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Bill Clinton: Of course we don't. We have an obligation, you and I, to leave our children a legacy of opportunity, not a legacy of…

On the recordAugust 29, 1996
Of course we don't. We have an obligation, you and I, to leave our children a legacy of opportunity, not a legacy of debt. Our budget would be balanced today, we would have a surplus today, if we didn't have to make the interest payments on the debt run up in the 12 years before the Clinton/Gore administration took office. Audience members. Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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