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Gilbert Gutknecht: “The other analogy about the boats is the story President Kennedy used, that a rising tide lifts all boats. And if we…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2000
The other analogy about the boats is the story President Kennedy used, that a rising tide lifts all boats. And if we have some fiscal responsibility, as we have seen in the last 5 years, that by properly managing the budget and by controlling the growth in Federal spending and by allowing families and investors to keep more of what they earned, we have had a much stronger economy. And we have been able to lift a lot of boats out there. And it is not just the people making a million dollars a year, it is an awful lot of those people making $30,000 and $35,000 and $40,000 a year.
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Gilbert Gutknecht
Republican · Minnesota
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Discussing the impact of fiscal responsibility on the economy and income levels.

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