The President's Radio Address
05/28/1993
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I don't know how in the world we could ever make any decisions in this country if we made decisions on that basis.
We have a budget deficit, we have an investment deficit, and we clearly have a trust deficit in America.
Nothing has done more to erode the confidence of the American people in our Government than our chronic failure to manage our finances.
There are three other opportunities we're going to have to cut spending to continue to drive the deficit down.