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Ray's Clinton art is symbolic of a time when prosperity was proclaimed by President Clinton during the most massive dislocation of jobs in U.S. history including the Great Depression.  The Y2k crisis hid the story with billions poured into the economy to fix the nations computer systems before the year 2000 came.  Alan Greenspan in his book - The Age of Turbulence -,  told about the billions spent to fix the problems. It was acted as a stimulus package but the money spent was money that few could afford to spend. And many companies after 2000, could not overcome the  artificial situation also covered the stock market advancements  triggered by all the high tech start ups that were  not real too.  Then when 2000 came around the spending was over and exposed how weak the start ups were. Many failed at a very fast rate and the stock market took a big fall.

We kept records of all the jobs and company close downs in 1998.  It shows a collapse of many different businesses and corporations with  the loss of millions of jobs across the board. 

This all happened while President Clinton was being impeached for other activities.  He said everything depended on what your definition of what the word "is" , is.  This is what it came down to during his time in office in the land of "is"  as he consummated free trade. This proved to be the core of our economic crisis where the value of workers and labor was degraded. The value of workers and labor is a real tangible value that is more of a money standard than paper money itself.  Someday, the loss of this value due to free trade will be defined and it will show how much Americans lost in the process.  Some experts tell us that the trade deficit alone represents a terrible lost.  The money lost could have been used to provide $50,000 for every family in the U.S. to buy a home.  The American Dream was reversed.

2012 - The new rendition of the Clinton Years  American Dream Reversed artwork titled Double Talk is symbolic of nothing changing in the surge of free trade and globalization with President Obama and President Bush bailing out big money, banks, Wall Street and large corporations while ignoring the suffering of workers who lost their jobs with many losing everything else. When NAFTA and GATT were passed in 1994, all who lost their jobs or businesses due to free trade were promised help. They received nothing.   It is also is relates to the longest war in U.S. history in the Middle East.  The chaos continues and invites new wars for years to come.

As a change of pace during these troubled times, Ray Tapajna has created new Living Healing Art and Flowers for You That Last Forever Where Everyday is Valentine Day.   Take a break and stay awhile and let his new living healing art refresh your spirit and your day at http://ray-tapajna.artistwebsites.com  You can view the healings waters in motion flowing your way at http://tapsearch.com/about-ray-tapajna   At http://tapsearch.com/about-ray-tapajna/id17.htm  , you can click on the image and have the Healing in Blue Waters coming your way on a page by itself. You can show it to loved ones in hospitals, nursing homes, treatment centers, waiting rooms etc and let the healing waters come their way too.