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Bill Clinton: “Yes, and a lot of these people, if we put more stores, for example, in these Native American areas and hired the people…”

On the recordJuly 9, 1999
Yes, and a lot of these people, if we put more stores, for example, in these Native American areas and hired the people there to work in the stores, then even in--and they're the poorest parts of America; they have the highest unemployment rate--but if you get their unemployment rate just down to 20 percent, then you have 80 percent of the people working and you make a whole market. So by creating the jobs, you create the market to buy the products that the jobs provide. Mr. Jackson. What I thought was kind of mystical to me, frankly, was when we left Appalachia and got to Memphis, and after we had eaten at the Blues Cafe and had big fun eating much too much----
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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