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Bill Clinton: Well, what I want to do, I wanted to do this tour first, and get--I know there will be--a lot of Republican legislators…

On the recordJune 29, 1999
Well, what I want to do, I wanted to do this tour first, and get--I know there will be--a lot of Republican legislators, I believe, will participate in this because this really is something that Republicans should like. It's a completely--it's free enterprise. It's using the tax system to prove that the enterprise system can work in every community in America, which is what they believe. And so what I'm hoping will happen and what I intend to do is, during the tour and then immediately after, I want to consult with the leaders of Congress in both parties, see if there is the kind of bipartisan support for this concept that I think there should be, and then we will quickly move to get the legislation up there, because we've got it all budgeted, and it's well within the budget. And it also would be well within the budget potential of many Republican initiatives. I mean, the interesting thing is, if you do loan guarantees and tax credits, they don't cost that much money for the enormous benefit that they bring. Mr. Durham. I guess most of the Republican--the Republican approach where it differs is--zero capital gains, they're talking about, or some further regulatory relief. That is sort of separate from these kinds of incentives, and I don't know if there's any room for that in the final package or----
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Bill Clinton
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