Bill Clinton: “No, I think--well, I do believe that people have not gotten a lot of the information; I think that is true. But I…”

“No, I think--well, I do believe that people have not gotten a lot of the information; I think that is true. But I think--keep in mind what I said first. I think a lot of people may hear that there are more jobs, but they may feel that their personal situation is not more secure. That is, they may think, ``Well, I'm still not going to get a raise,'' or ``I might lose my job,'' or ``I might lose my health benefits.'' Another million Americans lost their health care last year. That's why Harris Wofford and I worked so hard to protect the health care benefits of working people and to try to change the law so that they wouldn't lose their health care. So there is a lot of personal insecurity out there. But the point I'm trying to make to the American people is that we're making them more secure--that's what the family leave law was all about, that's what these efforts to improve the health of our children are all about, that's what the crime bill is all about--that our economic policy is working. So the issue is, do you want to keep working for something that is plainly taking us in the right direction, or do you want to buy this Republican snake oil, you know, ``We're going to give everybody a tax cut and balance the budget and increase everybody's spending, and we'll tell you how we're going to pay for that after the election.'' Mr. Lancer. Okay, let's assume we're headed in the right direction. What we in the Northeast would like to know is, how long is it going to take us to get there?”