Milken Institute Global Conference.

"The prescription of austerity continues to be pushed in the face of evidence that it won't work," said the president who held office before George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He called on leaders in both Europe and the United States to work on a strategy "of what would work in a five-year period, a 10-year period, instead of three or six months."
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It's true that the GOP and certain European nations are both pushing austerity measures. Still, just what amount of spending constitutes austerity varies quite a bit from nation to nation. The UK for instance has much higher public sector spending post-austerity than the US has without a sustained austerity drive (at least at the federal level) (Government spending - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
 
Glad to hear this being said out loud. Maybe the dumb ass rw's will finally GET IT.

But, gotta say, I doubt it.

Its pretty cerebral for the R to understand.
 
He's off. GOP wants to cut taxes and cut spending. European nations have been increasing taxes and cutting spending. There is a difference.
 
European Policies: European Union under Central Banker Tyranny. Am I the only one seeing them implode right now? F*ck that!

William Jefferson "Blythe" Clinton is a P.O.S.
 
He's off. GOP wants to cut taxes and cut spending. European nations have been increasing taxes and cutting spending. There is a difference.

Yes the GOP'S idea is moronic

Worked well when we faced the 1920 Depression.

It's amazing how increasing the tax base by lowering taxes and thus ensuring more people will simply pay them instead of attempt to move their money elsewhere increases revenues and jumpstarts the economies. Cutting spending does the same.

Should we succeed in doing so we will make our dollars worth more and pay off our debt in no time.
 

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