Two events seem to give a hint about what happened.
1. Clinton put a tax on yachts and the boat yards that make them. The rich just bought their yachts in Europe and the 3rd world. The American boat yards had to close—We got no new taxes and lots of Americans lost their jobs. Then, the Navy needed to build wooden hulled mine sweepers and there was no American Boatyards to build them! They were closed.
2. In the Middle Ages the church helped to promote the fear of witches. Many “strange” and non-conformist men and women were arrested and many put to death. One rumor was that witchs used cats to get messages from Satan. cats were collected and burned! They had big parties for these events and they saw this as fighting Satan. No cats, the rat population grew—then fleas from rats carried the Black death killing 1/4 of the population of Europe. The cats had their revenge! Actions have consequences you may not see—but that will come back to haunt you.
With all due respect, as a Clinton detractor, the yacht tax was passed by Congress and signed by Father Bush. I used to do deliveries in the boat building area of Costa Mesa (think Newport Beach). It was always a pain to find a place to park, until the tax passed. Within a year, there was plenty of parking, just no vehicles or commerce. Thank you.