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On the recordJanuary 4, 1998
We reversed 12 years of trickle-down economics in which the deficit of this country exploded year after year and our national debt was quadrupled.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on the Federal Budget and an Exchange With Reporters

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