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Bill Clinton: Its still the economy (stupid)

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Newsweek has an article out this week called "It’s Still the Economy, Stupid" with Bill Clinton's top 14 ideas for turning things around.

Fourteen million Americans remain out of work, a waste of our greatest resource. The 42nd president has more than a dozen ideas on how to attack the jobs crisis.

I'll list the bullets. You'll need to read the article for the gist. Its a bit much to synopsize.


1. SPEED THE APPROVALS
2. CASH FOR STARTUPS
3. JOBS GALORE IN ENERGY
4. COPY THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
5. GET THE UTILITIES IN ON THE ACTION
6. STATE-BY-STATE SOLUTIONS
7. GUARANTEE LOANS
8. PAINT ’EM WHITE
9. DEALS TO MAKE THINGS
10. TRAIN ON THE JOB
11. TEACH SKILLS WE NEED
12. CUT CORPORATE TAXES
13. ENFORCE TRADE LAWS
14. ANALYZE THE OPPORTUNITIES​



Seems like a somewhat moderate approach to the problem (ie:will upset liberals and conservatives.) If you had told me in 2000 that after 8 years of Bush and 2+ years of Obama that Clinton would come across as a wise middle-of-the-roader I'd have laughed. I'm not laughing now.

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