President Bill Clinton in 1996: “The era of big government is (NOT!) over” — 13 years later

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Exposing Faux Capitalism
October 12, 2009

On January 27, 1996, President Bill Clinton stated during his 1996 State of the Union Address, “The era of big government is over.”

The federal budget numbers are from the 1996 and 2009 budgets.

THEN: No government bailouts

NOW: Bailouts could reach $23.7 trillion

THEN: Total federal spending was $1.61 trillion

NOW: $3.1 trillion

THEN: Government was already big.

NOW: The PATRIOT Act, Department of Homeland Security, two unconstitutional wars, federalization of the National Guard, warrantless wiretaps, 30+ “Czars.”

THEN: Defense spending was $262.2 billion

NOW: $651.1 billion

THEN: The federal debt was $5.27 trillion

NOW: $10.41 trillion

THEN: “Our economy is the healthiest it has been in three decades.”

NOW: The economy is the worst it’s been in six decades.

THEN: “We have the lowest combined rates of unemployment and inflation in 27 years.”

NOW: The highest rate of unemployment in 26 years.

THEN: “America is selling more cars than Japan for the first time since the 1970s.”

NOW: GM and Chrysler went bankrupt, Toyota overtook GM as the world’s largest car producer in 2008 for the first time ever.

THEN: “And for three years in a row, we have had a record number of new businesses started in our country.”

NOW: The highest number of bankruptcies in the past four years since the 2005 bankruptcy overhaul.

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60 Responses to “President Bill Clinton in 1996: “The era of big government is (NOT!) over” — 13 years later”

America Reclaimed Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Same one-party system.

tailgunner Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
I need help! Please read.

My idea: amend the Geneva Conventions to stop undeclared war?

Anyone that can help please goto: http://realitybloger.wordpress.....onvention/

Leave a message!

Thanks.

Mary k (not) Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Then: I was asleep
Now: I am awake

Then: I trusted the boot over my head was there to protect me.
Now: I realize gravity isn’t the Only force pushing me down.

Then: I thought it was one big fun amusement park, this world.
Now: I have lifted the curtain, and viewed reality.

Mary k (not) Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Then: I was pretty and young with nice boobs and a date
Now: I’m a miserable fat ass trailer park trash where my boobs hit the ground

Then: I had a high school education
Now: I’m not smarter then a 5th greader

Then: I thought conspiracy is for nut jobs
Now: I am wearing a tinfoiled crown

Then: I had a life and I partied
Now: I sell scraps, listen to Alex Jones and depend on Social Security to pay for my bills.

larry Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Then: I was lost under Satans spell.
Now: I am found by God and have the Holy Ghost and am Free

Mary k (not) Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Then: I used to look like Hillary Duff
Now: I look like South Park’s Miss Crabtree.

Mary k (not) Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Lolo…..Good Work !!!

achiles7 Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
love the satire:
then: i bought into the idealism of optimisim through the ever golden college education
now: i just quit my doctorate with one year to go..lol

open eyes: the greatest scarifices are yet to come.

take heart sons and daughters of liberty.

better a dead freeman than a fat slave viva revolution.

Marry Me (NOT) Reply:
October 13th, 2009 at 1:09 am
Then: I used to pretend I was a woman named “Mary K (not)”
Now: Everyone on Infowars calls me a shill and tells me to go fuck off.

Dont Euthanize Me Bro Reply:
October 13th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Then: Americans were fat, stupid, and lazy
Now: Americans are fat, stupid, and lazy

Gandhi Reply:
October 13th, 2009 at 10:05 am
Then: I was alive and the Gov’t hadn’t killed me yet and I was a peace activist.
Now: I think WTF? I was an idiot.

Then: Alex was a glimmer in his daddy’s eye
Now: Now alex is a twinkle in his daddy’s eyes

Rober Stakes Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Wow, now AJ is going neocon on us. What about bush too?

I’m outta here, this is the last straw, I had a feeling this guy was a lacky, but now I see it. You can’t trust someone who works for MSM. Before you start licking hisdick, look up who he works for you dumb inbreds

Bankdog Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Who does he work for? CIA, FBI, FOX, Mossad? They weren’t siding with the left, they were pointing out how much gov’t has grown. Settle down.

Paul Wall Reply:
October 13th, 2009 at 3:56 am
I thought it was not about the left or right Alex? I see you bash the left and leave the right alone. What happen to equal bashing Mr I’m a Right Jones?

FACTS Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
See how our tax money is illegally spent – http://corner.nationalreview.c.....EwYjNhZDI=
puppetsinDC Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
clinton, 911 was an inside job, how dare you? what a jerk

Voice of the Republic Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
The British Special Air Services (S.A.S.) motto is “Who Dares – WINS!” I remember that fact (one of my covert ops instructors, in pistol shooting, high explosives, and booby traps, was an ex-SAS NCO who came to the US and joined U.S. Army Special Forces) every time I hear Clinton’s arrogant assault on the Truth…

THE WATCHER Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Voice of the Republic – I’ve worked with SAS teams (Rhodesia, South Africa, etc.). Those guys do fabulously efficient “ops” and they’re fun to work with – they have the same sick sense of humor that I do. They could be put to good use in South Africa right now. http://witleeu-totalonslaught......es-in.html

RUBBER CKICKEN FOR NOBEL PRIZE Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
WIFE WATCHER WHILE YOU WERE WITH SAS TEAM-BULLSHIT!!!!!
THE OTHER TEAM WERE SHAGGING YOUR PARTNER.
FUCK OFF YOU GOVERNMENT GRASS GET A REAL CAREER THAT SUITS YOU,LAB RAT.
PS YOUR MISSES IS GREAT.

THE WATCHER Reply:
October 13th, 2009 at 12:09 am
RUBBER CKICKEN FOR NOBEL PRIZE – What country does my wife reside in, smart ass. I was not IN the S.A.S., but the Intel Agency I used to work for did “ops” with them, fool.

THE WATCHER Reply:
October 13th, 2009 at 12:11 am
RUBBER CKICKEN FOR NOBEL PRIZE – How would you like to wear your asshole as a necklace, you gay dick head?

JaneTheCarpenter Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
LOL!! Ever time I hear he’s voice saying that, it makes my skin crawel. Bill sure is drinking alot, you can tell by looking at he’s nose. That’s the nose of a drunk!!
EU-Lex Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Well done, Europe as a country will stand behind you…or is standing…yyyeaah.
faceless renegade Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
the clintons are big wheel coke dealers
dWaRf mApLe Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Why do the words scum bag always come to your mind when you see these people?

Gas Passer Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Just because they are.
For shizzel Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
the new new new new new mOney is on the way

Future world currency

YOOh To alex from HOlland we love you man

keep fighting!! we fighting over here Ducht is getting dangers

Every day more POlice!!1 But
don’t worry them scary ass croced police AIN’T CHIT TO US

Get to know Jezus soon !!!
Charlie Frost Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Ebony and Ivory, together we are in harmony………………B & B (Bill & Barack) 2012!

Platform? No war, no taxes, no oppression.

Language? Hegelian Dialectic, spoken there.

Voters? We don’t need no stinking voters.

Where can I go hide?
Aloha, Charlie.

YELLOWHAK1 Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
“ebony and ivory” that was hilarious! that songs stuck it my head now. i’ll burst out laughing and no one will know why.
NWO Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
TWINS, it’s hard to tell them apart in that picture. Make us proud boys!

SheDeveled Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
oh Great…. I just pee’d myself laughing…
Thanks !
SPIRITBLADE Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
We’re screwed, glued, and tatooed.

LEARN IT – LIVE IT

[ARM-UP, SPREAD-OUT]

SPIRITBLADE Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
i’d also appreciate-it, if you irregulars in Austin can rotate a peremeter around Alex-

Trolly Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Stupid fucking troll, try not replying to your own posts or at least remember to change you id you fuck!

SPIRITBLADE Reply:
October 13th, 2009 at 9:05 am
i’m sorry, apparently you’ve confused-me, with someone who might pay-attention to a public masturbator.

no-one here gets ‘boo’ outta me

Grow-up, leave that thing alone, (it’ll grow by itself).
GFS39884 Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Then: Most businesses were owned by small companies and were run in the United States.
Now : Most businesses are owned by Chinese, Indian, and Americans are Unemployed.

Married to 1/3 Native American Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Then: During the industrialization of America in 1860s there was influx of immigrant workers that caused second generation Americans to loose good paying jobs.

Now: Most industries have left the country to chase after cheap labor!
GFS39884 Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
American people will be out in freezing cold this winter!

Gas Passer Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
How can that be when the government and the liberal media is telling us day after day that the earth is heating up?
Outsourced America Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Learn additional languages, you will need them soon to communicate with the people that be taking over what is left of what once was a great country.

Married to 1/3 Native American Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Maybe it would be best that other nations learn about American culture and the U.S. Constitution before coming over here. My parents and in-law’s don’t prefer to speak any other language. I know a lot of people that usually hang up on telemarketers just because they speak with a foreign accent.
jkkk Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
VOOOm
Gas Passer Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
I thought that the Oval Office Pervert (Clinton) was the first elected black president. Isn’t that what the liberal media proclaimed to the nation?
Jeff Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
“WakeUp” http://www.archive.org/details/WakeUp_542

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Bargeman Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Bill Clinton is such an asshole. He needs to stick his head up Hillarys twat and suffocate himself.
Free Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Health Care Bill = Real ID

Under penalty of law (Gun point) all Americans must comply.

Every person in the United States will be forced onto a Federal Data Base and will receive a medical ID card – aka Real ID.

And you thought your loving gov’t cared about your health..

KDUDU Reply:
October 13th, 2009 at 12:08 am
You want to know what ID stands for in Real ID?, Incredible Disaster not Identification
klaatu Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
I could have sworn a Republican was in the WH for the last 8 years. AJ isn’t even trying to hide his bias anymore. It’s not about the left or right my ass…
Andrew Jackson Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
if someone wants to be a real guru answer the following question: when was the last time our federal government had a surplus for that fiscal year?
sharkman Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Bill Clinton traitor to America.Liar to his family and his country that is his legacy.Piece of shit liar.Obama is on the same level.
braindead chimpanzee Says:
October 13th, 2009 at 12:48 am
You gotta give the elite credit if they succeed in creating a jew world disorder.
Scott Webb Says:
October 13th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Meanwhile commentators in the UK are over the moon about new airport full body scanners(shakes head) http://news.sky.com/skynews/Ho.....y_Machine_
DreamToShare Says:
October 13th, 2009 at 7:52 am
My latest dream and I would like to share it with you the readers

“I entred this big library with loads of books. Right in the middle of the room there was a big book layed open on a beautiful wooden stand. I approached and started readig some questions that I don’t remeber of. At the bottom of the page there were TWO answers to choose Love or something else that I can’t recall. I heard a voice saying “Love is the answer” !
All of a sudden I saw a lady siting in the corner of the room spying, and I knew that her job was to scare people and prevent them from choosing LOVE as answer”.

Thanks for reading.
God bless all good people around the world
1776er Says:
October 13th, 2009 at 8:25 am
THEN=before Clinton
NOW=Present

Then: I was free
Now:I am enslaved

Dont Euthanize Me Bro Reply:
October 13th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Then-we were all slaves
Now- we are still all slaves

joe Reply:
October 13th, 2009 at 10:57 am
The slavestate is rapdly accelerating. and in terms of the economy, bush and obama have really done a 180 from the 90s. People are so much more scared of their future.
Birdreynolds Says:
October 13th, 2009 at 11:45 am
All the calls for waking up just don’t matter. Americans over all are just simply too damn stupid. They only laugh at me and call me a kook. They probably deserve the camps most of them.
yep Says:
October 13th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
I look forward to the future.
Won’t die as a slave.
Dash and stash, don’t die in the first wave.
Become a fox.
Birdreynolds Says:
October 13th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
why was my comment removed??
Chris B Says:
October 13th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
yep, America has a lot of problems. We must work together to solve them, and not fight about little things.