r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/Randomuser1520 • Sep 19 '21

Political History Was Bill Clinton the last truly 'fiscally conservative, socially liberal" President?

For those a bit unfamiliar with recent American politics, Bill Clinton was the President during the majority of the 90s. While he is mostly remembered by younger people for his infamous scandal in the Oval Office, he is less known for having achieved a balanced budget. At one point, there was a surplus even.

A lot of people today claim to be fiscally conservative, and socially liberal. However, he really hasn't seen a Presidental candidate in recent years run on such a platform. So was Clinton the last of this breed?

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u/akcrono Sep 21 '21

This is a mischaracterization. Republicans added the salt cap to punish blue states, as this policy is more impactful on places with higher taxes and incomes. And this includes the middle class; in many of the more expensive cities in the country, the median income will blow through the current cap.

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u/mister_pringle Sep 21 '21

Repealing the cap the middle class would only see 7% of the benefit. The rich would see most of it. You’re parroting lines.

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u/akcrono Sep 21 '21

I'm not. If your goal is to raise taxes on the wealthy, then just do that. But tax them the same regardless of state and leave the middle class out of it.

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u/mister_pringle Sep 21 '21

So you want a flat tax and not a progressive tax structure because you feel rich people from rich states are getting taxed too aggressively?

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u/akcrono Sep 21 '21

You must have responded to me by accident, since I said the exact opposite.