which countries have they "screwed up like the Black plague"
Clinton raised taxes to cover the deficit just like Reagan had to 12 times when he realised the idiocy of the supply side failures. Even so it took the economy till the end of the century to get the deficit under control. People claimed raising taxes would be disastrous when Clinton did it, as did your precious Gingrich.
If you want details I suggest you go to Maxspeak and Brad Delong and ask them. The main point is Clinton didn't really do anything except tossing the voodoo economists out on their ear and listening to the advice of proper mainstream economists who really know how things work. Did you ever read The Triumph of Politics by Stockman?