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Bill Clinton: Look, here's a country with a $1.5 trillion budget, an annual income of over $6 trillion. So you talk about a party…

On the recordAugust 30, 1996
Look, here's a country with a $1.5 trillion budget, an annual income of over $6 trillion. So you talk about a party raising and spending $150 million in a year and a half for an election, it sounds like a lot of money. Against that, it doesn't sound like so much money. It just costs a lot of money to communicate. The communications costs--not just on television--radio, print, mail, travel, it's very high. Ms. Soren. Right. Do you think--so corporations aren't getting access? I read a report that they get to sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom once in a while, CEO's or----
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