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Where Clinton beats W.(Bill Clinton, George W. Bush )
WHILE private businesses rise and fall depending on the quality of their products, government workers can slog away in their cubicles without ever confronting competitive pressure. This makes a government job one of the most secure positions in the universe. The numbers are striking. The median tenure for federal employees is 9.9 years, compared with 3.6 years in the private sector.
Because of this, one of the most important measures of the size of our government is based on a simple head count. Since government workers stay put so long, their numbers add up to a massive debt owed by future taxpayers. Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give him a government job and he can take your fish for a lifetime.
On the campaign trail, politicians always pay lip service to the ideal of small government. But if you look at how past presidents have delivered on this ideal, the data tell a surprising story.
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The accompanying chart presents the change in the number of non-defense federal employees under each administration dating back to Eisenhower. Only two presidents, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, have successfully tamed the tendency toward bureaucratic bloating. During Reagan's tenure, the number of federal employees decreased by ...
- Bush sits in rain to honor former political foe, Bill Clinton.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire November 19, 2004 700+ words
...President George W. Bush made small talk...former President Bill Clinton after praising the...made clear that the Bush family does not...his presidency, Bill Clinton seized important...eventful years, Bill Clinton applied tremendous...White House said Bush has ...
- Monkey See ...(George W. Bush's campaign copies Bill Clinton's)
- Magazine article from: Washington Monthly BEGALA, PAUL September 1, 2000 700+ words
...image of the man he most despises: Bill Clinton. It must gall Bush to no end; it must tear at his soul...believe in a place called Andover." Bush himself is consumed with contempt for Bill Clinton. The Bush Website features a countdown of the...
- Bush sits in rain to honor predecessor Bill Clinton.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire November 18, 2004 700+ words
...President George W. Bush made small talk...former President Bill Clinton after praising the...made clear that the Bush family does not...his presidency, Bill Clinton seized important...Throughout his career, Bill Clinton has done his best...Clinton congratulated ...
- What Will Bill Clinton's Memoir Do For His Place In History; Bush...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire June 26, 2004 700+ words
...was not a difference. George Bush, conservative -- got compassionate...s going to be very close to Bush here. He's not going to get any daylight between himself and Bush, then the "get out now" movement...THE CAPITAL GANG Classic," Bill Clinton acquitted five years ago...
- Backing Bush and troops, Bill Clinton urges a foreign policy of friendly...
- Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) April 3, 2003 700+ words
...former President Bill Clinton said Thursday, describing the Bush administration as...Clinton credited Bush for boosting financial...Dickinson explained. "Bill Clinton is a bad person...383-6099): Bill Clinton.
- Backing Bush and troops, Bill Clinton urges a foreign policy of friendly...
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Silva, Mark April 3, 2003 700+ words
...former President Bill Clinton said Thursday, describing the Bush administration as...Clinton credited Bush for boosting financial...Dickinson explained. "Bill Clinton is a bad person...383-6099): Bill Clinton. (c) 2003, The...
- Bush, Clinton line up donors. (George Bush, Bill Clinton; campaign...
- Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business Bullard, Stan April 13, 1992 700+ words
...wallets behind President Bush. They'll ask friends...Meanwhile, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton is calling on Georgetown...5 million for Mr. Bush for the primary and the...finance director of the Bill Clinton for President Committee...the roll of the Ohio Bush/Quayle campaign ...
- President Bush Defends Iraq War; Condoleezza Rice Fires Back at Bill Clinton;...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire September 26, 2006 700+ words
...quick to defend President Bush. He said, when it comes...Condoleezza Rice fires back at Bill Clinton, after Clinton's remarks...FOX News that President Bush had eight months to get...So, you're saying Bill Clinton is a lair?" Her response...
- President Bush Defends Iraq War; Condoleezza Rice Fires Back at Bill Clinton;...
- News wire article from: International Wire September 26, 2006 700+ words
...quick to defend President Bush. He said, when it comes...Condoleezza Rice fires back at Bill Clinton, after Clinton's remarks...FOX News that President Bush had eight months to get...So, you're saying Bill Clinton is a lair?" Her response...
- The First Families Square Off: It's the hidden race: Hillary bashes Dubya while...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Fineman, Howard November 4, 2002 700+ words
...Clintons and Bushes have become...Senate. Bush and Karl Rove...Within hours, Bill Clinton and his best...system. The Bushes and Clintons...Yale--the Bushes on Fraternity...George W. Bush--like Bill Clinton before him...
Source: HighBeam Research, Where Clinton beats W.(Bill Clinton, George W. Bush )