The Democrats will NEVER appreciate you or meet you halfway no matter how much you try to appease and compromise.
This definitely wasn't true after the 1994 mid-term elections, which saw Republicans gain control of both chambers of Congress. There was a great deal of collaboration between President Bill Clinton and Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, in 1997. A significant amount of mutually beneficial, bi-partisan legislation was passed. We actually had balanced budgets for a brief time. President Clinton was willing to compromise, while also making some complete concessions to Gingrich on fiscal policy. That was a rare, productive period of time for the United States government. Both Clinton and Gingrich deserve credit for that.
Two notable examples included :
(1) On August 5th, 1997, President Bill Clinton signed a tax bill which included a $500 per-child tax credit for families with incomes under $110,000 that had been promoted by both sides. It also contained Clinton's plan for $1,500 tax credits to offset the cost of college tuition, as well as capital gains and estate tax cuts which had been principle goals for the GOP. Previously, Democrats had been unwilling to budge on capital gains tax cuts. It was Bill Clinton who made this important concession.
(2) The spending measure enacted in 1997, also made cuts to Medicare by $115 billion over 5 years, and Medicaid by $13 billion. These cuts kept those programs from bankruptcy. Democrats had always been reluctant to make such reforms to Medicare and Medicaid. Once again, Clinton compromised.
Most of what you post is nothing more than superficial, sound-byte partisan insults directed at Democrats. You are short on substance and support nothing with examples. You are easily rebutted by well-known, established facts. You tend to paint with an over-broad brush, while also being highly judgmental. You are usually misguided, either as a result of ignorance, or from having a short-term memory.
