在评估克林顿在这个话题上的主张时，事实考据者引用了布林德和沃森的许多发现：与流行的假设相反，财政和货币政策在民主党执政期间并不比共和党总统任期内更加“亲增长”或具有扩张性，因此不能解释经济表现差异。
In assessing Clinton’s statements on this topic, the fact-checkers make much of the finding by Blinder and Watson that, contrary to widespread assumptions, fiscal and monetary policies are not more “pro-growth” or expansionary under Democrats than under Republican presidents, and therefore cannot explain the performance differential.