Happy 75th Birthday, President Clinton!!!

     President Clinton has a lot to be proud of on his 75th birthday. The childhood tragedies William Jefferson Blythe endured had no negative bearing as he went on to Oxford, became the attorney general and then governor of Arkansas, and met President Kennedy, climbing the ladder that led him to the White House from 1993 to 2001.

     During his administration, he created more jobs than any president in history, balanced the budget by taxing the wealthy, implemented NAFTA, proposed a universal healthcare system, negotiated the Good Friday Agreement, brought an end to the ethnic cleansing and war in Bosnia and Kosovo, raised the minimum wage while reforming welfare, cut crime by a third, launched major initiatives that cut teen pregnancy and smoking, saved the Mexican economy with a low-interest loan, restored democracy to Haiti, banned chemical weapons and proposed a total nuclear ban, negotiated the Wye River Memorandum and the Oslo Accords, ushered in the internet with telecommunications reform and the first White House website, restored relations with Vietnam, implemented parental and sick leave, signed the Motor Voter Act, appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer to the Supreme Court, and countless other achievements.

     He has remained active since his retirement: supporting his wife's presidential bids in 2008 and 2016, writing numerous books, and working to address poverty and environmental issues around the world (most notably in Haiti) with the Clinton Foundation. Happy 75th birthday, and here's to many more!