About this episode

The episode discusses the dismantling of the Clinton-era budget surplus during the Bush years and its consequences.

In this episode of The Professional Left, Driftglass and Blue Gal trace how the Clinton-era budget surplus was dismantled piece by piece during the Bush years, setting the stage for the catastrophic financial collapse of 2008. While millions of Americans lost their jobs and homes, the mainstream media — led by Both Sides propagandists like David Brooks and the newly hired Bill Kristol — refused to lay the blame where it actually belonged: on the Republican Party. Driftglass and Blue Gal have ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Driftglass, Blue Gal

Topics covered

• budget surplus
• financial collapse
• media bias
• Republican Party
• Clinton era
• Bush administration

Keywords

• budget surplus
• financial collapse
• media
• Republican Party
• Clinton
• Bush
• David Brooks
• Bill Kristol

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Organizations: Republican Party

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