and that trend started before the dot.com boom. When Clinton took office, unemployment was 7.3% -- when he left office, it was 3.8% in 2000, and 4.2% when his second term ended. I'll take it.

That said, I'm one of those people that thinks the president gets entirely too much credit when the economy does well, and too much blame when it doesn't do so well. A good economy is indicative of a number of things, just one of those being the president's economic policy. But I also believe the general political atmosphere factors into the equation, and the president *always* plays a prominent role in setting the tone (as we've seen for the last four years now). It's up to the president as well as Congress to work together, or come close to some semblance of working together. And again, there are obviously many other external factors, like pandemics and mortgage-backed securities.


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