Right. From my perspective the Clinton-era 90's was pretty great economically. It wasn't a terribly climate that hurt companies. Nor did it stop people from inv

Right. From my perspective the Clinton-era 90's was pretty great economically. It wasn't a terribly climate that hurt companies. Nor did it stop people from investing heavily in companies or growing awesome companies. Stock prices from 1992 to 2000 (approx numbers): Microsoft: $2 to $58 Apple: $15 to $28 Cisco: $.50 to $50 Add in hundreds of companies going public, innovation moving faster than ever up to that point, thousands of jobs created. Small businesses (startups) were not killed by higher taxes. And I have no idea why our defense spending needs to be so high.