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Bill Clinton: Well, I hope they do. Normally they say they're more pro-business than I am. I dispute that. I think that this…

On the recordJanuary 11, 1996
Well, I hope they do. Normally they say they're more pro-business than I am. I dispute that. I think that this administration has been very good for American business. But I will say again: It would be wrong for the Congress not to extend the debt limit so that we can pay our bills. As a country, a great country, we have never done that. We have never let the financial markets be in any doubt; we have never let the citizens who hold our debt be in any doubt that America is as good as its word, and we pay our bills. And I believe in the end that's what we'll do. Earned-Income Tax Credit
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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