text: You are talking about the tax increases that Bill and the democrats passed out of congress without a single republican vote, talk about being partisan, in 1993. Just to refresh your memory, there was an election in 1994, and the republicans took the democrats completely by surprise by winning huge and taking control of the house for the first time in over 40 years. After Jan. 1995, the republicans were in control and had Bill dancing to their music most of the time. He did manage once to deflect responsibility for a government shutdown to the republicans but only that one time. it was the republicans cutting spending that created the surpluses, not the tax increases. It was also republicans in control of the house that created a great business climate and the economy rebounded and did very well starting from about 1997. Facts are such a pain for you, aren't they muck?