Exchange With Reporters in Kennebunkport
07/01/1990
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
Somebody ought to tell my opponent Americans do not retreat; we compete.
I learned that higher taxes and spending do not create jobs, they destroy jobs.
I believe we should compete, not pull back, not retreat.
I am pleased to transmit today for your immediate consideration and enactment the 'Federal Pay Reduction Act of 1992.'