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Another lever was accountability. As the governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton was confronted early on with an impossible equation whereby his constituents wanted more public spending, but they hated any politician that raised taxes to finance that spending. Clinton experienced the bitter results: after becoming governor in 1978, he lost his reelectio
... See moreNicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age
Things were so different when I first became interested in technology back in 1992! True, I was a teenager then, and I firmly believed that the US was that terrible country presided over by the arch-conservatives Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Viewed from Europe, this was a country where sick people died in the streets because no one would lif
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As the violence continued, President Clinton attempted one last-ditch effort to resuscitate the peace process. In late December 2000, Clinton presented his proposal, “The Clinton Parameters,” which proposed that the new Palestinian state would include 94 to 96 percent of the West Bank (though the parameters did not mention Gaza, Clinton clarified i
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Bill Clinton was moderating this panel. On it were Mauricio Macri, a former businessman who had defeated Argentina’s
Anand Giridharadas • Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
... See moreClinton and Gore were inaugurated on January 20, 1993. At the beginning of the first term, they developed a "two-page agreement outlining their relationship". Clinton committed himself to regular lunch meetings; he recognized Gore as a principal adviser on nominations and appointed some of Gore's chief advisers to key White House staff positions. C
Dans l’affaire Monica Lewinsky, Clinton a péché en voulant jouir seul. Cette jouissance individuelle a fait de lui un simple citoyen, alors que sa mission est d’être une métaphore de l’Amérique. Bush propose au grand nombre une jouissance collective : la guerre. Voilà pourquoi Clinton est punissable et pas Bush. L’écrivain américain Philip Roth a l
... See moreDany Laferrière de l'Académie française • L'art presque perdu de ne rien faire: Collection bleue (essai français) (French Edition)
Bill Clinton received a generous and possibly inappropriate $1 million “birthday gift” from the country of Qatar to the Clinton Foundation when Hillary was secretary of state. To complicate matters further for the Clintons, their foundation failed to notify the State Department of Bill’s gift, even though Hillary had signed an ethics agreement prom
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
The Republicans shut down the federal government and forced Bill Clinton to balance the budget, something that would have been regarded as a fringe daydream even a year prior. Taking matters one step further, they then impeached the man as well. To this day, the corporate press claims (and perhaps even believes) that the Republicans were more upset
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