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Bill Clinton Accomplishments

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In my opinion, Bill Clinton was a good president. I think this because he did many more good things than bad. There were scandals during his presidency, but they are all overshadowed by his accomplishments. His first accomplishment is reducing national debt from $290 billion to having a surplus of $127 billion when he finished his second term. Unemployment was also reduced to 4% from 7.5%. During Clinton’s presidency, the crime rate steadily fell, finally reaching a 26-year low. He got funding for 100,000 police officers to be added nationwide. Clinton raised taxes on wealthier citizens to 39.6% from 28%. This helped lower national debt. Clinton negotiated peace in Northern Ireland, got former Soviet states to reduce nuclear storage, and he
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