The economy is growing strong. People are working. Money is flowing. The stock market is booming. The rich are getting richer faster than ever before.
State governments are in surplus.
And we have a lame duck President with nothing to lose. But this President doesn't want to do anything to upset the apple cart. For the same reason Minority Leader Gephardt is fed up. The budget deal between Clinton and the Republicans makes Ronald Reagan look like a tax and spend liberal. Clinton ran in 1992 on a platform of Putting People First.