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DFW

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4. Sometimes, you can only work with the tools you're given

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 09:19 AM

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After the economic collapse under Reagan/Bush something drastic had to be done. Clinton was in uncharted waters and took his shot.

If you know “Waltzing Matilda,” here is our version from 20 years ago:

Once was a Greenspan guarding our economy
“Bill made a surplus, that’s good, Bill,” said he
Then said the Bush-man, “if I make a deficit,
“You’ll come a-faulting Bill Clinton with me.”

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