07/21/1999
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"This is a strategy that will actually grow the American economy while preparing for the future."
"There can be no better use of our surplus than assuring a secure retirement and health care to older Americans."
"If we dedicate this portion of the surplus to Social Security and Medicare over the next 15 years, obviously, in most of those years that money will not be needed."
"I think it's very important to bring the percent of our debt as a percentage of our economy down to its lowest point since 1917."