Bill Clinton: “Well, we've tried to work together while respecting our independence. And I have believed always that if I provided…”

“Well, we've tried to work together while respecting our independence. And I have believed always that if I provided America with a responsible budget that was moving toward balance so that in the short term we were behaving in a responsible way and that had the long- term investments necessary to triumph in the kind of economy we live in, that that would permit him to do his job with the lowest possible interest rates. That is, I thought he would be able to leave interest rates than he otherwise would feel he could. I think on balance that's what's happened. I know that he couldn't possibly agree with every decision I've made in the last 5\1/2\ years, and he put the brakes on pretty tight in 1994, trying to keep this thing going. And we had a big--we had a pretty good slowdown, but then we were able to keep it going, keep the expansion going. And so it's continued right the way through until here we are, almost to the middle of '98. And I believe that he'll do what he thinks is right for the long-term interests of the American economy. Mr. Hunt. You were asked the other day at your news conference about the stock market continuing to go up, and you were an optimist. If you were private citizen Clinton today, would you invest in the market?”