Kasich takes credit for the Clinton Surplus

[Tom Joad]

Incredible gall.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ker-biography/

“I was there [federal government] in the ’90s when we actually got things done. … When I left Washington, we had a $5 trillion surplus.”

— Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R), interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sept. 27, 2015

“I’m the only person on the stage and one of the few people in this country that led the effort as the chief architect of the last time we balanced the federal budget. We also cut taxes. And when I left Washington in 2000, we had a $5 trillion surplus, and the economy was booming.”

— Kasich, GOP debate on CNN, Sept. 16, 2015

“When I left Washington, we had a $5 trillion surplus after I spent 10 years of my life to balance the budget.”

[donquixote99]

He HOPES people will dig into it because it doesn't sound true, and find out it's a ten-year projected surplus from back then. He figures that just cements the 'Kasich Surplus' branding.

[bobabode]

Revisionist claptrap.

Kasich is a Huntsman clone without Huntsman's redeeming features. He was one of Newt's soldiers during the 'Republican Shutdown of '94.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

He HOPES people will dig into it because it doesn't sound true, and find out it's a ten-year projected surplus from back then. He figures that just cements the 'Kasich Surplus' branding.

http://www.politifact.com/ohio/state...et-creating-s/

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...s-one-chief-a/

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Revisionist claptrap.

Kasich is a Huntsman clone without Huntsman's redeeming features. He was one of Newt's soldiers during the 'Republican Shutdown of '94.

Hot daughters?

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Hot daughters?

Hot Mormon daughters.

[finnbow]

Kasich deserves as much credit, perhaps more, than any other politician involved in the budget debates of the mid '90's who remains politically active today.

The final verdict of Politifact pretty much tells the story, "His statement is accurate but needs additional information. So we rate it Mostly True."