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Bill Jefferson Clinton served as the 42nd President of the United States from January 20, 1993, to January 20, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the position of Governor of Arkansas from 1983 to 1992. During his presidency, Clinton focused on several key policies, including welfare reform, economic growth, and healthcare reform. His administration is noted for achieving a budget surplus and for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Well, you may know that last year our Government signed an agreement, which had the support of the airline industry, which got a commitment out of Europe to dramatically reduce the subsidies to airbus. What I seek to do, number one, is to…
Well, I want an omnibus program passed which has all the spending cuts mandated along with the tax increases. I don't want to raise taxes and then sit around waiting to see whether the spending cuts are going to be enacted. I think that we…
Well, I certainly hope that I get to meet you sometime. And I'm really, really impressed that you did this. I think you're really a symbol of what's best in this country, and I'm proud of you, and I thank you for doing this. And I'm going…
That's great. Well, by the time you can get out of medical school and be a cardiologist the American people will be living much longer, but they'll all be worried about their hearts. There will be a big demand for what you do. Larry. I…
Pretty impressive. What do you want to do when you get out of high school? Larry. I want to go to college and then medical school.
And what's your annual--what's your sales, your volume of sales? How much do you sell every year? Larry. Well, so far we've sold 3,000, and it's been divided between the 3 years since I'm just starting out.
And do you do it year-round? Larry. It's pretty much year-round, except during the wintertime we have a few less sales of the sprinkler.
Well, I think we can. One of the things that I've asked our staff to do, since citizens are not in the habit of sending money like this, is to see whether we can legally receive it and spend it just the way you want. And I'm going to also…
We'll answer some more questions. I'm going to forego my time and just let him announce the policy, so we can hear some more questions. Got to give the man equal time, I know. [Laughter] Economic Program
Generations of experience has taught us that the private sector functions best when the Government supports it but does not direct it.
We're going to fund a way to spend that money cleaning up pollution not paying for lawyers.
A wealthy country cannot grow wealthier by hunkering down within its own borders.
To do it, we have to cut spending, raise some more tax money, and target some new investments.
Well, if we do a good job, we'll be able to find more business and bring some of them back to work.
My whole goal in this economic program is to try to change the priorities of this country.
We've got to do something for small business to try to help them to go and to grow.
I also ask you to support immunizing every child before the age of 2 in America.
I assured the representatives here that we had no desire other than to find the 15 best people in America immediately to work on this issue.
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