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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Clearwater, Florida)
For Immediate Release
October 3, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT ON TOP OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY WELCOME
Top of the World Community
Clearwater, Florida
9:25 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very, very much.
Please be seated. At long last he's made his intentions clear.
And I'm delighted that Sidney will not be a candidate for
President of the United States. (Laughter.) It's a confusing
enough year with the way it is. (Laughter.)
But thank you, sir -- to you and your family for
this introduction. Sidney and I go back a while. And he's been
a loyal and strong friend and supporter. And he's certainly been
a marvelous citizen of this community and of our great state of
Florida. so thank you very much.
And allow me quickly to single out a couple of
others -- Sandra, thank you, and best of luck to you.
(Applause.) We have Bill Grant with us, another friend. And I
want to see some real changes in the Congress. (Applause.) And
he's running for the Senate. (Applause.)
And Jeannie Austin, the Vice Chairman of the
Republican National Committee, sitting over here -- a Floridian.
(Applause.) And Marian Keith, longtime GOP volunteer and a
resident of On Top of the World. (Applause.) And a special
welcome -- right back there -- and a special welcome to Gerald
McRaney. He's a great campaigner, a man of principle.
(Applause.) And I'm very proud to have him at my side.
(Applause.) Mac will be traveling with us all across Florida
today. And we love having him along -- except every time I get
going on a little too long, he makes me drop in the aisle of Air
Force One and do 50 push-ups. (Laughter.)
But in honor of the Major's presence, I'd like to
start this morning with an announcement related to the area,
regarding MacDill Air Force Base. And as you know, MacDill
played a big role in bringing an end to the Cold War and
certainly in Desert Storm. And now I'm pleased to announce that
the Air Force and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NOAA, will work together to make MacDill a major
center for NOAA's fleet of research aircraft. (Applause.) ) This
is a good decision. It represents a big victory for Senator
Connie Mack and Congressman Bill Young, who are both back in
Washington today. (Applause.)
And also to give credit, I want to single out Al
Austin, the Chairman of the MacDill Response Group, a Floridian
who played a big role in finding a use for MacDill that will
serve the national interest and also provide a major boost to the
area's economy. So it's good news, and I'm glad to be able to
announce it here in Florida today. (Applause.)
Now about this little matter of an election -- a
month from today. This campaign, like every campaign, is about a
simple question: What kind of America do we want for our kids
and for our grandkids? And my opponent says that America is over
the hill. And at the Democratic Convention, he said he saw the
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U.S. sliding down the list of nations, somewhere past Germany and
heading for Sri Lanka.
Well, maybe he ought to open his eyes. Maybe he
ought to look at the respect with which we're held all around the
world. And maybe the Governor needs to walk the streets of
Europe and talk to the people of Asia, and they'd remind him of a
few facts: Americans are still the most educated people in the
world. In spite of our difficulties, the American economy is
still the most dynamic in the world. American workers still the
most productive. And any way you measure it, America is still on
top of the world. And that's the way it is. (Applause.)
And 50 how do we stay number one -- and that's the
question. And I've laid out an Agenda for American Renewal -- a
comprehensive, integrated agenda to create in America the world's
very first $10-trillion economy. And my Agenda for Renewal
demands that we open new markets for American products. Because
that is the way we are going to create the new jobs for American
workers.
My agenda prepares our young people to excel in
science and math and English because that's the way they will
outperform the Japanese and the Germans. And my Agenda helps
strengthen the American family because we must never forget:
Family is still the foundation of our nation. (Applause.)
And I might just say I'm a little prejudice, but
I think we have one of the great First Ladies of all time. And I
wish -- (applause) -- and I wish Barbara were here, because she
feels as I do on strengthening family. And when she sits there
in the Diplomatic Entrance of the White House and reads to those
kids, it's sending a signal to parents to help your children.
When she holds an AIDS baby in her arms, it sends the compassion
that we all ought to feel -- one for another. And she feels as
strongly as I do that we've got to find ways to strengthen the
fabric of society by strengthening the American family.
(Applause.)
This Agenda for American Renewal promotes savings
and investment, because in America the future is our children's
birthright. And so here's what I'm fighting for: To
reinvent --literally reinvent American education and give every
American the fundamental right to choose the best school for
their children. (Applause.) Fighting to reform our crazy legal
system, because, as a nation, we must sue each other less and
care for each other more. These suits are out of hand.
(Applause.)
And then to use market and competition to cut the
cost of health care and make it available to all of your
neighbors. And it seems to me if you see a doctor once, you
shouldn't have to go back a month later when you get the bill to
be treated for aftershock. (Laughter and applause.) so we have
a good, new health reform program, and I think it's time to bring
some sanity to our health care system.
And I want to bring real change to Washington by
limiting the terms of the members of Congress -- (applause) --
and give the power back to real people. The President's terms
are limited; why not limit the terms of some of those old
geezers up there that have been there for about 50 years?
(Applause.)
And, finally, I'm fighting for economic security,
for every man and woman in America. And I know that Social
Security and Medicare are important to all of you, to all of us.
And I'm sure some of you have heard my opponent's ads on the
subject. Understand, Governor Clinton's a very ambitious
politician. That's fine. But in his first try on the national
scene he's using the oldest trick in the world trying to scare
America's seniors.
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And here are the facts: I have proposed a
comprehensive program to reform our health care system, to
improve health care for all Americans. And the only proposal
I've made to -- will affect Medicare benefits is to give people
with highest incomes a smaller government subsidy. But I believe
we can get big savings by cutting the fat out of an inefficient
system, but going after things like the $25 billion in potential
savings in malpractice insurance. But we can reform health care
without cutting your health benefits. I have protected them as
President -- (applause) -- and I'm going to continue to protect
them. (Applause.)
Bill Clinton's got a different idea. He wants the
government to get involved in setting prices -- setting health
care prices. But the experts said it could force people to wait
in line for treatment they want and need. Governor Clinton's
plan would require $218 billion in cuts in Medicaid and Medicare
over the next five years. And so at the same time he's scaring
you, he will not tell the seniors across this state and across
the country where he's going to get the over $200 billion in
savings that he wants. I think you deserve an answer to this.
These are the facts. They are pure and simple
facts. And it's the same with Social Security. In 1983 -- most
people will probably remember this -- in 1983, we took steps to
make sure Social Security would stay financially sound, and we
have kept it that way. And no matter what Governor Clinton says,
as long as I am President, Social Security will remain safe and
sound. And as I said in the State of the Union message -- and I
repeat it here -- I will not mess with Social Security, and I
will not let Congress mess with Social Security. (Applause.)
And I will not let anyone take a knife to your Medicare benefits.
Now, ultimately none of us will be secure without a
strong economy. And that's a fundamental issue of the campaign.
And the differences in approach couldn't be more dramatic.
I know America's endured some very tough economic
times. But understand, we are being affected -- and most people
know this -- by a global economic slowdown. Our competitors in
Europe would trade places with us in a minute. And yet Governor
Clinton offers America the European social welfare state policies
-- more government, more special interest spending, more taxes on
the middle class.
And as Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended
the sales tax, including a tax on vegetables and other groceries.
He raised the gas tax. He taxed mobile homes. He even taxed
cable TV -- taxes that hit the middle class and seniors the
hardest.
And now in this campaign, he says he's changed his
ways. He's proposing at least $150 billion in new taxes plus at
least $220 billion in new spending. But don't worry, he says,
I'll get it all from the rich -- the people who make over
$200,000 -- that top two percent.
Well, yesterday in The Washington Post, his economic
spokesman was quoted admitting to a reporter that the top two
percent is not people over $200,000. He said that was just
shorthand. Well, he's right. It's shorthand. Governor
Clinton's plan is shorthand for socking it to the nurses and the
teachers and the cab drivers and the middle class people who
always get the shaft. And I am not going to let it happen.
We re going to take this case to the American people.
(Applause.)
To get the money -- to get the money that he needs
for this plan -- the $150 billion that he's promised in new taxes
-- he would have to get his money from every individual with
taxable income over $36,600. And that is a fact. And these
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aren't the folks you see on "Lifestyles of the Rich and the
Famous." They work hard, and they deserve a break.
But that's just a start. Because hardly a day goes
by when candidate Clinton isn't signing on some plea for some new
government spending program. And before he's done, Bill Clinton
is going to need hundreds of billions of dollars more to pay for
all the programs he's promised. You've got every right to say
well, who will pay? And the same people who always pay -- the
people who work hard and sweat it out at tax time. Bill Clinton
wants you to sweat harder for the tax man, and I say his ideas
deserve a cold shower. (Applause.)
Just some examples: Let's say your daughter's a
third grade teacher with about $22,000 a year in taxable income.
She already pays about $1,300 in taxes. And Governor Clinton
could have her fork over another $430 a year to the tax man
that is, if he's going to pay for all the social programs and pay
for the additional spending that he's already proposed. And I
say that that woman ought to be able to use that money to pay for
the grandkids' education or pay the mortgage on her house, not to
send it back to the IRS.
Bill Clinton can protest all he wants, but his
numbers do not add up. And I'm not going to let him take the
difference out of your income. (Applause.)
And now, whenever I say this, Governor Clinton says
it's outrageous. He'd never considered taxing the middle class.
He's, quote -- here's what he says about himself -- "a different
kind of Democrat." Well, there's nothing different about $150
billion in new taxes right out of the shoot. There's nothing
different about at least $220 billion in new government spending
-- spending he's already proposed. And there's nothing different
in Bill Clinton's record in Arkansas where he's treated the
middle class like a piggy bank to pay for all his programs.
Remember Mike Dukakis, the tank driver? (Laughter.)
Well, Bill Clinton nominated him for President four years ago.
And this year, according to an article in The New York Times, 39
of Governor Clinton's economic proposals are virtually identical
to the ideas Governor Dukakis was pushing -- higher taxes, more
spending, a bigger deficit. And I say, simply: These things are
wrong for America. (Applause.) We've got fundamental
differences here. I'm getting warmed up on you, because I think
we're going to have three debates; so I'm practicing here today.
(Laughter and applause.)
Governor Clinton wants you to believe that the
American economy will improve if you turn full control of your
paycheck over to the crew that already runs the Congress. He
wants the tax-and-spend government planners to have total control
over the Executive Branch, too. And last time they tried this --
we ended up with double-digit inflation and rising interest
rates, and a Misery Index -- inflation and unemployment -- over
20 percent.
Think about what inflation does to people on fixed
incomes. Bill Clinton and his friends in Congress would let the
lion of inflation out of its cage. And I say, let's lock it
away, keep it from your bank account, keep your savings
sacrosanct, not to be wiped out by inflation. (Applause.)
And so my case to the American people is this: At
this time in our history, we simply cannot take the risk on a
President with no national experience and a miserable Arkansas
record to run on. (Applause.)
Since I've been in the Oval Office I've faced some
very difficult decisions. That's what you pay me to do. And,
yes, I've made some mistakes; when I make a mistake I'll admit
it. But I believe I've been a good leader. I've tried to make
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the tough calls. (Applause.) I've tried to make the tough
calls, willing to tell people not what they want to hear, but
what they need to hear. And I stand before you today asking for
your support so that we can get to work with a new Congress to
fix the problems that stand in the way of this country; and so
that we reform our health care system; that we literally reinvent
our schools; so that we can retrain workers from one generation
and create jobs for the next; and so that we can cut government
spending and cut taxes to get this economy moving again; and so
that we can limit terms of the Members of the Congress and give
government back to the people. (Applause.)
And if you're looking for a leader of experience and
ideas, a leader who shares your values, a leader who knows that
America's heartbeat can be found not in Washington, but in places
like Clearwater and Largo and St. Pete and Tampa, then I hope I
can count on your support on November 3rd.
Thank you all very, very much, and may God bless the
United States of America. Thank you all. Thank you.
(Applause.)
The meeting is adjourned. Thank you. (Applause.)
END
9:42 A.M. EDT
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ON TOP OF THE WORLD RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
OCTOBER 3, 1992
9:25 A.M.
Thank you, Sidney [Colen], for those warm words.
[Acknowledgements.] // You've got it all: Swimming pool,
tennis courts, shuffle board -- even horseshoe pits. Maybe
Barbara and I will come down here when we retire -- in 1997. //
This campaign, like every campaign, is about a simple
question: what kind of America do we want -- for our kids and our
grandkids? //
For a young man, Bill Clinton's got a tired way of looking
at the world. He says America is over the hill, struggling in
the sunset years of this century. At the Democratic convention,
he said he saw the U.S. sliding down the list of nations,
somewhere past Germany and heading for Sri Lanka.
Governor Clinton needs to talk to the Europeans. Talk to
the people of Asia -- they'd tell him. The American worker is
still the most productive -- the American economy is still the
most dynamic. Any way you measure it -- America is still "On Top
of the World." " //
How do we stay Number One? That's the question. / I have
laid out my Agenda for American Renewal -- a specific,
comprehensive, integrated agenda to create in America -- the
world's very first $10 trillion economy./
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My agenda offers real-world solutions for real-world
problems. As I told Sidney, I put it together after long
discussion -- hours of intense argument -- with the best minds
available anywhere. //
And Sidney said: "When were you ever at the Coffee Corner?"
My agenda for renewal asks that we look forward -- to open
new markets for American products -- because that is the way we
will create new jobs for American workers. //
My agenda prepares our young people to work -- because that
is the way we will win. //
My agenda helps strengthen the American family -- because
family is still the foundation of our nation. //
My agenda aims at promoting savings and investment --
because America must always be a country where we put tomorrow
ahead of today //
Here's what I'm fighting for:
To re-invent American education -- give every American the
fundamental right to choose the best school for their children.
To reform our crazy legal system -- because as a nation, we
must sue each other less and care for each other more. //
To use competition to cut the cost of health care and make
it more affordable to you and your families. The way I see it,
you should only have a headache when you go to the doctor -- not
two months later when you get the bill. //
Finally, I'm fighting for economic security -- for every man
and woman in America. //
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I know that Social Security and Medicare are vital issues to
all of you. And that's why it bothers me so much that Bill
Clinton's so desperate to win that he's putting aside the facts
to play on your fears.
Here are the facts: I've proposed a comprehensive program
to reform our health care system -- to improve health care for
all Americans. But I will not reduce your Medicare benefits to
get there. We need to cut the fat out of an inefficient system -
- not cut your health care benefits.
Bill Clinton's got a different idea in mind: A government
takeover of health care -- forcing people to wait in lines for
treatment they want and need. His plan would require $218
billion in cuts in Medicaid and Medicare over the next five years
to meet his targets. Where does he think he's going to get those
savings? How does he expect to cut over $200 billion from
Medicare and Medicaid without hurting people like you?
Bill Clinton's abandoned straight talk for scare tactics.
Without a single shred of evidence, he's claimed we're going to
cut Medicare benefits. / He knows better -- and he ought to be
ashamed. You know I've been right out in the open: The only
proposal I've made that will affect Medicare benefits is to give
people with income over $100,000 a year a smaller government
subsidy.
I think Bill Clinton's in for a surprise, because America's
seniors are smarter than he thinks. And if anyone thinks
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nothing's worse than making senior citizens scared -- wait until
you make 'em mad. //
You know, in 1983, we took steps to make sure Social
Security would stay financially sound. As long as I am
President, Social Security will remain safe and sound. I will
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not touch Social Security. I will not let Congress Social
Security. And I won't let anyone take a knife to your Medicare
benefits. //
These are just some of the things I'm fighting for. / I'm
proud of my record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if
Candidate Clinton wants to talk about the past, I say okay --
let's look at what's been going on in Arkansas. The people there
are decent and hard working. But there's a lot you don't know
about their Governor. And the more you find out, the more you
find out that he's wrong for America. //
Look at the issue of crime -- and the fear it strikes,
especially, for America's children and for our senior citizens.
We didn't fight for peace in the world to see a nation live in
fear, locked behind bolted doors in a prison called home. //
Candidate Clinton -- meet Governor Clinton. In Arkansas,
the average criminal serves just one-fifth of his sentence --
then he's let back out on the streets.
Compare that to our federal prisons today. The average
inmate serves 85 percent of his sentence. When it comes to
crime, I'm not much for leniency and compassion. If you steal a
car or beat an elderly woman -- you ought to go to jail. I say
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you shouldn't be let out, until you're eligible for a birthday
salute from Willard Scott. //
But don't ask me who's tough on crime. Ask the police in
Little Rock, Arkansas. The cops who know Bill Clinton best, have
endorsed me -- as the best candidate for President of the United
States. //
It's the same thing on every issue. Governor Clinton says
he's for civil rights, but Arkansas doesn't have a basic civil
rights law. He says he's for high tech -- but under Bill Clinton
Arkansas has been falling behind in high school. Three out of
every four Arkansas graduates spend their first year in college -
- relearning what they were supposed to learn in high school. He
says he's for a clean environment, but the Institute for Southern
Studies ranked Arkansas 50th in environmental policies. / The
rivers around Arkansas are some of the most polluted in America.
Governor Clinton sometimes sounds as if he can walk on water.
Well in Arkansas, the rivers are so polluted -- maybe he can.
//
Your grandchildren deserve better than this. So does all
America.
Look at the economy, the major issue in this campaign.
I know America has endured some tough economic times, but
understand, we are being affected by a global economic slowdown.
Our competitors in Europe would trade places with us in a minute.
Yet Governor Clinton offers America -- the European social
welfare state policies. More government. More special interest
spending. More taxes on the middle class.
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As Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended the sales tax,
including a tax on vegetables and other groceries. He raised the
gas tax, he taxed mobile homes, he even taxed cable TV. //
In this campaign, the Governor of Arkansas is proposing at
least $150 billion in new taxes -- plus at least $220 billion in
new spending. But don't worry, he says -- I'll get it all from
the rich.
But here's the truth. To get the money he needs for his
plan, the $150 billion he's promised in new taxes, Governor
Clinton would have to get his money from every individual with
taxable income over $36,600.
These aren't the folks you see on Lifestyles of the Rich and
Famous -- they work hard, they deserve a break. //
But that's just the start of his tax campaign against the
middle-class. Hardly a day goes by when Candidate Clinton isn't
signing on to some plea for new government spending. Before he's
done, Bill Clinton's going to need hundreds of billions of
dollars more to pay for all the programs he's promised. Who
will pay? The same people who always pay: The people who work
hard to pay their bills, who sweat it out at tax time. Bill
Clinton wants you to sweat harder for the tax man -- and I say
his ideas deserve a cold shower. //
Listen to the newspaper from his own back yard, The Pine
Bluff Commercial. Here's what they say: "If Congress followed
the example that Bill Clinton has set as Governor of Arkansas, it
tax
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would pass a program that hit the middle-class hardest."
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FACT CHANGE Now MN
I don't think that Pine Bluff paper is bluffing.
Let's say your-granddaughter is a third grade teacher --
with about $22,000 a year in taxable income. Governor Clinton
could have her fork over another $430 bucks a year to the tax
man. And I say she ought to be able to use that money to pay for
your grandkids education, or pay the mortgage on her house, not
send it back to the IRS.//
Now whenever I say this, Bill Clinton says it's outrageous -
- he'd never consider taxing the Middle Class. He's a different
kind of Democrat.
But there's nothing different about $150 billion in new
taxes. There's nothing different about at least $220 billion in
new government spending. There's nothing different in Bill
Clinton's record in Arkansas -- where he's treated the Middle
Class like a piggy-bank to pay for all his programs.
Remember Mike Dukakis? Bill Clinton nominated him for
President four years ago. And this year, according to an article
in the New York Times, 39 of Governor Clinton's 49 economic
proposals are almost identical to the ideas Governor Dukakis was
pushing.
Higher taxes. More spending. A bigger deficit. America
deserves something different than this.
Bill Clinton wants you to believe that the American economy
will improve if you turn full control of your paycheck over to
the crew that already runs the Congress -- he wants the tax and
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spend government planners to have total control over the
Executive Branch, too.
Last time they tried this, we ended up with double-digit
inflation -- rising interest rates -- a misery index over 21
percent. We've seen what happens when the party of "tax and
spend" operates without checks and balances. //
Think about what inflation does to people on fixed incomes.
Bill Clinton and his friends in Congress want to let the lion of
inflation out of its cage. I say: Let's lock it away for good.
At this time in our history, we can't take that risk again.
You see, I've been in the Oval Office, I've faced the tough
decisions.
I've made some mistakes and I've admitted them.
But I believe I've been a good leader -- willing to make the
tough calls -- I'm a leader whose ideas are right for America.
I stand before you today, asking for your support so that we
can get to work with a new Congress to fix the problems that
stand in the way of this country.
So that we reform our health care system, and reinvent our
schools. So that we can retrain the workers from one generation,
and create jobs for the next. So that we can cut government
spending and cut taxes -- to get this economy moving again. So
that we can limit the terms of members of Congress -- and give
government back to the people.
This is the Agenda I have to offer.
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If you want someone who has more plans than there are
problems -- cast your vote for someone else [[OR: for the other
guy -- or the other other guy.]]
But if you are looking for a leader of experience, a leader
of ideas, a leader who shares your values, a leader who
understands that America's real strength is not in government,
but in places like Clearwater and Largo and St. Pete and Tampa
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- then I know I can count on your support -- on November 3rd.
//
Thank you very much. God Bless the United States of
America.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 2, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
DAN MC GROARTY
SUBJECT:
CLEARWATER RETIREMENT COMMUNITY EVENT
I. Summary
On Saturday, October 2, at 9:25 a.m., you will deliver
remarks (16 minutes, on prompter) to approximately 1,000 people
gathered in the Activities Center at the On Top of the World
retirement community.
II. Discussion
You remarks include your stump speech and an insert on
Medicare and Social Security.
Document No. 354288ss
7399
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT 92 DUE BY: TODAY, 10/2 5:00 pm
OCT 5 A8: 57
10/2/92
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ON TOP OF THE WORLD RETIREMENT CENTER
SUBJECT:
CLEARWATER, FL - OCT. 3
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
X
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
HORNER
GROOMES
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty,
Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 5:00 p.m., TODAY, OCT. 2,
with a copy to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
TO:
DAN MCGROARTY
October 2, 1992
PHILLIP D. BRADY
The NSC staff concurs B as amended.
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Brent Scowcroft
Ext. 2702
CC: Phillip D. Brady
McGroarty/Nix
October 2, 1992
1:45 p.m.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
ON TOP OF THE WORLD RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
OCTOBER 3, 1992
9:25 A.M.
Thank you, Sidney [Colen], for those warm words.
[Acknowledgements.] // You've got it all: Swimming pool,
tennis courts, shuffle board -- even horseshoe pits. Maybe
Barbara and I will come down here when we retire -- in 1997. 11
This campaign, like every campaign, is about a simple
question: what kind of America do we want -- for our kids and our
grandkids? //
For a young man, Bill Clinton's got a tired way of looking
at the world. He says America is over the hill, struggling in
the sunset years of this century. At the Democratic convention,
he said he saw the U.S. sliding down the list of nations,
somewhere past Germany and heading for Sri Lanka.
Governor Clinton needs to talk to the Europeans. Talk to
the people of Asia -- they'd tell him. The American worker is
still the most productive -- the American economy is still the
most dynamic. Any way you measure it -- America is still "On Top
of the World." //
How do we stay Number One? That's the question. / I have
laid out my Agenda for American Renewal -- a specific,
comprehensive, integrated agenda to create in America -- the
world's very first $10 trillion economy./
2
My agenda offers real-world solutions for real-world
problems. As I told Sidney, I put it together after long
discussion -- hours of intense argument -- with the best minds
available anywhere. //
And Sidney said: "When were you ever at the Coffee Corner?"
My agenda for renewal asks that we look forward -- to open
new markets for American products -- because that is the way we
will create new jobs for American workers. //
My agenda prepares our young people to work -- because that
is the way we will win. //
My agenda helps strengthen the American family -- because
family is still the foundation of our nation. //
My agenda aims at promoting savings and investment --
because America must always be a country where we put tomorrow
ahead of today. //
Here's what I'm fighting for:
To re-invent American education -- give every American the
fundamental right to choose the best school for their children.
To reform our crazy legal system -- because as a nation, we
must sue each other less and care for each other more. //
To use competition to cut the cost of health care and make
it more affordable to you and your families. The way I see it,
you should only have a headache when you go to the doctor -- not
two months later when you get the bill. //
Finally, I'm fighting for economic security -- for every man
and woman in America. //
3
I know that Social Security and Medicare are vital issues to
all of you. And that's why it bothers me so much that Bill
Clinton's so desperate to win that he's putting aside the facts
to play on your fears.
Here are the facts: I've proposed a comprehensive program
to reform our health care system -- to improve health care for
all Americans. But I will not reduce your Medicare benefits to
get there. We need to cut the fat out of an inefficient system -
- not cut your health care benefits.
Bill Clinton's got a different idea in mind: A government
takeover of health care -- forcing people to wait in lines for
treatment they want and need. His plan would require $218
billion in cuts in Medicaid and Medicare over the next five years
to meet his targets. Where does he think he's going to get those
savings? How does he expect to cut over $200 billion from
Medicare and Medicaid without hurting people like you?
Bill Clinton's abandoned straight talk for scare tactics.
Without a single shred of evidence, he's claimed we're going to
cut Medicare benefits. / He knows better -- and he ought to be
ashamed. You know I've been right out in the open: The only
proposal I've made that will affect Medicare benefits is to give
people with income over $100,000 a year a smaller government
subsidy.
I think Bill Clinton's in for a surprise, because America's
seniors are smarter than he thinks. And if anyone thinks
4
nothing's worse than making senior citizens scared -- wait until
you make 'em mad. //
You know, in 1983, we took steps to make sure Social
Security would stay financially sound. As long as I am
President, Social Security will remain safe and sound. I will
not touch Social Security. I will not let Congress touch Social
Security. And I won't let anyone take a knife to your Medicare
benefits. //
These are just some of the things I'm fighting for. / I'm
proud of my record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if
Candidate Clinton wants to talk about the past, I say okay --
let's look at what's been going on in Arkansas. The people there
are decent and hard working. But there's a lot you don't know
about their Governor. And the more you find out, the more you
find out that he's wrong for America. //
Look at the issue of crime -- and the fear it strikes,
especially, for America's children and for our senior citizens.
We didn't fight for peace in the world to see a nation live in
fear, locked behind bolted doors in a prison called home. //
Candidate Clinton -- meet Governor Clinton. In Arkansas,
the average criminal serves just one-fifth of his sentence --
then he's let back out on the streets.
Compare that to our federal prisons today. The average
inmate serves 85 percent of his sentence. When it comes to
crime, I'm not much for leniency and compassion. If you steal a
car or beat an elderly woman -- you ought to go to jail. I say
5
you shouldn't be let out, until you're eligible for a birthday
salute from Willard Scott. //
But don't ask me who's tough on crime. Ask the police in
Little Rock, Arkansas. The cops who know Bill Clinton best, have
endorsed me -- as the best candidate for President of the United
States. //
It's the same thing on every issue. Governor Clinton says
he's for civil rights, but Arkansas doesn't have a basic civil
rights law. He says he's for high tech -- but under Bill Clinton
Arkansas has been falling behind in high school. Three out of
every four Arkansas graduates spend their first year in college -
- relearning what they were supposed to learn in high school. He
says he's for a clean environment, but the Institute for Southern
Studies ranked Arkansas 50th in environmental policies. / The
rivers around Arkansas are some of the most polluted in America.
Governor Clinton sometimes sounds as if he can walk on water.
Well in Arkansas, the rivers are so polluted -- maybe he can. //
Your grandchildren deserve better than this. So does all
America.
Look at the economy, the major issue in this campaign.
I know America has endured some tough economic times, but
Vstet"
understand, we are being affected by a global economic slowdown.
Our foreign competitors in Europe would trade places with us in a minute.
hat does
Yet Governor Clinton offers America the European social
welfare state policies. More government. More special interest
spending. More taxes on the middle class.
6
As Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended the sales tax,
including a tax on vegetables and other groceries. He raised the
gas tax, he taxed mobile homes, he even taxed cable TV. //
In this campaign, the Governor of Arkansas is proposing at
least $150 billion in new taxes -- plus at least $220 billion in
new spending. But don't worry, he says -- I'll get it all from
the rich.
But here's the truth. To get the money he needs for his
plan, the $150 billion he's promised in new taxes, Governor
Clinton would have to get his money from every individual with
taxable income over $36,600.
These aren't the folks you see on Lifestyles of the Rich and
Famous -- they work hard, they deserve a break. //
But that's just the start of his tax campaign against the
middle-class. Hardly a day goes by when Candidate Clinton isn't
signing on to some plea for new government spending. Before he's
done, Bill Clinton's going to need hundreds of billions of
dollars more to pay for all the programs he's promised. Who
will pay? The same people who always pay: The people who work
hard to pay their bills, who sweat it out at tax time. Bill
Clinton wants you to sweat harder for the tax man -- and I say
his ideas deserve a cold shower. //
Listen to the newspaper from his own back yard, The Pine
Bluff Commercial. Here's what they say: "If Congress followed
the example that Bill Clinton has set as Governor of Arkansas, it
would pass a program that hit the middle-class hardest."
7
Now, I don't think that Pine Bluff paper is bluffing.
Let's say your granddaughter is a third grade teacher --
with about $22,000 a year in taxable income. Governor Clinton
could have her fork over another $430 bucks a year to the tax
man. And I say she ought to be able to use that money to pay for
your grandkids education, or pay the mortgage on her house, not
send it back to the IRS.//
Now whenever I say this, Bill Clinton says it's outrageous -
- he'd never consider taxing the Middle Class. He's a different
kind of Democrat.
But there's nothing different about $150 billion in new
taxes. There's nothing different about at least $220 billion in
new government spending. There's nothing different in Bill
Clinton's record in Arkansas -- where he's treated the Middle
Class like a piggy-bank to pay for all his programs.
Remember Mike Dukakis? Bill Clinton nominated him for
President four years ago. And this year, according to an article
in the New York Times, 39 of Governor Clinton's 49 economic
proposals are almost identical to the ideas Governor Dukakis was
pushing.
Higher taxes. More spending. A bigger deficit. America
deserves something different than this.
Bill Clinton wants you to believe that the American economy
will improve if you turn full control of your paycheck over to
the crew that already runs the Congress -- he wants the tax and
8
spend government planners to have total control over the
Executive Branch, too.
Last time they tried this, we ended up with double-digit
inflation -- rising interest rates -- a misery index over 21
percent. We've seen what happens when the party of "tax and
spend" operates without checks and balances. //
Think about what inflation does to people on fixed incomes.
Bill Clinton and his friends in Congress want to let the lion of
inflation out of its cage. I say: Let's lock it away for good.
At this time in our history, we can't take that risk again.
You see, I've been in the Oval Office, I've faced the tough
decisions.
I've made some mistakes and I've admitted them.
But I believe I've been a good leader -- willing to make the
tough calls -- I'm a leader whose ideas are right for America.
I stand before you today, asking for your support so that we
can get to work with a new Congress to fix the problems that
stand in the way of this country.
So that we reform our health care system, and reinvent our
schools. So that we can retrain the workers from one generation,
and create jobs for the next. So that we can cut government
spending and cut taxes -- to get this economy moving again. So
that we can limit the terms of members of Congress -- and give
government back to the people.
This is the Agenda I have to offer.
9
If you want someone who has more plans than there are
problems -- cast your vote for someone else [[OR: for the other
guy -- or the other other guy. ]]
But if you are looking for a leader of experience, a leader
of ideas, a leader who shares your values, a leader who
understands that America's real strength is not in government,
but in places like Clearwater and Largo and St. Pete and Tampa
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- then I know I can count on your support -- on November 3rd.
//
Thank you very much. God Bless the United States of
America.
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SUBJECT:
MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida
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Senator Connie Mack (R-FL) contacted you advocating the
relocation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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Administration's (NOAA) Aircraft Operations Center, which
was damaged in Hurricane Andrew, from Miami International
Airport to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.
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On September 9, Commerce Secretary Franklin wrote to Defense
Secretary Cheney to request the transfer of the airfield,
runway, and necessary support buildings at MacDill Air Force
Base to NOAA's Aircraft Operations Center.
As background, the 1991 Base Closure Commission recommended
withdrawing U.S. Air Force operations from the MacDill Base
by 1994. However, two of the Department of Defense's Joint
Commands, i.e., Central Command and Special Operations
Command, will continue to be located at MacDill.
The Air Force and NOAA have met to work out an arrangement
that does not violate the 1991 Base Closure decision. I am
told that the Air Force will recommend to Secretary Cheney
the transfer of the property, which will require a waiver
from the Office of Management and Budget, and the Joint
Commands will support the continued air operations as a
tenant to the Department of Commerce.
RECOMMENDATION:
I recommend we confirm that the Department of Defense will
transfer the MacDill Air Force Base property to NOAA's Aircraft
Operations Center and consider announcing the new activity for
the Base during the President's trip to Tampa on October 3.
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RE:
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Per our conversation this afternoon re MacDill AFB and the
President's remarks in Tampa on Saturday, attached are:
1.
Suggested remarks inserts from Rep. Bill Young (R-FL).
2. Suggested inserts from DOD.
3. 10/1 letter from Cheney to Franklin reflecting the deal.
Kim McKernan (x7030) has background on the issue.
CC: Gary Foster
Dan McGroarty
SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 :10- 1-92 ; 15:02
2024566221- LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS:# 2
suggested remarks from Congressman Bill Young for Saturday,
October 3, in Tampa, Florida.
One result of having won the Cold War is that we can look at
effective and exciting steps to work with local interests to help people,
create jobs, and improve the economy.
That is particularly true at MacDill.
So I am pleased to announce to you today that at the urging of
Congressman Bill Young and Senator Connie Mack, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will establish at MacDill a major
center for its fleet of research aircraft. Congressman Young and Senator
Mack can declare victory that the runways at MacDill will remain open
not only for use for NOAA, but for use by the Headquarters of the two
unified commands based there, U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special
Operations Command, which are so important to our nation's security and
played such a critical role in Operation Desert Storm.
You know, Bill and Connie have been after me forever to keep
MacDill's runways open and I am pleased to be able to tell you that we
have found a solution that will add a. new dimension to the use of this
facility and provide a major boost to your local economic and technological
base.
I'll be watching this development closely because it means persistence
and hard work by your elected officials, and good planning by the
Departments of Commerce and Defense have brought good news to your
area today.
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Suggested from the Department of Defense for Saturday, October 3,
in Tampa, Florida.
DRAFT REMARKS
One result of having won the Cold war is that ve Ci look at
effective and exciting steps to work with local interest. to help
people and improve the economy.
That is particularly true at MacDill.
so I am pleased to announce to you that the Air Force and the
National Océanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are working
togathew so assist the transfer of the MacDill Air force base
airfield to civilian use. NOAA has expressed its interest in
acquiring access to the airfield here at MacDill. Together with
the Headquarters of the two unified commands here (U.S. Central
Command and U.S. special Operations Command), NOAA as a major
tenant would bring a new dimension to the use of this facility and
provide what I think is a major enhancement to the local economy.
NOAA is part of the Department of Commerce and that
Department, in cooperation with the Air Force, has begun the
process to'make this happen in a way that means jobs,
technological advancement and effective use of our resources.
Iill be watching this development closely. It seens seed
planning has brought good ARVE.
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2024566221- LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS:# 3
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, DC 20301-1000
October 1, 1992
Menorable Barbare Eackman Franklin
secretary of Cornerce
Washington, be 20280
Dear Secretary Franklin:
This is An raply to your letter of September 9, 1992, ex-
pressing an interest in acquiring access to aviation facilities
at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, for use by the National Dae-
anic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of
1990, the aviation-related property at Macbill AFR will be avail-
able for transfer DO later than March 31, 1994. It is our intan-
tion to seek a transfer of the airfield to a local use authority.
NOAA's proposed use of the aviation facilities appears to be COE-
patible with the Department of Defense (Don) administrative func-
tions which will remain at the installation after the departure of
the Air Force's flying mission. Further, certain DOD functions at
the installation will have a continuing requirement for access to
aviation racilities and would be likely tenants for any future
operator of the airport. Therefore, based on the above, DOD will
support your interest in soquiring to the sinfield, runway
and necessary support facilities. Fending a final decision on the
rause of the current airfield, the Air Force will nagotiate with
your representatives to accoundate your needs on an interia
basis. They will also insure that your rights as a prime tenant
will be an integral part of negotiations with any ultimate
airfield authority.
To initiate such a negotiation, I recommend that the Depart-
ment of Commerce forward to the Air Force Base Disposal Agency
requests for both the long term and interim use of the airriald.
The Director of the Air Force Base Disposal Agency, Colonel David
K. Cannan, and his staff, are prepared to assist and work with
your Department in this matter. They may be reached at (703) 614-
9686,
Sincerely,
Die Deccy Clay
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MAC Dill insert
....I have a short announcement of great importance to the
people of the Tampa community.
As all of you know, MacDill Air Force Base is home to forces
that played a critical role in Desert Storm and in ending the
Cold War. One result of these triumphs is that we can look at
effective and exciting steps to work with local interests to help
people and improve the economy.
So I am pleased to announce to you that the Air Force and
NOAA -- the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration --
are working together to make MacDill a major center for NOAA's
fleet of research aircraft. Together with the Headquarters of
the Central Command and Special Operations Command, adding NOAA
as a major tenant will bring a new dimension to the use of this
facility.
You know, Bill Young and Connie Mack have been after me
forever to keep MacDill's runways open --- and I am pleased to be
able to tell you we're working toward a solution that will serve:
our national interests and provide a major boost to this
community's economy.
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Kim McKernan
Josh Bolten
Christina: I 've told everyone that
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Document No. 354288ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
10/2/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 10/2 5:00pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ON TOP OF THE WORLD RETIREMENT CENTER
SUBJECT:
CLEARWATER, FL - OCT. 3
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
HORNER
GROOMES
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty,
Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 5:00 p.m., TODAY OCT. 2,
with a copy to this office. Thank you. 2 100
RESPONSE:
do comments
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
(R. Grady may respond at a
and Staff Secretary
later Time
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Nix
October 2, 1992
1:45 p.m.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ON TOP OF THE WORLD RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
OCTOBER 3, 1992
9:25 A.M.
Thank you, Sidney [Colen], for those warm words.
[Acknowledgements.] // You've got it all: Swimming pool,
tennis courts, shuffle board -- even horseshoe pits. Maybe
Barbara and I will come down here when we retire -- in 1997. //
This campaign, like every campaign, is about a simple
question: what kind of America do we want -- for our kids and our
grandkids? //
For a young man, Bill Clinton's got a tired way of looking
at the world. He says America is over the hill, struggling in
the sunset years of this century. At the Democratic convention,
he said he saw the U.S. sliding down the list of nations,
somewhere past Germany and heading for Sri Lanka.
Governor Clinton needs to talk to the Europeans. Talk to
the people of Asia -- they'd tell him. The American worker is
still the most productive -- the American economy is still the
most dynamic. Any way you measure it -- America is still "On Top
of the World." //
How do we stay Number One? That's the question. / I have
laid out my Agenda for American Renewal -- a specific,
comprehensive, integrated agenda to create in America -- the
world's very first $10 trillion economy./
2
My agenda offers real-world solutions for real-world
problems. As I told Sidney, I put it together after long
discussion -- hours of intense argument -- with the best minds
available anywhere. //
And Sidney said: "When were you ever at the Coffee Corner?"
My agenda for renewal asks that we look forward -- to open
new markets for American products -- because that is the way we
will create new jobs for American workers. //
My agenda prepares our young people to work -- because that
is the way we will win. //
My agenda helps strengthen the American family -- because
family is still the foundation of our nation. //
My agenda aims at promoting savings and investment --
because America must always be a country where we put tomorrow
ahead of today. //
Here's what I'm fighting for:
To re-invent American education -- give every American the
fundamental right to choose the best school for their children.
To reform our crazy legal system -- because as a nation, we
must sue each other less and care for each other more. //
To use competition to cut the cost of health care and make
it more affordable to you and your families. The way I see it,
you should only have a headache when you go to the doctor -- not
two months later when you get the bill. //
Finally, I'm fighting for economic security -- for every man
and woman in America. //
3
I know that Social Security and Medicare are vital issues to
all of you. And that's why it bothers me so much that Bill
Clinton's so desperate to win that he's putting aside the facts
to play on your fears.
Here are the facts: I've proposed a comprehensive program
to reform our health care system -- to improve health care for
all Americans. But I will not reduce your Medicare benefits to
get there. We need to cut the fat out of an inefficient system -
- not cut your health care benefits.
Bill Clinton's got a different idea in mind: A government
takeover of health care -- forcing people to wait in lines for
treatment they want and need. His plan would require $218
billion in cuts in Medicaid and Medicare over the next five years
to meet his targets. Where does he think he's going to get those
savings? How does he expect to cut over $200 billion from
Medicare and Medicaid without hurting people like you?
Bill Clinton's abandoned straight talk for scare tactics.
Without a single shred of evidence, he's claimed we're going to
cut Medicare benefits. / He knows better -- and he ought to be
ashamed. You know I've been right out in the open: The only
proposal I've made that will affect Medicare benefits is to give
people with income over $100,000 a year a smaller government
subsidy.
I think Bill Clinton's in for a surprise, because America's
seniors are smarter than he thinks. And if anyone thinks
4
nothing's worse than making senior citizens scared -- wait until
you make 'em mad. //
You know, in 1983, we took steps to make sure Social
Security would stay financially sound. As long as I am
President, Social Security will remain safe and sound. I will
not touch Social Security. I will not let Congress touch Social
Security. And I won't let anyone take a knife to your Medicare
benefits. //
These are just some of the things I'm fighting for. / I'm
proud of my record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if
Candidate Clinton wants to talk about the past, I say okay --
let's look at what's been going on in Arkansas. The people there
are decent and hard working. But there's a lot you don't know
about their Governor. And the more you find out, the more you
find out that he's wrong for America. //
Look at the issue of crime -- and the fear it strikes,
especially, for America's children and for our senior citizens.
We didn't fight for peace in the world to see a nation live in
fear, locked behind bolted doors in a prison called home. //
Candidate Clinton -- meet Governor Clinton. In Arkansas,
the average criminal serves just one-fifth of his sentence --
then he's let back out on the streets.
Compare that to our federal prisons today. The average
inmate serves 85 percent of his sentence. When it comes to
crime, I'm not much for leniency and compassion. If you steal a
car or beat an elderly woman -- you ought to go to jail. I say
5
you shouldn't be let out, until you're eligible for a birthday
salute from Willard Scott. //
But don't ask me who's tough on crime. Ask the police in
Little Rock, Arkansas. The cops who know Bill Clinton best, have
endorsed me -- as the best candidate for President of the United
States. 11
It's the same thing on every issue. Governor Clinton says
he's for civil rights, but Arkansas doesn't have a basic civil
rights law. He says he's for high tech -- but under Bill Clinton
Arkansas has been falling behind in high school. Three out of
every four Arkansas graduates spend their first year in college -
- relearning what they were supposed to learn in high school. He
says he's for a clean environment, but the Institute for Southern
Studies ranked Arkansas 50th in environmental policies. / The
rivers around Arkansas are some of the most polluted in America.
Governor Clinton sometimes sounds as if he can walk on water.
Well in Arkansas, the rivers are so polluted -- maybe he can.
//
Your grandchildren deserve better than this. So does all
America.
Look at the economy, the major issue in this campaign.
I know America has endured some tough economic times, but
understand, we are being affected by a global economic slowdown.
Our competitors in Europe would trade places with us in a minute.
Yet Governor Clinton offers America -- the European social
welfare state policies. More government. More special interest
spending. More taxes on the middle class.
6
As Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended the sales tax,
including a tax on vegetables and other groceries. He raised the
gas tax, he taxed mobile homes, he even taxed cable TV. //
In this campaign, the Governor of Arkansas is proposing at
least $150 billion in new taxes -- plus at least $220 billion in
new spending. But don't worry, he says -- I'll get it all from
the rich.
But here's the truth. To get the money he needs for his
plan, the $150 billion he's promised in new taxes, Governor
Clinton would have to get his money from every individual with
taxable income over $36,600.
These aren't the folks you see on Lifestyles of the Rich and
Famous -- they work hard, they deserve a break. //
But that's just the start of his tax campaign against the
middle-class. Hardly a day goes by when Candidate Clinton isn't
signing on to some plea for new government spending. Before he's
done, Bill Clinton's going to need hundreds of billions of
dollars more to pay for all the programs he's promised. Who
will pay? The same people who always pay: The people who work
hard to pay their bills, who sweat it out at tax time. Bill
Clinton wants you to sweat harder for the tax man -- and I say
his ideas deserve a cold shower. / /
Listen to the newspaper from his own back yard, The Pine
Bluff Commercial. Here's what they say: "If Congress followed
the example that Bill Clinton has set as Governor of Arkansas, it
would pass a program that hit the middle-class hardest."
7
Now, I don't think that Pine Bluff paper is bluffing.
Let's say your granddaughter is a third grade teacher --
with about $22,000 a year in taxable income. Governor Clinton
could have her fork over another $430 bucks a year to the tax
man. And I say she ought to be able to use that money to pay for
your grandkids education, or pay the mortgage on her house, not
send it back to the IRS./ /
Now whenever I say this, Bill Clinton says it's outrageous -
- he'd never consider taxing the Middle Class. He's a different
kind of Democrat.
But there's nothing different about $150 billion in new
taxes. There's nothing different about at least $220 billion in
new government spending. There's nothing different in Bill
Clinton's record in Arkansas -- where he's treated the Middle
Class like a piggy-bank to pay for all his programs.
Remember Mike Dukakis? Bill Clinton nominated him for
President four years ago. And this year, according to an article
in the New York Times, 39 of Governor Clinton's 49 economic
proposals are almost identical to the ideas Governor Dukakis was
pushing.
Higher taxes. More spending. A bigger deficit. America
deserves something different than this.
Bill Clinton wants you to believe that the American economy
will improve if you turn full control of your paycheck over to
the crew that already runs the Congress -- he wants the tax and
8
spend government planners to have total control over the
Executive Branch, too.
Last time they tried this, we ended up with double-digit
inflation -- rising interest rates -- a misery index over 21
percent. We've seen what happens when the party of "tax and
spend" operates without checks and balances. //
Think about what inflation does to people on fixed incomes.
Bill Clinton and his friends in Congress want to let the lion of
inflation out of its cage. I say: Let's lock it away for good.
At this time in our history, we can't take that risk again.
You see, I've been in the Oval Office, I've faced the tough
decisions
I've made some mistakes and I've admitted them.
But I believe I've been a good leader -- willing to make the
tough calls -- I'm a leader whose ideas are right for America.
I stand before you today, asking for your support so that we
can get to work with a new Congress to fix the problems that
stand in the way of this country.
So that we reform our health care system, and reinvent our
schools. So that we can retrain the workers from one generation,
and create jobs for the next. So that we can cut government
spending and cut taxes -- to get this economy moving again. So
that we can limit the terms of members of Congress -- and give
government back to the people.
This is the Agenda I have to offer.
9
If you want someone who has more plans than there are
problems -- cast your vote for someone else [[OR: for the other
guy -- or the other other guy. ]]
But if you are looking for a leader of experience, a leader
of ideas, a leader who shares your values, a leader who
understands that America's real strength is not in government,
but in places like Clearwater and Largo and St. Pete and Tampa
I
- then I know I can count on your support -- on November 3rd.
//
Thank you very much. God Bless the United States of
America.
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South
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the Union
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McGroarty/Nix
October 2, 1992
1:45 p.m.
[clear]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ON TOP OF THE WORLD RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
OCTOBER 3, 1992
9:25 A.M.
Thank you, Sidney [Colen]. Allow me to quickly thank
several people who have joined us this morning: Bill Grant,
Candidate for U.S. Senate; Jeanie Austin, R.N.C. Vice-Chairman,
and Marian Keith, longtime G.O.P. volunteer and a resident of "On
Top of the World". And a special welcome to Gerald MacRaney.
Major Dad will be traveling with us all across Florida today.
We
love having him along, except every time my speeches go too long
-- he makes me drop in the aisle of Air Force One --and do fifty
push ups.
In honor of the Major's presence I'd like to start this
morning with an announcement regarding MacDill Air Force Base.
As you know, MacDill played in big role in bringing an end
to the Cold War -- and in Desert Storm. Now I am pleased to
announce that the Air Force and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration -- will work together to make MacDill
a major center for NOAA's fleet of research aircraft.
This represents a big victory for Senator Connie Mack and
Congressman Bill Young -- who are both back in Washington today.
I'd also like to mention Al Austin, Chairman of the MacDill
2
Response Group, who played a big role in finding a use for
MacDill that will serve our national interest -- and provide a
major boost to this area's economy. //
Now, about this little matter of an election -- a month from
today.
This campaign, like every campaign, is about a simple
question: what kind of America do we want -- for our kids and our
grandkids? //
My opponent says America is over the hill. At the
Democratic convention, he said he saw the U.S. sliding down the
list of nations, somewhere past Germany and heading for Sri
Lanka.
Well, maybe the young Governor needs to walk the streets of
Europe, talk to the people of Asia -- they'd remind him of a few
facts. Americans are still the most educated people in the
world. The American economy is still the most dynamic --
American workers still the most productive. Any way you measure
it -- America is still "On Top of the World. " //
How do we stay Number One? That's the question. / I have
laid out my Agenda for American Renewal -- a comprehensive,
integrated agenda to create in America -- the world's very first
$10 trillion economy. /
My Agenda for Renewal demands that we open new markets for
American products -- because that is the way we will create new
jobs for American workers. //
3
My agenda prepares our young people to excel in science and
math and English -- because that is the way they will outperform
the Japanese and the Germans. //
My agenda helps strengthen the American family -- because we
must never forget -- family is still the foundation of our
nation. //
My agenda promotes savings and investment -- because in
America -- the future is our children's birthright. //
So here's what I'm fighting for:
To re-invent American education -- and give every American
the fundamental right to choose the best school for their
children. //
To reform our crazy legal system -- because as a nation, we
must sue each other less and care for each other more. //
To use competition to cut the cost of health care and make
it available to all your neighbors. Seems to me, if you see a
doctor once -- you shouldn't have to go back a month later, when
you get the bill -- to be treated for aftershock. Lets bring
some sanity to our health care system. /
And I want to bring real change to Washington -- by limiting
the terms of members of Congress -- and give power back to real
people. //
Finally, I'm fighting for economic security -- for every man
and woman in America. //
I know that Social Security and Medicare are important to
all of you. I'm sure some of you have heard my opponents ads on
4
the subject. Understand, Governor Clinton is a very ambitious
politician. In his first try on the national stage -- he's
trying an old trick -- trying to scare senior citizens.
Here are the facts: I've proposed a comprehensive program
to reform our health care system -- to improve health care for
all Americans. The only proposal I've made that will affect
Medicare benefits is to give people with incomes over $100,000 a
smaller government subsidy.
I believe we can get big savings by cutting the fat out of
an inefficient system -- by going after things like the $25
billion in potential savings in malpractice insurance. But we
can reform health care -- without cutting your health care
benefits.
Bill Clinton's got a different idea in mind. He wants the
government to get involved in setting health care prices -- but
the experts say it could force people to wait in lines for
treatment they want and need. Governor Clinton's plan would
require $218 billion in cuts in Medicaid and Medicare over the
next five years. So at the same time he's scaring you, he won't
tell seniors where he's going to get the over $200 billion in
savings he wants from. I think you deserve an answer.
These are the facts -- pure and simple. And it's the same
way with social security.
In 1983, we took steps to make sure Social Security would
stay financially sound -- and we have kept it that way. No
matter what Governor Clinton says, as long as I am President,
5
Social Security will remain safe and sound. I will not mess with
Social Security. I will not let Congress mess with Social
Security. And I won't let anyone take a knife to your Medicare
benefits. //
Ultimately, none of us will be secure, without a strong
economy. That is a fundamental issue of this campaign -- and the
differences in approach couldn't be more dramatic.
I know America has endured some tough economic times, but
understand, we are being affected by a global economic slowdown.
Our competitors in Europe would trade places with us in a minute.
Yet Governor Clinton offers America -- the European social
welfare state policies. More government. More special interest
spending. More taxes on the middle class.
As Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended the sales tax,
including a tax on vegetables and other groceries. He raised the
gas tax, he taxed mobile homes, he even taxed cable TV -- taxes
that hit the middle-class and seniors the hardest. //
Now, in this campaign, Governor Clinton says he's changed
from his ways. He's proposing at least $150 billion in new taxes
-- plus at least $220 billion in new spending. But don't worry,
he says -- I'll get it all from the rich -- the people who make
over $200,000 -- the top 2 percent.
Well, yesterday in The Washington Post, his economic
spokesman was quoted admitting to a reporter that the top 2
percent is not people over $200,000. He said that was just
"shorthand."
6
Well, he's right. It is shorthand. Governor Clinton's plan
is short-hand for socking it to the nurses and the teachers and
cab drivers -- the middle-class people who always get the shaft.
And I'm not going to let it happen.
Here are the facts.
To get the money he needs for his plan, the $150 billion
he's promised in new taxes, Governor Clinton would have to get
his money from every individual with taxable income over $36,600.
That's a fact.
These aren't the folks you see on Lifestyles of the Rich and
Famous -- they work hard, they deserve a break./ /
But that's just the start. Because hardly a day goes by
when Candidate Clinton isn't signing on to some plea for new
government spending. Before he's done, Bill Clinton's going to
need hundreds of billions of dollars more to pay for all the
programs he's promised. Who will pay? The same people who
always pay: The people who work hard and sweat it out at tax
time. Bill Clinton wants you to sweat harder for the tax man
:
and I say his ideas deserve a cold shower. //
Let's say your daughter is a third grade teacher -- with
about $22,000 a year in taxable income. She already pays about
$1,300 bucks in taxes. Governor Clinton could have her fork over
another $430 bucks a year to the tax man. And I say she ought to
be able to use that money to pay for your grandkids education, or
pay the mortgage on her house, not send it back to the IRS. //
7
Bill Clinton can protest all he wants, but his numbers don't
add up -- and I'm not going to let him take the difference out of
your income.
Now whenever I say this, Bill Clinton says it's outrageous -
- he'd never consider taxing the Middle Class. He's a -- quote -
- "different kind of Democrat."
But there's nothing different about $150 billion in new
taxes. There's nothing different about at least $220 billion in
new government spending. There's nothing different in Bill
Clinton's record in Arkansas -- where he's treated the Middle
Class like a piggy-bank to pay for all his programs.
Remember Mike Dukakis? Bill Clinton nominated him for
President four years ago. And this year, according to an article
in the New York Times, 39 of Governor Clinton's 49 economic
proposals are virtually identical to the ideas Governor Dukakis
was pushing.
Higher taxes. More spending. A bigger deficit. I say
these ideas are wrong for America. //
Bill Clinton wants you to believe that the American economy
will improve if you turn full control of your paycheck over to
the crew that already runs the Congress -- he wants the tax and
spend government planners to have total control over the
Executive Branch, too.
Last time they tried this, we ended up with double-digit
inflation -- rising interest rates -- a misery index over 20
percent. //
8
Think about what inflation does to people on fixed incomes.
Bill Clinton and his friends in Congress would let the lion of
inflation out of its cage. I say: Let's lock it away -- and
keep it from your bank account. / /
You see, at this time in our history, we can't take the risk
--- on a President with no national experience, and a miserable
Arkansas record.
I've been in the Oval Office, I've faced the tough
decisions. I've made some mistakes and I've admitted them.
But I believe I've been a good leader -- willing to make the
tough calls -- willing to tell people not what they want to hear,
but what they need to hear.
I stand before you today, asking for your support so that we
can get to work with a new Congress to fix the problems that
stand in the way of this country.
So that we reform our health care system, and reinvent our
schools. So that we can retrain the workers from one generation,
and create jobs for the next. So that we can cut government
spending and cut taxes -- to get this economy moving again. So
that we can limit the terms of members of Congress -- and give
government back to the people.
If you are looking for a leader of experience, a leader of
ideas, a leader who shares your values, a leader who knows that
America's heartbeat can be found not in Washington, but in places
like Clearwater and Largo and St. Pete and Tampa -- then I know I
can count on your support -- on November 3rd. //
. $1 &
9
Thank you very much. God Bless the United States of
America.
# # #
McGroarty/Nix
October 2, 1992
1:45 p.m.
[clear]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ON TOP OF THE WORLD RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
OCTOBER 3, 1992
9:25 A.M.
Thank you, Sidney [Colen], for those warm words.
[Acknowledgements.] // You've got it all: Swimming pool,
tennis courts, shuffle board -- even horseshoe pits. Maybe
Barbara and I will come down here when we retire -- in 1997.
//
This campaign, like every campaign, is about a simple
question: what kind of America do we want -- for our kids and our
grandkids? //
For a young man, Bill Clinton's got a tired way of looking
at the world. He says America is over the hill, struggling in
the sunset years of this century. At the Democratic convention,
he said he saw the U.S. sliding down the list of nations,
somewhere past Germany and heading for Sri Lanka.
Governor Clinton needs to talk to the Europeans. Talk to
the people of Asia -- they'd tell him. The American worker is
still the most productive -- the American economy is still the
most dynamic. Any way you measure it -- America is still "On Top
of the World." //
How do we stay Number One? That's the question. / I have
laid out my Agenda for American Renewal -- a specific,
comprehensive, integrated agenda to create in America -- the
world's very first $10 trillion economy./
2
My agenda offers real-world solutions for real-world
problems. As I told Sidney, I put it together after long
discussion -- hours of intense argument -- with the best minds
available anywhere. //
And Sidney said: "When were you ever at the Coffee Corner?"
My agenda for renewal asks that we look forward -- to open
new markets for American products -- because that is the way we
will create new jobs for American workers. //
My agenda prepares our young people to work -- because that
is the way we will win. //
My agenda helps strengthen the American family -- because
family is still the foundation of our nation. //
My agenda aims at promoting savings and investment --
because America must always be a country where we put tomorrow
ahead of today //
Here's what I'm fighting for:
To re-invent American education -- give every American the
fundamental right to choose the best school for their children.
To reform our crazy legal system -- because as a nation, we
must sue each other less and care for each other more. //
To use competition to cut the cost of health care and make
it more affordable to you and your families. The way I see it,
you should only have a headache when you go to the doctor -- not
two months later when you get the bill./
Finally, I'm fighting for economic security -- for every man
and woman in America. //
3
I know that Social Security and Medicare are vital issues to
all of you. And that's why it bothers me so much that Bill
Clinton's so desperate to win that he's putting aside the facts
to play on your fears.
Here are the facts: I've proposed a comprehensive program
to reform our health care system -- to improve health care for
all Americans. But I will not reduce your Medicare benefits to
get there. We need to cut the fat out of an inefficient system -
- not cut your health care benefits.
Bill Clinton's got a different idea in mind: A government
takeover of health care -- forcing people to wait in lines for
treatment they want and need. His plan would require $218
billion in cuts in Medicaid and Medicare over the next five years
to meet his targets. Where does he think he's going to get those
savings? How does he expect to cut over $200 billion from
Medicare and Medicaid without hurting people like you?
Bill Clinton's abandoned straight talk for scare tactics.
Without a single shred of evidence, he's claimed we're going to
cut Medicare benefits. / He knows better -- and he ought to be
ashamed. You know I've been right out in the open: The only
proposal I've made that will affect Medicare benefits is to give
people with income over $100,000 a year a smaller government
subsidy.
I think Bill Clinton's in for a surprise, because America's
seniors are smarter than he thinks. And if anyone thinks
4
nothing's worse than making senior citizens scared -- wait until
you make 'em mad. //
You know, in 1983, we took steps to make sure Social
Security would stay financially sound. As long as I am
President, Social Security will remain safe and sound. I will
not touch Social Security. I will not let Congress touch mess Social
mess with Darmon
Security. And I won't let anyone take a knife to your Medicare
benefits. //
These are just some of the things I'm fighting for. / I'm
proud of my record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if
Candidate Clinton wants to talk about the past, I say okay --
let's look at what's been going on in Arkansas. The people there
are decent and hard working. But there's a lot you don't know
about their Governor. And the more you find out, the more you
find out that he's wrong for America. //
Look at the issue of crime -- and the fear it strikes,
especially, for America's children and for our senior citizens.
We didn't fight for peace in the world to see a nation live in
fear, locked behind bolted doors in a prison called home. //
Candidate Clinton -- meet Governor Clinton. In Arkansas,
the average criminal serves just one-fifth of his sentence --
then he's let back out on the streets.
Compare that to our federal prisons today. The average
inmate serves 85 percent of his sentence. When it comes to
crime, I'm not much for leniency and compassion. If you steal a
car or beat an elderly woman -- you ought to go to jail. I say
5
you shouldn't be let out, until you're eligible for a birthday
salute from Willard Scott. //
But don't ask me who's tough on crime. Ask the police in
Little Rock, Arkansas. The cops who know Bill Clinton best, have
endorsed me -- as the best candidate for President of the United
States. //
It's the same thing on every issue. Governor Clinton says
he's for civil rights, but Arkansas doesn't have a basic civil
rights law. He says he's for high tech -- but under Bill Clinton
Arkansas has been falling behind in high school. Three out of
every four Arkansas graduates spend their first year in college -
- relearning what they were supposed to learn in high school. He
says he's for a clean environment, but the Institute for Southern
Studies ranked Arkansas 50th in environmental policies. / The
rivers around Arkansas are some of the most polluted in America.
Governor Clinton sometimes sounds as if he can walk on water.
Well in Arkansas, the rivers are so polluted -- maybe he can.
//
Your grandchildren deserve better than this. So does all
America.
Look at the economy, the major issue in this campaign.
I know America has endured some tough economic times, but
understand, we are being affected by a global economic slowdown.
Our competitors in Europe would trade places with us in a minute.
Yet Governor Clinton offers America -- the European social
welfare state policies. More government. More special interest
spending. More taxes on the middle class.
6
As Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended the sales tax,
including a tax on vegetables and other groceries. He raised the
gas tax, he taxed mobile homes, he even taxed cable TV. //
In this campaign, the Governor of Arkansas is proposing at
least $150 billion in new taxes -- plus at least $220 billion in
new spending. But don't worry, he says -- I'll get it all from
the rich.
But here's the truth. To get the money he needs for his
plan, the $150 billion he's promised in new taxes, Governor
Clinton would have to get his money from every individual with
taxable income over $36,600.
These aren't the folks you see on Lifestyles of the Rich and
Famous -- they work hard, they deserve a break. //
But that's just the start of his tax campaign against the
middle-class. Hardly a day goes by when Candidate Clinton isn't
signing on to some plea for new government spending. Before he's
done, Bill Clinton's going to need hundreds of billions of
dollars more to pay for all the programs he's promised. Who
will pay? The same people who always pay: The people who work
hard to pay their bills, who sweat it out at tax time. Bill
Clinton wants you to sweat harder for the tax man -- and I say
his ideas deserve a cold shower. //
Listen to the newspaper from his own back yard, The Pine
Bluff Commercial. Here's what they say: "If Congress followed
the example that Bill Clinton has set as Governor of Arkansas, it
would pass a program that hit the middle-class hardest."
7
Now, I don't think that Pine Bluff paper is bluffing.
Let's say your granddaughter is a third grade teacher --
with about $22,000 a year in taxable income. Governor Clinton
could have her fork over another $430 bucks a year to the tax
man. And I say she ought to be able to use that money to pay for
your grandkids education, or pay the mortgage on her house, not
send it back to the IRS. / /
Now whenever I say this, Bill Clinton says it's outrageous -
- he'd never consider taxing the Middle Class. He's a different
kind of Democrat.
But there's nothing different about $150 billion in new
taxes. There's nothing different about at least $220 billion in
new government spending. There's nothing different in Bill
Clinton's record in Arkansas -- where he's treated the Middle
Class like a piggy-bank to pay for all his programs.
Remember Mike Dukakis? Bill Clinton nominated him for
President four years ago. And this year, according to an article
in the New York Times, 39 of Governor Clinton's 49 economic
proposals are almost identical to the ideas Governor Dukakis was
pushing.
Higher taxes. More spending. A bigger deficit. America
deserves something different than this.
Bill Clinton wants you to believe that the American economy
will improve if you turn full control of your paycheck over to
the crew that already runs the Congress -- he wants the tax and
8
spend government planners to have total control over the
Executive Branch, too.
Last time they tried this, we ended up with double-digit
inflation -- rising interest rates -- a misery index over 21
percent. We've seen what happens when the party of "tax and
spend" operates without checks and balances. //
Think about what inflation does to people on fixed incomes.
Bill Clinton and his friends in Congress want to let the lion of
inflation out of its cage. I say: Let's lock it away for good.
At this time in our history, we can't take that risk again.
You see, I've been in the Oval Office, I've faced the tough
decisions.
I've made some mistakes and I've admitted them.
But I believe I've been a good leader -- willing to make the
tough calls -- I'm a leader whose ideas are right for America.
I stand before you today, asking for your support so that we
can get to work with a new Congress to fix the problems that
stand in the way of this country.
So that we reform our health care system, and reinvent our
schools. So that we can retrain the workers from one generation,
and create jobs for the next. So that we can cut government
spending and cut taxes -- to get this economy moving again. So
that we can limit the terms of members of Congress -- and give
government back to the people.
This is the Agenda I have to offer.
9
If you want someone who has more plans than there are
problems -- cast your vote for someone else [[OR: for the other
guy -- or the other other guy. ]]
But if you are looking for a leader of experience, a leader
of ideas, a leader who shares your values, a leader who
understands that America's real strength is not in government,
but in places like Clearwater and Largo and St. Pete and Tampa -
- then I know I can count on your support -- on November 3rd.
//
Thank you very much. God Bless the United States of
America.
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CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
OCTOBER 3, 1992
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Thank you, Sidney [Colen], for those warm words.
[Acknowledgements.] // You've got it all: Swimming pool, RBE
tennis courts, shuffle board -- even horseshoe pits. Maybe
Barbara and I will come down here when we retire -- in 1997. //
This campaign, like every campaign, is about a simple
question: what kind of America do we want -- for our kids and our
grandkids? //
For a young man, Bill Clinton's got a tired way of looking
at the world. He says America is over the hill, struggling in
the sunset years of this century. At the Democratic convention,
he said he saw the U.S. sliding down the list of nations,
somewhere past Germany and heading for Sri Lanka.
Governor Clinton needs to talk to the Europeans. Talk to
the people of Asia -- they'd tell him. The American worker is
still the most productive -- the American economy is still the
most dynamic. Any way you measure it -- America is still "On Top
of the World." //
How do we stay Number One? That's the question. / I have
laid out my Agenda for American Renewal -- a specific,
comprehensive, integrated agenda to create in America -- the
world's very first $10 trillion economy./
2
My agenda offers real-world solutions for real-world
problems. As I told Sidney, I put it together after long
discussion -- hours of intense argument -- with the best minds
available anywhere. //
And Sidney said: "When were you ever at the Coffee Corner?"
My agenda for renewal asks that we look forward -- to open
new markets for American products -- because that is the way we
will create new jobs for American workers. //
My agenda prepares our young people to work -- because that
is the way we will win. //
My agenda helps strengthen the American family -- because
family is still the foundation of our nation. //
My agenda aims at promoting savings and investment --
because America must always be a country where we put tomorrow
ahead of today. //
Here's what I'm fighting for:
To re-invent American education -- give every American the
fundamental right to choose the best school for their children.
To reform our crazy legal system -- because as a nation, we
must sue each other less and care for each other more. //
To use competition to cut the cost of health care and make
it more affordable to you and your families. The way I see it,
if you have to have
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treatment they want and need. His plan would require $218
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billion in cuts in Medicaid and Medicare over the next five years
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to meet his targets. Where does he think he's going to get those
savings? How does he expect to cut over $200 billion from
Medicare and Medicaid without hurting people like you?
Bill Clinton's abandoned straight talk for scare tactics.
Without a single shred of evidence, he's claimed we're going to
cut Medicare benefits. / He knows better -- and he ought to be
ashamed. You know I've been right out in the open: The only
proposal I've made that will affect Medicare benefits is to give
people with income over $100,000 a year a smaller government
subsidy.
I think Bill Clinton's in for a surprise, because America's
seniors are smarter than he thinks. And if anyone thinks
4
nothing's worse than making senior citizens scared -- wait until
you make 'em mad. //
You know, in 1983, we took steps to make sure Social
Security would stay financially sound. As long as I am
President, Social Security will remain safe and sound. I will
not touch Social Security. I will not let Congress touch Social
Security. And I won't let anyone take a knife to your Medicare
benefits. //
These are just some of the things I'm fighting for. / I'm
proud of my record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if
Candidate Clinton wants to talk about the past, I say okay --
let's look at what's been going on in Arkansas. The people there
are decent and hard working. But there's a lot you don't know
about their Governor. And the more you find out, the more you
find out that he's wrong for America. //
Look at the issue of crime -- and the fear it strikes,
especially, for America's children and for our senior citizens.
We didn't fight for peace in the world to see a nation live in
fear, locked behind bolted doors in a prison called home. //
Candidate Clinton -- meet Governor Clinton. In Arkansas,
the average criminal serves just one-fifth of his sentence --
then he's let back out on the streets.
Compare that to our federal prisons today. The average
inmate serves 85 percent of his sentence. When it comes to
crime, I'm not much for leniency and compassion. If you steal a
car or beat an elderly woman -- you ought to go to jail. I say
5
you shouldn't be let out, until you're eligible for a birthday
salute from Willard Scott. / /
But don't ask me who's tough on crime. Ask the police in
Little Rock, Arkansas. The cops who know Bill Clinton best, have
endorsed me -- as the best candidate for President of the United
States. 11
It's the same thing on every issue. Governor Clinton says
he's for civil rights, but Arkansas doesn't have a basic civil
rights law. He says he's for high tech -- but under Bill Clinton
Arkansas has been falling behind in high school. Three out of
every four Arkansas graduates spend their first year in college -
- relearning what they were supposed to learn in high school. He
says he's for a clean environment, but the Institute for Southern
Studies ranked Arkansas 50th in environmental policies. / The
rivers around Arkansas are some of the most polluted in America.
Governor Clinton sometimes sounds as if he can walk on water.
Well in Arkansas, the rivers are so polluted -- maybe he can.
//
Your grandchildren deserve better than this. So does all
America.
Look at the economy, the major issue in this campaign.
I know America has endured some tough economic times, but
understand, we are being affected by a global economic slowdown.
Our competitors in Europe would trade places with us in a minute.
Yet Governor Clinton offers America -- the European social
welfare state policies. More government. More special interest
spending. More taxes on the middle class.
6
As Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended the sales tax,
including a tax on vegetables and other groceries. He raised the
gas tax, he taxed mobile homes, he even taxed cable TV. //
In this campaign, the Governor of Arkansas is proposing at
least $150 billion in new taxes -- plus at least $220 billion in
new spending. But don't worry, he says -- I'll get it all from
the rich.
But here's the truth. To get the money he needs for his
plan, the $150 billion he's promised in new taxes, Governor
Clinton would have to get his money from every individual with
taxable income over $36,600.
These aren't the folks you see on Lifestyles of the Rich and
Famous -- they work hard, they deserve a break. //
But that's just the start of his tax campaign against the
middle-class. Hardly a day goes by when Candidate Clinton isn't
signing on to some plea for new government spending. Before he's
done, Bill Clinton's going to need hundreds of billions of
dollars more to pay for all the programs he's promised. Who
will pay? The same people who always pay: The people who work
hard to pay their bills, who sweat it out at tax time. Bill
Clinton wants you to sweat harder for the tax man -- and I say
his ideas deserve a cold shower. / /
Listen to the newspaper from his own back yard, The Pine
Bluff Commercial. Here's what they say: "If Congress followed
the example that Bill Clinton has set as Governor of Arkansas, it
would pass a program that hit the middle-class hardest."
7
Now, I don't think that Pine Bluff paper is bluffing.
Let's say your granddaughter is a third grade teacher --
with about $22,000 a year in taxable income. Governor Clinton
could have her fork over another $430 bucks a year to the tax
man. And I say she ought to be able to use that money to pay for
your grandkids education, or pay the mortgage on her house, not
send it back to the IRS. / /
Now whenever I say this, Bill Clinton says it's outrageous -
- he'd never consider taxing the Middle Class. He's a different
kind of Democrat.
But there's nothing different about $150 billion in new
taxes. There's nothing different about at least $220 billion in
new government spending. There's nothing different in Bill
Clinton's record in Arkansas -- where he's treated the Middle
Class like a piggy-bank to pay for all his programs.
Remember Mike Dukakis? Bill Clinton nominated him for
President four years ago. And this year, according to an article
in the New York Times, 39 of Governor Clinton's 49 economic
proposals are almost identical to the ideas Governor Dukakis was
pushing.
Higher taxes. More spending. A bigger deficit. America
deserves something different than this.
Bill Clinton wants you to believe that the American economy
will improve if you turn full control of your paycheck over to
the crew that already runs the Congress -- he wants the tax and
8
spend government planners to have total control over the
Executive Branch, too.
Last time they tried this, we ended up with double-digit
inflation -- rising interest rates -- a misery index over 21
percent. We've seen what happens when the party of "tax and
spend" operates without checks and balances. //
Think about what inflation does to people on fixed incomes.
Bill Clinton and his friends in Congress want to let the lion of
inflation out of its cage. I say: Let's lock it away for good.
At this time in our history, we can't take that risk again.
You see, I've been in the Oval Office, I've faced the tough
decisions.
I've made some mistakes and I've admitted them.
But I believe I've been a good leader -- willing to make the
tough calls -- I'm a leader whose ideas are right for America.
I stand before you today, asking for your support so that we
can get to work with a new Congress to fix the problems that
stand in the way of this country.
So that we reform our health care system, and reinvent our
schools. So that we can retrain the workers from one generation,
and create jobs for the next. So that we can cut government
spending and cut taxes -- to get this economy moving again. So
that we can limit the terms of members of Congress -- and give
government back to the people.
This is the Agenda I have to offer.
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If you want someone who has more plans than there are
problems -- cast your vote for someone else [[OR: for the other
guy -- or the other other guy. ]]
But if you are looking for a leader of experience, a leader
of ideas, a leader who shares your values, a leader who
understands that America's real strength is not in government,
but in places like Clearwater and Largo and St. Pete and Tampa
I
- then I know I can count on your support -- on November 3rd.
//
Thank you very much. God Bless the United States of
America.
# # #
ON TOP OF THE WORLD RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
OCTOBER 3, 1992
9:25 A.M.
THANK YOU, SIDNEY [COLEN]. ALLOW ME TO
QUICKLY THANK SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOINED
US THIS MORNING: BILL GRANT, CANDIDATE FOR
U.S. SENATE; JEANIE AUSTIN, R.N.C. VICE-
CHAIRMAN, AND MARIAN KEITH, LONGTIME G.O.P.
VOLUNTEER AND A RESIDENT OF "ON TOP OF THE
WORLD". AND A SPECIAL WELCOME TO GERALD
MACRANEY. MAJOR DAD WILL BE TRAVELING WITH
US ALL ACROSS FLORIDA TODAY. WE LOVE HAVING
HIM ALONG, EXCEPT EVERY TIME MY SPEECHES GO
TOO LONG -- HE MAKES ME DROP IN THE AISLE OF
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FORCE ONE -- AND DO FIFTY PUSH UPS.
matadoss
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IN HONOR OF THE MAJOR'S PRESENCE I'D
LIKE TO START THIS MORNING WITH AN
ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING MACDILL AIR FORCE
BASE.
AS YOU KNOW, MACDILL PLAYED A BIG ROLE
IN BRINGING AN END TO THE COLD WAR -- AND IN
DESERT STORM. NOW I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
THAT THE AIR FORCE AND THE NATIONAL OCEANIC
AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION -- WILL WORK
TOGETHER TO MAKE MACDILL A MAJOR CENTER FOR
NOAA'S FLEET OF RESEARCH AIRCRAFT.
- 3 -
THIS REPRESENTS A BIG VICTORY FOR
SENATOR CONNIE MACK AND CONGRESSMAN BILL
YOUNG -- WHO ARE BOTH BACK IN WASHINGTON
TODAY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION AL AUSTIN,
CHAIRMAN OF THE MACDILL RESPONSE GROUP, WHO
PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN FINDING A USE FOR
MACDILL THAT WILL SERVE OUR NATIONAL
INTEREST -- AND PROVIDE A MAJOR BOOST TO
THIS AREA'S ECONOMY. //
NOW, ABOUT THIS LITTLE MATTER OF AN
ELECTION -- A MONTH FROM TODAY.
THIS CAMPAIGN, LIKE EVERY CAMPAIGN, IS
ABOUT A SIMPLE QUESTION: WHAT KIND OF
AMERICA DO WE WANT -- FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR
GRANDKIDS? //
- 4 -
MY OPPONENT SAYS AMERICA IS OVER THE
HILL. AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, HE SAID
HE SAW THE U.S. SLIDING DOWN THE LIST OF
NATIONS, SOMEWHERE PAST GERMANY AND HEADING
FOR SRI LANKA.
WELL, MAYBE THE YOUNG GOVERNOR NEEDS TO
WALK THE STREETS OF EUROPE, TALK TO THE
PEOPLE OF ASIA -- THEY'D REMIND HIM OF A FEW
FACTS. AMERICANS ARE STILL THE MOST
EDUCATED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. THE AMERICAN
ECONOMY IS STILL THE MOST DYNAMIC --
AMERICAN WORKERS STILL THE MOST PRODUCTIVE.
ANY WAY YOU MEASURE IT -- AMERICA IS STILL
"ON TOP OF THE WORLD." //
- 5 -
HOW DO WE STAY NUMBER ONE? THAT'S THE
QUESTION. / I HAVE LAID OUT MY AGENDA FOR
AMERICAN RENEWAL - -- A COMPREHENSIVE,
INTEGRATED AGENDA TO CREATE IN AMERICA --
THE WORLD'S VERY FIRST $10 TRILLION
ECONOMY./
MY AGENDA FOR RENEWAL DEMANDS THAT WE
OPEN NEW MARKETS FOR AMERICAN PRODUCTS --
BECAUSE THAT IS THE WAY WE WILL CREATE NEW
JOBS FOR AMERICAN WORKERS. //
MY AGENDA PREPARES OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO
EXCEL IN SCIENCE AND MATH AND ENGLISH --
BECAUSE THAT IS THE WAY THEY WILL OUTPERFORM
THE JAPANESE AND THE GERMANS. //
- 6 -
MY AGENDA HELPS STRENGTHEN THE AMERICAN
FAMILY -- BECAUSE WE MUST NEVER FORGET --
FAMILY IS STILL THE FOUNDATION OF OUR
NATION. //
MY AGENDA PROMOTES SAVINGS AND
INVESTMENT -- BECAUSE IN AMERICA -- THE
FUTURE IS OUR CHILDREN'S BIRTHRIGHT./
SO HERE'S WHAT I'M FIGHTING FOR:
TO RE-INVENT AMERICAN EDUCATION -- AND
GIVE EVERY AMERICAN THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO
CHOOSE THE BEST SCHOOL FOR THEIR CHILDREN.//
- 7 -
TO REFORM OUR CRAZY LEGAL SYSTEM --
BECAUSE AS A NATION, WE MUST SUE EACH OTHER
LESS AND CARE FOR EACH OTHER MORE. //
TO USE COMPETITION TO CUT THE COST OF
HEALTH CARE AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO ALL
YOUR NEIGHBORS. SEEMS TO ME, IF YOU SEE A
DOCTOR ONCE -- YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO BACK
A MONTH LATER, WHEN YOU GET THE BILL -- TO
BE TREATED FOR AFTERSHOCK. LETS BRING SOME
SANITY TO OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM./
AND I WANT TO BRING REAL CHANGE TO
WASHINGTON -- BY LIMITING THE TERMS OF
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS -- AND GIVE POWER BACK
TO REAL PEOPLE. //
- 8 -
FINALLY, I'M FIGHTING FOR ECONOMIC
SECURITY -- FOR EVERY MAN AND WOMAN IN
AMERICA. //
I KNOW THAT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
ARE IMPORTANT TO ALL OF YOU. I'M SURE SOME
OF YOU HAVE HEARD MY OPPONENTS ADS ON THE
SUBJECT. UNDERSTAND, GOVERNOR CLINTON IS A
VERY AMBITIOUS POLITICIAN. IN HIS FIRST TRY
ON THE NATIONAL STAGE -- HE'S TRYING AN OLD
TRICK -- TRYING TO SCARE SENIOR CITIZENS.
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HERE ARE THE FACTS: I'VE PROPOSED A
COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM TO REFORM OUR HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM -- TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE FOR
ALL AMERICANS. THE ONLY PROPOSAL I'VE MADE
THAT WILL AFFECT MEDICARE BENEFITS IS TO
GIVE PEOPLE WITH INCOMES OVER $100,000 A
SMALLER GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY.
I BELIEVE WE CAN GET BIG SAVINGS BY
CUTTING THE FAT OUT OF AN INEFFICIENT SYSTEM
-- BY GOING AFTER THINGS LIKE THE $25
BILLION IN POTENTIAL SAVINGS IN MALPRACTICE
INSURANCE. BUT WE CAN REFORM HEALTH CARE -
- WITHOUT CUTTING YOUR HEALTH CARE BENEFITS.
- 10 -
BILL CLINTON'S GOT A DIFFERENT IDEA IN
MIND. HE WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO GET
INVOLVED IN SETTING HEALTH CARE PRICES --
BUT THE EXPERTS SAY IT COULD FORCE PEOPLE TO
WAIT IN LINES FOR TREATMENT THEY WANT AND
NEED. GOVERNOR CLINTON'S PLAN WOULD REQUIRE
$218 BILLION IN CUTS IN MEDICAID AND
MEDICARE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. so AT
THE SAME TIME HE'S SCARING YOU, HE WON'T
TELL SENIORS WHERE HE'S GOING TO GET THE
OVER $200 BILLION IN SAVINGS HE WANTS FROM.
I THINK YOU DESERVE AN ANSWER.
THESE ARE THE FACTS -- PURE AND SIMPLE.
AND IT'S THE SAME WAY WITH SOCIAL SECURITY.
- 11 -
IN 1983, WE TOOK STEPS TO MAKE SURE
SOCIAL SECURITY WOULD STAY FINANCIALLY SOUND
-- AND WE HAVE KEPT IT THAT WAY. NO MATTER
WHAT GOVERNOR CLINTON SAYS, AS LONG AS I AM
PRESIDENT, SOCIAL SECURITY WILL REMAIN SAFE
AND SOUND. I WILL NOT MESS WITH SOCIAL
SECURITY. I WILL NOT LET CONGRESS MESS WITH
SOCIAL SECURITY. AND I WON'T LET ANYONE
TAKE A KNIFE TO YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS. //
ULTIMATELY, NONE OF US WILL BE SECURE,
WITHOUT A STRONG ECONOMY. THAT IS A
FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE OF THIS CAMPAIGN -- AND
THE DIFFERENCES IN APPROACH COULDN'T BE MORE
DRAMATIC.
- 12 -
I KNOW AMERICA HAS ENDURED SOME TOUGH
ECONOMIC TIMES, BUT UNDERSTAND, WE ARE BEING
AFFECTED BY A GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN. OUR
COMPETITORS IN EUROPE WOULD TRADE PLACES
WITH US IN A MINUTE. YET GOVERNOR CLINTON
OFFERS AMERICA -- THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL
WELFARE STATE POLICIES. MORE GOVERNMENT.
MORE SPECIAL INTEREST SPENDING. MORE TAXES
ON THE MIDDLE CLASS.
AS GOVERNOR, BILL CLINTON RAISED AND
EXTENDED THE SALES TAX, INCLUDING A TAX ON
VEGETABLES AND OTHER GROCERIES. HE RAISED
THE GAS TAX, HE TAXED MOBILE HOMES, HE EVEN
TAXED CABLE T.V. -- TAXES THAT HIT THE
MIDDLE-CLASS AND SENIORS THE HARDEST. //
- 13 -
NOW, IN THIS CAMPAIGN, GOVERNOR CLINTON
SAYS HE'S CHANGED HIS WAYS. HE'S PROPOSING
AT LEAST $150 BILLION IN NEW TAXES -- PLUS
AT LEAST $220 BILLION IN NEW SPENDING. BUT
DON'T WORRY, HE SAYS -- I'LL GET IT ALL FROM
THE RICH -- THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE OVER
$200,000 -- THE TOP 2 PERCENT.
WELL, YESTERDAY IN THE WASHINGTON POST,
HIS ECONOMIC SPOKESMAN WAS QUOTED ADMITTING
TO A REPORTER THAT THE TOP 2 PERCENT IS NOT
PEOPLE OVER $200,000. HE SAID THAT WAS JUST
"SHORTHAND."
- 14 -
WELL, HE'S RIGHT. IT IS SHORTHAND.
GOVERNOR CLINTON'S PLAN IS SHORT-HAND FOR
SOCKING IT TO THE NURSES AND THE TEACHERS
AND CAB DRIVERS -- THE MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE
WHO ALWAYS GET THE SHAFT. AND I'M NOT GOING
TO LET IT HAPPEN.
HERE ARE THE FACTS.
TO GET THE MONEY HE NEEDS FOR HIS PLAN,
THE $150 BILLION HE'S PROMISED IN NEW TAXES,
GOVERNOR CLINTON WOULD HAVE TO GET HIS MONEY
FROM EVERY INDIVIDUAL WITH TAXABLE INCOME
OVER $36,600. THAT'S A FACT.
- 15 -
THESE AREN'T THE FOLKS YOU SEE ON
LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS -- THEY
WORK HARD, THEY DESERVE A BREAK.
BUT THAT'S JUST THE START. BECAUSE
HARDLY A DAY GOES BY WHEN CANDIDATE CLINTON
ISN'T SIGNING ON TO SOME PLEA FOR NEW
GOVERNMENT SPENDING. BEFORE HE'S DONE, BILL
CLINTON'S GOING TO NEED HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS MORE TO PAY FOR ALL THE PROGRAMS
HE'S PROMISED. WHO WILL PAY? THE SAME
PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS PAY: THE PEOPLE WHO WORK
HARD AND SWEAT IT OUT AT TAX TIME. BILL
CLINTON WANTS YOU TO SWEAT HARDER FOR THE
TAX MAN -- AND I SAY HIS IDEAS DESERVE A
COLD SHOWER.
- 16 -
LET'S SAY YOUR DAUGHTER IS A THIRD GRADE
TEACHER -- WITH ABOUT $22,000 A YEAR IN
TAXABLE INCOME. SHE ALREADY PAYS ABOUT
$1,300 BUCKS IN TAXES. GOVERNOR CLINTON
COULD HAVE HER FORK OVER ANOTHER $430 BUCKS
A YEAR TO THE TAX MAN. AND I SAY SHE OUGHT
TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT MONEY TO PAY FOR YOUR
GRANDKIDS EDUCATION, OR PAY THE MORTGAGE ON
HER HOUSE, NOT SEND IT BACK TO THE IRS.//
BILL CLINTON CAN PROTEST ALL HE WANTS,
BUT HIS NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP -- AND I'M NOT
GOING TO LET HIM TAKE THE DIFFERENCE OUT OF
YOUR INCOME.
- 17 -
NOW WHENEVER I SAY THIS, BILL CLINTON
SAYS IT'S OUTRAGEOUS -- HE'D NEVER CONSIDER
TAXING THE MIDDLE CLASS. HE'S A -- QUOTE -
- "DIFFERENT KIND OF DEMOCRAT."
BUT THERE'S NOTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT $150
BILLION IN NEW TAXES. THERE'S NOTHING
DIFFERENT ABOUT AT LEAST $220 BILLION IN NEW
GOVERNMENT SPENDING. THERE'S NOTHING
DIFFERENT IN BILL CLINTON'S RECORD IN
ARKANSAS -- WHERE HE'S TREATED THE MIDDLE
CLASS LIKE A PIGGY-BANK TO PAY FOR ALL HIS
PROGRAMS.
- 18 -
REMEMBER MIKE DUKAKIS? BILL CLINTON
NOMINATED HIM FOR PRESIDENT FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE IN
THE NEW YORK TIMES, 39 OF GOVERNOR CLINTON'S
49 ECONOMIC PROPOSALS ARE VIRTUALLY
IDENTICAL TO THE IDEAS GOVERNOR DUKAKIS WAS
PUSHING.
HIGHER TAXES. MORE SPENDING. A BIGGER
DEFICIT. I SAY THESE IDEAS ARE WRONG FOR
AMERICA.//
- 19 -
BILL CLINTON WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT
THE AMERICAN ECONOMY WILL IMPROVE IF YOU
TURN FULL CONTROL OF YOUR PAYCHECK OVER TO
THE CREW THAT ALREADY RUNS THE CONGRESS --
HE WANTS THE TAX AND SPEND GOVERNMENT
PLANNERS TO HAVE TOTAL CONTROL OVER THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH, TOO.
LAST TIME THEY TRIED THIS, WE ENDED UP
WITH DOUBLE-DIGIT INFLATION -- RISING
INTEREST RATES -- A MISERY INDEX OVER 20
PERCENT. //
- 20 -
THINK ABOUT WHAT INFLATION DOES TO
PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOMES. BILL CLINTON AND
HIS FRIENDS IN CONGRESS WOULD LET THE LION
OF INFLATION OUT OF ITS CAGE. I SAY: LET'S
LOCK IT AWAY -- AND KEEP IT FROM YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT.//
YOU SEE, AT THIS TIME IN OUR HISTORY, WE
CAN'T TAKE THE RISK -- ON A PRESIDENT WITH
NO NATIONAL EXPERIENCE, AND A MISERABLE
ARKANSAS RECORD.
I'VE BEEN IN THE OVAL OFFICE, I'VE FACED
THE TOUGH DECISIONS. I'VE MADE SOME
MISTAKES AND I'VE ADMITTED THEM.
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BUT I BELIEVE I'VE BEEN A GOOD LEADER -
- WILLING TO MAKE THE TOUGH CALLS -- WILLING
TO TELL PEOPLE NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR,
BUT WHAT THEY NEED TO HEAR.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY, ASKING FOR
YOUR SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN GET TO WORK WITH
A NEW CONGRESS TO FIX THE PROBLEMS THAT
STAND IN THE WAY OF THIS COUNTRY.
- 22 -
SO THAT WE REFORM OUR HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM, AND REINVENT OUR SCHOOLS. SO THAT
WE CAN RETRAIN THE WORKERS FROM ONE
GENERATION, AND CREATE JOBS FOR THE NEXT.
SO THAT WE CAN CUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND
CUT TAXES -- TO GET THIS ECONOMY MOVING
AGAIN. SO THAT WE CAN LIMIT THE TERMS OF
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS -- AND GIVE GOVERNMENT
BACK TO THE PEOPLE.
- 23 - -
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A LEADER OF
EXPERIENCE, A LEADER OF IDEAS, A LEADER WHO
SHARES YOUR VALUES, A LEADER WHO KNOWS THAT
AMERICA'S HEARTBEAT CAN BE FOUND NOT IN
WASHINGTON, BUT IN PLACES LIKE CLEARWATER
AND LARGO AND ST. PETE AND TAMPA -- THEN I
KNOW I CAN COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT -- ON
NOVEMBER 3RD. //
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOD BLESS THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
# # #
TALKING POINTS:
FLORIDA SENIOR CITIZENS ENDORSEMENT
-- THANK YOU MAX FOR THAT WONDERFUL
INTRODUCTION AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING
TODAY. MAX FRIEDERSDORF AND CHARLIE KANE
HAVE BEEN SPECIAL FRIENDS. IT'S GREAT To
BE BACK IN CLEARWATER WITH THEM, AND WITH
ALL OF YOU.
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-- YOUR ENDORSEMENT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO
ME. IT'S EASY TO ENDORSE SOMEONE WHOSE
AHEAD IN THE POLLS, ENDORSING A CANDIDATE
WHOSE A LITTLE BEHIND TAKES COURAGE AND
PRINCIPLE -- AND I APPRECIATE IT.
-- I ALSO APPRECIATE IT, BECAUSE YOU'RE
PUTTING MY RECORD AHEAD OF MY OPPONENT'S
RHETORIC.
- 3 -
-- GOVERNOR CLINTON IS A VERY AMBITIOUS
YOUNG POLITICIAN, AND IN HIS FIRST
TRY ON THE NATIONAL STAGE, HE'S
ATTEMPTING EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK
TO GET ELECTED. THAT STARTS WITH
TRYING TO SCARE SENIOR CITIZENS.
- 4 -
-- FRANKLY, I THINK IT'S KIND OF PATHETIC,
THAT HE'S RUNNING ADS SUGGESTING I'M
GOING TO TOUCH SOCIAL SECURITY AND
MEDICARE. HE KNOWS BETTER. HERE ARE THE
FACTS.
- 5 -
-- I HAVE PROPOSED A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM
TO REFORM OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM --
BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO ON WITH HEALTH
CARE COSTS RISING 10 PERCENT OR MORE
A YEAR. I HAVE SAID WE SHOULD GIVE
PEOPLE WITH OVER $100,000 A YEAR SMALLER
MEDICARE SUBSIDIES. I THINK THAT MAKES
SENSE. BUT I HAVE NOT SUGGESTED
ANY FURTHER CUTS IN MEDICARE.
- 6 -
I HAVE SAID WE WILL CUT FAT OUT OF AN
INEFFICIENT SYSTEM -- BY GOING AFTER
THINGS LIKE SKYROCKETING MALPRACTICE
INSURANCE -- BUT WE WILL NOT CUT
YOUR BENEFITS.
- 7 -
-- GOVERNOR CLINTON ALSO HAS A HEALTH CARE
PLAN ON THE TABLE. BUT IF YOU LOOK REAL
CLOSE YOU'LL SEE WHAT HE'S PROPOSING IS
GETTING THE GOVERNMENT INVOLVED IN
SETTING HEALTH CARE PRICES. HE SAYS
GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS ARE GOING To WRING
$200 BILLION OUT OF THE MEDICARE AND
MEDICAID.
- 8 -
THE EXPERTS SAY HIS PLAN COULD LEAD TO
RATIONING OF HEALTH CARE. I ASK -- HOW
DOES HE EXPECT TO DO THAT -- WITHOUT
HURTING PEOPLE LIKE YOU?
-- GOVERNOR CLINTON IS MAKING SENIORS SCARED
WITH HIS SCARE TALK ABOUT MEDICARE, BUT
ON SOCIAL SECURITY -- HE'S MAKING SENIORS
DOWNRIGHT ANGRY.
- 9 -
-- You KNOW, IN 1983, WE TOOK STEPS TO MAKE
SURE SOCIAL SECURITY WOULD STAY
FINANCIALLY SOUND. I WILL NOT MESS WITH
SOCIAL SECURITY. I WILL NOT LET CONGRESS
MESS WITH SOCIAL SECURITY. AND I WON'T
LET ANYONE TAKE A KNIFE TO YOUR MEDICARE
BENEFITS.
- 10 -
-- I THINK SENIORS IN THIS ELECTION
UNDERSTAND WHOSE ON THEIR SIDE, AND
WHO IS JUST TRYING TO SCARE THEM.
TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO PROVE THE
PUNDITS WRONG, WE'RE GOING TO BEAT
BILL CLINTON.
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-- WHEN WE DO, WITH A NEW CONGRESS, WE'LL BE
ABLE TO BUILD A BETTER AMERICA --
REINVENT OUR SCHOOLS, REFORM HEALTH CARE,
CUT THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT, REFORM OUR
CRAZY LEGAL SYSTEM, STRENGTHEN THE
AMERICAN FAMILY AND PROVIDE ECONOMIC
SECURITY FOR ALL WORKING MEN AND WOMEN.
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-- THIS IS MY AGENDA. I'M PROUD TO KNOW
THAT IT IS YOUR AGENDA. I THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SUPPORT.
-- GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
# # #
TALKING POINTS:
FLORIDA SENIOR CITIZENS ENDORSEMENT
-- THANK YOU MAX FOR THAT WONDERFUL
INTRODUCTION AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING
TODAY. MAX FRIEDERSDORF AND CHARLIE KANE
HAVE BEEN SPECIAL FRIENDS. IT'S GREAT TO
BE BACK IN CLEARWATER WITH THEM, AND WITH
ALL OF YOU.
- 2 -
-- YOUR ENDORSEMENT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO
ME. IT'S EASY TO ENDORSE SOMEONE WHOSE
AHEAD IN THE POLLS, ENDORSING A CANDIDATE
WHOSE A LITTLE BEHIND TAKES COURAGE AND
PRINCIPLE -- AND I APPRECIATE IT.
-- I ALSO APPRECIATE IT, BECAUSE YOU'RE
PUTTING MY RECORD AHEAD OF MY OPPONENT'S
RHETORIC.
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-- GOVERNOR CLINTON IS A VERY AMBITIOUS
YOUNG POLITICIAN, AND IN HIS FIRST
TRY ON THE NATIONAL STAGE, HE'S
ATTEMPTING EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK
TO GET ELECTED. THAT STARTS WITH
TRYING TO SCARE SENIOR CITIZENS.
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-- FRANKLY, I THINK IT'S KIND OF PATHETIC,
THAT HE'S RUNNING ADS SUGGESTING I'M
GOING TO TOUCH SOCIAL SECURITY AND
MEDICARE. HE KNOWS BETTER. HERE ARE THE
FACTS.
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-- I HAVE PROPOSED A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM
TO REFORM OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM --
BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO ON WITH HEALTH
CARE COSTS RISING 10 PERCENT OR MORE
A YEAR. I HAVE SAID WE SHOULD GIVE
PEOPLE WITH OVER $100,000 A YEAR SMALLER
MEDICARE SUBSIDIES. I THINK THAT MAKES
SENSE. BUT I HAVE NOT SUGGESTED
ANY FURTHER CUTS IN MEDICARE.
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I HAVE SAID WE WILL CUT FAT OUT OF AN
INEFFICIENT SYSTEM -- BY GOING AFTER
THINGS LIKE SKYROCKETING MALPRACTICE
INSURANCE -- BUT WE WILL NOT CUT
YOUR BENEFITS.
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-- GOVERNOR CLINTON ALSO HAS A HEALTH CARE
PLAN ON THE TABLE. BUT IF YOU LOOK REAL
CLOSE YOU'LL SEE WHAT HE'S PROPOSING IS
GETTING THE GOVERNMENT INVOLVED IN
SETTING HEALTH CARE PRICES. HE SAYS
GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS ARE GOING TO WRING
$200 BILLION OUT OF THE MEDICARE AND
MEDICAID.
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THE EXPERTS SAY HIS PLAN COULD LEAD TO
RATIONING OF HEALTH CARE. I ASK -- HOW
DOES HE EXPECT TO DO THAT -- WITHOUT
HURTING PEOPLE LIKE YOU?
-- GOVERNOR CLINTON IS MAKING SENIORS SCARED
WITH HIS SCARE TALK ABOUT MEDICARE, BUT
ON SOCIAL SECURITY -- HE'S MAKING SENIORS
DOWNRIGHT ANGRY.
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-- You KNOW, IN 1983, WE TOOK STEPS TO MAKE
SURE SOCIAL SECURITY WOULD STAY
FINANCIALLY SOUND. I WILL NOT MESS WITH
SOCIAL SECURITY. I WILL NOT LET CONGRESS
MESS WITH SOCIAL SECURITY. AND I WON'T
LET ANYONE TAKE A KNIFE TO YOUR MEDICARE
BENEFITS.
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-- I THINK SENIORS IN THIS ELECTION
UNDERSTAND WHOSE ON THEIR SIDE, AND
WHO IS JUST TRYING TO SCARE THEM.
TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO PROVE THE
PUNDITS WRONG, WE'RE GOING To BEAT
BILL CLINTON.
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-- WHEN WE DO, WITH A NEW CONGRESS, WE'LL BE
ABLE TO BUILD A BETTER AMERICA --
REINVENT OUR SCHOOLS, REFORM HEALTH CARE,
CUT THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT, REFORM OUR
CRAZY LEGAL SYSTEM, STRENGTHEN THE
AMERICAN FAMILY AND PROVIDE ECONOMIC
SECURITY FOR ALL WORKING MEN AND WOMEN.
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-- THIS IS MY AGENDA. I'M PROUD To KNOW
THAT IT IS YOUR AGENDA. I THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SUPPORT.
-- GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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