On the recordMarch 11, 2004
No President has left office in over 50 years with fewer jobs than they started off with until this administration. We are down 3 million jobs; and if you are interested in jobs, remember that in just a few years we will be spending $300 billion on additional interest on the national debt that had not been anticipated when President Clinton left office, $300 billion dollar. At $30,000 each, you can hire 10 million people. There are only 9 million people unemployed and receiving unemployment in America today. Instead of an unemployment check, you have enough money there in additional interest on the national debt that we should not have to pay to hire everybody that is drawing an unemployment check.
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