It WAS A BIG DEAL. Hence the 2006 elections which put the so-called fiscal conservative Democrats, like Charlie Rangel in charge. All while stashing 90K in his freezer.

When Clinton finally signed a Welfare reform act on the third try and a budget prepaired by Republicans after they argued whether it would take 10 or 7 years to balance the budget (sans Social Security) and Greenspan reduced interest rates, because the deficit and debt would fall, with reduced spending. His economy was the result of the tech boom, which he later admitted he benefited from, while Bush had to rely only on increasing housing. His remarks were made at the Clinton Global initiative between 2009-2011.

4 years later, Democrats were turned out of office in more than 700 hundred local, state and national office positions.