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Bill Clinton: The deficit as a percentage of national income is now as low as it was in 1979, before the deficits started to explode.

On the recordFebruary 22, 1994
The deficit as a percentage of national income is now as low as it was in 1979, before the deficits started to explode.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the Business Council

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