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Bill Clinton: “We ought to continue to pay this debt down, to keep the economy going.”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2000
We ought to continue to pay this debt down, to keep the economy going.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Dinner in New York City

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