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THE CLINTON AND BUSH YEARS

THE CLINTON AND BUSH YEARS. EUGENIA LANGAN MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL HIALEAH GARDENS, FLORIDA. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS WAS CLINTON'S MIDDLE WAY MIDDLE? WAS GEORGE W. BUSH A SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENT? WHY DID PARTISAN POLITICS BECOME MORE BITTER IN THE 1990s? .

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THE CLINTON AND BUSH YEARS

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  1. THE CLINTON AND BUSH YEARS

    EUGENIA LANGAN MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL HIALEAH GARDENS, FLORIDA
  2. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS WAS CLINTON'S MIDDLE WAY MIDDLE? WAS GEORGE W. BUSH A SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENT? WHY DID PARTISAN POLITICS BECOME MORE BITTER IN THE 1990s?
  3. 1992 ELECTION: ISSUES: "IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID" -- RECESSION AND UNEMPLOYMENT ≈ 8%, DEFICIT – CLINTON PLEDGED TAX INCREASE. DEFICIT HEALTH CARE REFORM – OUT-OF-CONTROL HEALTH CARE AND INSURANCE COSTS EDUCATION: "CHILDREN ARE OUT MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL RESOURCE" - CLINTON WELFARE REFORM (CLINTON FAMED FOR ARKANSAS "WORKFARE" PROGRAM)
  4. NAFTA (NEGOTIATED BY BUSH I, CLINTON SUPPORTED) CHARACTER ISSUES: BUSH – TAX FLIP-FLOP, EARLIER FLIP-FLOPS CLINTON: "SLICK WILLY," DRAFT DODGER ALLEGATION, PHILANDERING ALLEGATIONS YES, I SMOKED MARIJUANA IN COLLEGE, "BUT I DIDN'T INHALE."
  5. 1992 ELECTION -- POPULAR VOTE: CLINTON, 43.0%, BUSH 37.5%, H. ROSS PEROT 18.9% PEROT: SPOILER? MAYBE: IN 11 "BLUE STATES," MARGIN WAS < 5% - < 2% IN 3 STATES N.B. – CLINTON A SOUTHERNER, DIDN'T CARRY MOST OF SOUTH!
  6. THE FIRST BABY-BOOMER PRESIDENT – AND FIRST "FIRST LADY" WITH A PROFESSION (LAWYER) C BILL AND HILLARY – AT YALE LAW SCHOOL, AND WHEN HE RAN FOR GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS
  7. HILLARY CLINTON, NEWSWEEK’S “WOMAN OF THE YEAR” ONE MONTH AFTER ELECTION DURING CAMPAIGN, SHE SAID SHE CHOSE HER LAW CAREER OVER STAYING HOME AND “BAK[ING] COOKIES AND HAV[ING] TEAS” → BEGINNING OF “MOMMY WARS”
  8. THE ECONOMY – NOT STUPID! WAS CLINTON A "TAX AND SPEND" LIBERAL?
  9. GDP GREW . . .
  10. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECLINED -- ABOUT 23 MILLION NEW JOBS CREATED DURING CLINTON YEARS
  11. TAXES? YES! OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993 (OUR LAST TAX INCREASE, SO FAR) RAISED INCOME TAX RATES – TOP RATE FOR TOP 1.6% = 36.9% MADE TEFRA LIMITS ON INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS PERMANENT INCREASED CORPORATE TAX TO 35% RAISED SOCIAL SECURITY TAX CAP ELIMINATED CAP ON MEDICARE TAX SO WAS CLINTON A BIG SPENDING DEMOCRAT?
  12. NO! FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT/ SURPLUS – STEADY DEFICIT REDUCTION, SURPLUS FROM 1998 – 2000
  13. THE HEALTH CARE REFORM DEBACLE "CO-PRESIDENCY"? HILLARY C. WAS IN CHARGE OF PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON NATIONAL HEALTH CARE REFORM DID NOT CONSULT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS INSISTED ON SECRET TASK FORCE MEETINGS, WENT TO COURT TO EXCLUDE PUBLIC (WON – D.C. CIR. HELD FIRST LADY = GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL)
  14. TASK FORM RECOMMENDATIONS: FEDERAL MANDATE FOR EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEES (FROM PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES) -- WHOM DOES THAT BENEFIT? INSURANCE COMPANIES "MANAGED CARE" – HMOs TO REDUCE COSTS IN HMOs, DOCTORS AND OTHER PROVIDERS ARE “GATEKEEPERS” – THEY RECEIVE $ FOR NOTPROVIDING EXPENSIVE TESTS AND TREATMENTS BILL SENT TO CONGRESS NOVEMBER 1993 = ›1000 PAGES LONG – AND NO PRIOR CONSULTATION
  15. REPUBLICANS ATTACKED AS "BIG GOVERNMENT," "SOCIALIZED MEDICINE". SUGGESTED WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS "OBAMACARE". INSURANCE INDUSTRY RAN FALSE "HARRY AND LOUISE" ADSEVEN THOUGH CLINTON PLAN FAVORED INSURANCE INDUSTRY – WHY? RESULTS: (1) BILL DEFEATED IN CONGRESS (MOST DEMS VOTED AGAINST) (2) REPUBLICANS HAVE "BIG GOVERNMENT" ISSUE FOR 1994 MIDTERMS (3) NO MORE EFFORTS AT HEALTH CARE REFORM UNTIL OBAMA AND STILL, MOSTLY WHAT INSURANCE INDUSTRY WANTED
  16. OTHER PROBLEMS BEFORE 1994 MIDTERM ELECTIONS: SOMALIA – U.N. PEACEKEEPING MISSION STARTED BY BUSH I OCTOBER 3-4, 1993: BATTLE OF MOGADISHU, (FICTIONALIZED IN BLACK HAWK DOWN) 18 U.S. TROOPS KILLED, 71 WOUNDED, 1 CAPTURED WITHDRAWAL, 1995 RESULT: CLINTON TAKES SOME HEAT, AND WE DON'T GET INVOLVED IN RWANDA DURING 1994 GENOCIDE (AND WE STILL DON'T GET INVOLVED IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA!)
  17. 1993: NAFTA (FREE TRADE WITH CANADA AND MEXICO) RATIFIED: -- MORE SUPPORT FROM REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS THAN FROM DEMOCRATS NAFTA (AND LATER WTO AND CAFTA) OPPOSED BY UNIONS AND OTHER WORKERS
  18. GLOBALIZATION: TRADE BALANCE IN REAL $
  19. WOULD HIGH TARIFFS ON IMPORTS INCREASE U.S. EXPORTS?
  20. 1993: “DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL” – EXECUTIVE ORDER ALLOWED GAYS TO JOIN OR REMAIN IN THE MILITARY AS LONG AS NOBODY KNEW THEY WERE GAY (REPEALED BY CONGRESS, 2011)
  21. 1994 MIDTERM ELECTIONS: "THE REPUBLICAN REVOLUTION" DEMOCRATS LOST 54 HOUSE SEATS -- REPUBLICANS WON CONTROL OF HOUSE (230 – 204 – BASED ON NEWT GINGRICH'S REPUBLICAN CONTRACT WITH AMERICA NEWT = SPEAKER OF HOUSE 1995-2000 (AND MAYBE RUNNING FOR PREZ NOW) BUT ONLY PROMISED HOUSE VOTES ON THE BILLS TO IMPLEMENT CONTRACT – AND MOSTLY, THAT'S ALL THAT HAPPENED
  22. REPUBLICANS GAINED MAJORITY IN SENATE (53 – 47) REPUBLICANS ALSO GAINED 12 GOVERNORSHIPS IN STATES  1995: BUDGET BATTLE WITH GINGRICH AND "GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN" (KABUKI THEATER), NOV. 14-19, DEC. 16 – JAN. 6) BOTH SIDES AGREED ON NEED TO CUT SPENDING – DISPUTE WASN'T AMOUNT AS MUCH AS WHAT TO CUT (CLINTON VETOES OPPOSED OPPOSED REPUBLICAN CUTS ON EDUCATION, MEDICARE, PUBLIC HEALTH, MIDDLE-CLASS TAX INCREASE)
  23. JANUARY 27, 1996: CLINTON RADIO ADDRESS – "THE ERA OF BIG GOVERNMENT IS OVER." CALLS FOR MORE CUTS  "BALANCED BUDGET" BILL RESULT: REPUBLICANS BLAMED, HELPED CLINTON AND DEMOCRATS IN 1996 ELECTION
  24. APRIL 19, 1995: OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING – DOMESTIC TERRORISM ALFRED P. MURRAH FEDERAL BUILDING DESTROYED BY TRUCK BOMB 168 PEOPLE KILLED INCLUDING 19 LITTLE CHILDREN IN DAY CARE CENTER
  25. PERPS TIMOTHY MC VEIGH (EXECUTED) AND TERRY NICHOLS (NOT) – OKLAHOMA WAS JUST THE BIGGEST INCIDENT OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN THE 1990S BY RIGHT-WING NUTS
  26. 1996: Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 – AKA WELFARE REFORM ACT OF 1986 PART OF CONTRACT WITH AMERICA – BUT ALSO BASED ON CLINTON'S ARKANSAS WELFARE "REFORM" ABOLISHED AFDC, INSTITUTED TANF (TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES FOR CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY, WOMEN HAVE TO FIND JOB WITHIN 2 YEARS (BUT NO $ FOR JOB TRAINING) WORK 30 HRS/WEEK (BUT MOST CAN'T EARN ENOUGH TO PAY FOR DAY CARE FOR KIDS)
  27. LIFETIME CAP ON TANF BENEFITS MORE RESTRICTIVE ELIGIBILILTY STANDARDS FOR CHILDREN'S SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY PARTICULARLY BABIES WHO "FAIL TO THRIVE" AND CHILDREN WITH LEARNING AND MENTAL DISABILITIES TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POOR CHILDREN BUMPED OFF WELFARE ROLLS – OFTEN MEANT FAMILIES LOST FOOD STAMPS PRO-BONO LAWYER PROJECTS GOT SOME KIDS BACK ON THE ROLLS BUT MOST HAD NO HELP
  28. THE RESULT MAXIMUM FOOD STAMP BENEFIT FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR = $668.
  29. 1996 ELECTION – POPULAR VOTE CLINTON 49.2%, BOB DOLE 40.7%, PEROT 8.4%. BOB DOLE – LATER DID TV ADS FOR VIAGRA N.B. CLINTON NOT ONLY CARRIED FLORIDA, HE CARRIED MIAMI-DADE COUNTY (AND CUBAN-AMERICAN VOTE) HOUSE: R – 9 = 228 R, 206 D, 1 IEPUBLICANS -9, 2 SENATE: R + 2 = 55 R, 45 D
  30. REPUBLICANS VERSUS THE CLINTONS (OR "THE VAST RIGHT-WING CONSPIRACY" ACCORDING TO HILLARY) 1994: WHITEWATER: SPECIAL PROSECUTOR KEN STARR APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE SOME ALLEGEDLY SHADY CLINTON REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS IN ARKANSAS STARR COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE THAT CLINTONS DID ANYTHING WRONG – BUT THEIR ASSOCIATES IN ARKANSAS LED TO CONVICTIONS OF CLINTON ASSOCIATES
  31. LED TO INVESTIGATION OF HILLARY'S FORMER PARTNERS AT ROSE LAW FIRM, LITTLE ROCK, AND CONVICTION OF ONE FOR OVERBILLING CLIENTS ("MAIL FRAUD") STARR KEPT EXPANDING INVESTIGATION "TRAVELGATE" – DID CLINTONS FIRE WHITE HOUSE TRAVEL AGENTS TO HIRE THEIR FRIENDS? FILEGATE – WAS HILLARY HIDING ROSE LAW FIRM RECORDS STARR SUBPOENAED? WAS THE APPARENT SUICIDE OF WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL VINCENT FOSTER REALLY MURDER? ZIP FROM THIS EXCEPT HIGH LEGAL FEES FOR CLINTONS AND MANY, MANY DEPOSITIONS
  32. 1998: THE MONICA LEWINKSY CASE LINDA TRIPP (LEFT) SECRETLY TAPE-RECORDED CONVERSATIONS WITH FELLOW PENTAGON EMPLOYEE AND FORMER WHITE HOUSE INTERN MONICA LEWINSKY (RIGHT) ABOUT LEWINSKY GIVING CLINTON ORAL SEX IN THE OVAL OFFICE LEWINSKY SAID SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE DRESS SHE'D WORN DRY-CLEANED TO PRESERVE THE EVIDENCE JANUARY 1988 -- TRIPP GAVE THE TAPES TO KEN STARR
  33. SLICK WILLY: "I DID NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH THAT WOMAN." (PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT) "IT DEPENDS UPON WHAT THE MEANING OF THE WORD 'IS' IS." (AT STARR'S GRAND JURY) BUT NOTE; NOBODY ATTACKED FDR, JFK, LBJ FOR THEIR EXTRA-MARITAL AFFAIRS! – "FAMILY VALUES"
  34. 1994: PAULA JONES FILED SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUIT AGAINST CLINTON SHE HAD BEEN STATE WORKER IN ARKANSAS – CLAIMED IN 1991 A STATE TROOPER TOOK HER TO A MOTEL ROOM TO HAVE SEX WITH CLINTON AT DEPOSITION IN JONES CASE, CLINTON DENIED HAVING SEX WITH EITHER JONES OR LEWINSKY
  35. ISSUE WHETHER CLINTON COULD BE SUED WHILE IN OFFICE WENT TO SUPREME COURT – COURT SAID YES
  36. THE IMPEACHMENT SHOW!
  37. IMPEACHMENT BASED ON THE STARR REPORT – COST TO TAXPAYERS = $70 MILLION THE DEAL: HOUSE AGREED TO IMPEACH, SENATE AGREED TO ACQUIT THE SHOW HEARINGS IN THE SENATE LASTED 5 WEEKS – ACQUITTAL FEBRUARY 2, 1998
  38. FEBRUARY – MARCH 1998: U.S. BOMBING OF BAGHDAD OVER SADDAM'S EXPULSION OF U.N. WEAPONS INSPECTORS – REPUBLICANS SAY "WAG THE DOG" – BUT HE DIDN'T NEED TO: IMPEACHMENT INCREASED HIS POPULARITY
  39. 1998: BALKAN CRISIS (AGAIN) – DISSOLUTION OF YUGOSLAVIA  DISPUTES BETWEEN BOSNIA AND SERBIA OVER KOSOVO + SERBIAN "ETHNIC CLEANSING" OF MUSLIMS U.S. RESPONSE: MARCH – JUNE, 1999 NATO BOMBING CAMPAIGN ("HUMANITARIAN WAR") REPUBLICANS: "WAG THE DOG"
  40. A FEW WEAK ANTI-WAR PROTESTS
  41. 1999: GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT = REPEAL OF GLASS-STEAGEL SEPARATION OF COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT BANKS ALLOWS COMMERCIAL BANKS TO SELL AND HOLD ALL KINDS OF SECURITIES. INCLUDING UNREGULATED NEW SECURITIES SUCH AS DERIVATIVES – BONDS COMPOSED OF DEBTS, ETC.
  42. 2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TEXAS GOVERNOR GEORGE W. BUSH V. VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE NOT JEB YET BECAUSE HE'S THE SECOND SON!
  43. BUSH CAMPAIGN PROMISES: "RESTORE HONOR AND DIGNITY TO THE PRESIDENCY" "COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATISM" NO "NATION-BUILDING CHARACTER ISSUES: BUSH'S DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE HIS STRING OF BANKRUPT BUSINESSES HIS DRAFT-DODGING AND POSSIBLE DESERTION FROM THE TEXAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD
  44. ELECTION HIJINKS IN FLORIDA (WHERE JEB BUSH WAS GOVERNOR) A STATE LIST OF "CONVICTED FELONS" BARRED FROM VOTING, 54% OF WHOM WERE NOT FELONS, BUT WERE AFRICAN-AMERICAN TRICK BALLOTS LIKE THE PALM BEACH BUTTERFLY BALLOT
  45. NOVEMBER 7, 2000: AT THE END OF ELECTION DAY/ NIGHT WITH 47 STATES REPORTING, GORE HAD 255 ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES AND BUSH HAD 246 IT TAKES 270 VOTE TO WIN FLORIDA, TOO CLOSE TO CALL, WAS THE DECIDING STATE – 25 ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES NOVEMBER 8: FLORIDA "CERTIFIES" BUSH THE WINNER (AS JEB PROMISED) BUT BY < 2% --MANDATORY MACHINE RECOUNT
  46. LED TO LAWSUITS BY BOTH BUSH AND GORE, REPUBLICAN DEMONSTRATORS SHUTTING DOWN RECOUNTS  DECEMBER 8, FLORIDA SUPREME COURT ORDERED STATE-WIDE MANUAL RECOUNT DECEMBER 12, BUSH V. GORE: U.S. SUPREME COURT (5-4) STOPS THE RECOUNT  BUSH DECLARED WINNER
  47. POPULAR VOTE: GORE 48.4%, BUSH 47.9%, RALPH NADER (SPOILER) 2.74% -- BUSH WON FLORIDA BY 537 VOTES SENATE: 50-50 . HOUSE R-2 = R 221, D 212, 1 2.
  48. BUSH TAX CUTS (SUPPLY-SIDE AGAIN): Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) “tax rebate” checks – a whopping $300 ($600 for married couples) cut income tax rates across the board, 4.4% for highest earners, while taxing people who earn < $6,000 for the first time cut capital gains tax (favors people who make a lot from investments cut inheritance tax (also favors wealthy)
  49. Egtrra would have expired, but obama agreed to extend in 2010 (until Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 (JTRRA) Further income tax rate cuts, highest for top earners Further cuts in capital gains tax Cut tax on dividends (another cut for people who make a lot from investments) egtrra and jrtta aka “bush tax cuts” would have expired 1/1/11, but obama agreed to extend for two years
  50. EFFECT ON THE BUDGET (WARS NOT INCLUDED!)
  51. UNEMPLOYMENT – THE EFFECTS OF "TRICKLE-DOWN STIMULUS”
  52. "WAR ON TERROR" RESTRICTION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES PATRIOT ACT SECRET DETENTION OF MUSLIM MEN "SECRET" WARRANTLESS WIRETAP PROGRAM FBI SURVEILLANCE OF QUAKERS, STUDENT GROUPS (AGAIN!) GITMO GULAG AND ABU GHRAIB, 2004 ATTORNEY GENERAL TORTURE MEMOS: GENEVA CONVENTION BAN ON TORTURE "QUAINT" AND "ANTIQUATED"
  53. ONE OF THE LEAST HORRID PHOTOS OF U.S. MPS ABUSING IRAQI DETAINEES AT ABU GHRAIB PRISON
  54. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2004. POPULAR VOTE BUSH 50.7%, JOHN KERRY 48.3% HOUSE R + 3 = 232 4, 201 D, 1 V. SENATE R +4, D-4 = R 51, D 48, I 1.
  55. 2004 CAMPAIGN ISSUES FAMILY VALUES - EXIT POLLS SHOWED THIS WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO MOST VOTERS WAR ON TERROR WAR IN IRAQ "WHO WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE A BEER WITH?"
  56. 2006 MIDTERM ELECTIONS – DEMOCRATIC SWEEP DEMOCRATS WON CONTROL OF HOUSE AND SLIGHT MAJORITY (51 VOTES) IN SENATE FIRST WOMAN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE – NANCY PELOSI
  57. GREAT RECESSION OF 2007 THE GREED FOR NEW SECURITIES  COLLATERALIZED DEBT OBLIGATIONS = MORTGAGE BONDS  MORE MORTGAGES  HOUSING BOOM/ BUBBLE "SUBPRIME" ADJUSTABLE RATE – MOST ADJUST AROUND 2006, 2007 "LIAR'S LOANS" AND IN FLORIDA, OF COURSE, FRAUD
  58. 2006-07 – FORECLOSURE WAVE  HOUSING PRICES TANK  THOSE CDOS ARE WORTHLESS MARCH 2008: BEAR STEARNS BAILOUT SEPTEMBER 2008 – LEHMANN BROTHERS FAILS  CREDIT FREEZE  OCTOBER 2008: TROUBLED ASSET RECOVERY PLAN (TARP) --CONGRESS AUTHORIZED BANK AND CORPORATE BAILOUTS BANK BAILOUTS NECESSARY BECAUSE CLINTON-ERA REPEAL OF GLASS-STEAGALL ALLOWED THEM TO INVEST IN AND SELL DERIVATIVES
  59. BUSH ON WELFARE: PROPOSED PRIVATIZING SOCIAL SECURITY – PEOPLE TO MAKE OWN INVESTMENTS PERPETUAL REPUBLICAN GOAL TO GET RID OF SOCIAL SECURITY– BUT IT IS “THE THIRD RAIL OF AMERICAN POLITICS” AND WILL REMAIN SO UNTIL BABY-BOOMERS DIE OFF 2006: MEDICARE PART D – SOME PRESCRIPTION COVERAGE FOR SENIORS (THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR IT) – BUT THERE IS A “DONUT HOLE”– NO COVERAGE $2700 - $6154 SENIORS VOTE!
  60. WHO WAS PRESIDENT IN 2008? WHOM DO REPUBLICANS BLAME FOR THE RECESSION AND BAILOUTS?
  61. 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - POPULAR VOTE OBAMA (BORN IN HAWAII) 52.9%, MC CAIN (BORN IN PANAMA) 45.7%
  62. "CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN" WHAT CHANGED? YOUR BOOK SAID HE MIGHT BE ANOTHER FDR - IS HE? DOES HIS ELECTION MEAN AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE ACHIEVED SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUALITY?
  63. PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT OF 2010 THE PROBLEM – HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS STILL SPIRALING DUE TO COST AND STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT, APPROXIMATELY 50 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE NO HEALTH INSURANCE WHAT THE ACT DOES: BEGINNING 2014, INDIVIDUAL MANDATE TO BUY PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE OR PAY SMALL FINE (BENEFITS WILL BE A BIT MORE GENEROUS) WHOM DOES THAT BENEFIT? WHY DO REPUBLICANS LIE ABOUT "DEATH PANELS" AND VOW TO REVOKE THE ACT?
  64. UNEMPLOYMENT, 2000 -2010. "JOBLESS RECOVERY"
  65. MIDTERM ELECTIONS 2010 THE HOUSE CHANGED HANDS AGAIN DEMOCRATS RETAINED THEIR 1-VOTE MAJORITY IN THE SENATE (BUT THAT WASN'T CLEAR FOR MONTHS DUE TO LOSER'S REFUSAL TO CONCEDE TO AL FRANKEN IN MINNESOTA AND BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND THE HOUSE DANCE TO THE TEA PARTY TUNE EXAMPLE = OBAMA'S AGREEMENT in 2010 TO EXTEND BUSH TAX CUTS
  66. DEMOCRACY IN 20TH CENTURY AMERICA VOTER TURNOUT IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 1924 – 2008. TOP LINE IS 85%. MIDDLE LINE IS 55%.
  67. MEDIAN PERSONAL AND HOUSEHOLD INCOME, BY EDUCATION LEVEL, 2009 NOTE THAT EVEN MEDIAN PAY FOR PEOPLE WITH DOCTORATES = < 100K. WHY YOU MUST GO TO GOOD COLLEGES AND GET INTO TOP GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS!
  68. TODAY: VAST AND WIDENING GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR – GREATEST OF ANY DEVELOPED NATION! BREAD AND CIRCUSES (INTERNET + TV) AND LOW VOTER TURNOUT POPULISM/ RACISM (TEA PARTY) ANTI-SCIENTISM, ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM DENIALS OF EVOLUTION AND GLOBAL WARMING OBJECTIONS TO "TOO MANY" IVY LEAGUERS ON SUPREME COURT; REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES OPPOSING THE IDEA OF COLLEGE BITTER AND RUDE PARTISAN POLITICS BECAUSE OF LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN GOALS OF PARTIES!
  69. BUT “IT’S ALL JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY REPEATING”! BACK TO THE GILDED AGE – BUT A NEW PROGRESSIVE ERA MAY DAWN IN YOUR LIFETIMES!
  70. WORLD'S LARGEST ECONOMIES (IN TRILLIONS OF $) 14.1 5.1 4.9 3.4 2.7 2.2 USA JAPAN CHINA GERMANY FRANCE UK
  71. “WHAT A LONG, STRANGE TRIP IT’S BEEN” (JERRY GARCIA) FROM A FEW SETTLERS HUGGING THE COAST, 1607, TO WORLD’S LARGEST ECONOMY AND LEADING SUPERPOWER BY 1920. AND IT STILL IS!
  72. THERE'S STILL HOPE FOR THIS COUNTRY – BUT IT DEPENDS ON YOU! DON'T LIMIT YOUR OPPORTUNITIES AND DON'T BE QUIESCENT SHEEP! AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE: REMEMBER THAT THE RICH CAN'T BE SAFE IF THE POOR ARE TOO POOR!
  73. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HOPE TO PASS THE AP EXAM: REVIEW
  74. THAT'S ALL, FOLKS!
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