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The original documents are located in Box 25, "3/13/76 - Public Rally at North Carolina
Shopping Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina" of the President's Speeches and
Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 25 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
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PUBLIC RALLY AT NORTH CAROLINA SHOPPING CENTER
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1976
-1-
I WELCOME THIS CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU THIS
AFTERNOON, AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING
VERY DEAR TO ME -- THIS GREAT NATION OF OURS.
-2-
I BELIEVE IN AMERICA
I HAVE FAITH IN THE
UNITED STATES
AS I'M SURE YOU DO
AND I THINK THE
EXPERIENCE OF THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF SHOWS JUST HOW
WELL-FOUNDED THAT FAITH IS
-3-
LAST MARCH THERE WERE PLENTY OF VOICES CRYING
THAT OUR ECONOMY WAS HEADING TOWARD ANOTHER GREAT
DEPRESSION
THERE WAS DOUBLE-DIGIT INFLATION
CLIMBING UNEMPLOYMENT
AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE WAS
SERIOUSLY SHAKEN
-4-
BUT WE SORTED THE SITUATION OUT
TOOK DECISIVE
ACTION.
AND WE'RE ON THE ROAD AGAIN TO AN EVEN
GREATER AMERICA
-5-
WE DID IT WITH HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION,
JUST AS AMERICA HAS ALWAYS DONE IT
-6-
WE'RE SOLVING OUR PROBLEMS,
AND WHILE SOME MAY
CALL IT LUCK,
I HAVE FOUND THAT THE HARDER I WORK
THE LUCKIER I GET
AND MOST AMERICANS ARE FAMILIAR
WITH THIS KIND OF LUCK
-7-
IT IS THE KIND OF LUCK WHICH OUR FOREFATHERS
FOUND 200 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY HAMMERED OUT THE
PRECEPTS OF THIS GREAT DEMOCRACY.
-8-
BY SETTING A COMMON SENSE COURSE DURING THE
WORST RECESSION OF THIS NATION IN THE PAST 30 YEARS,
LET ME TELL YOU HOW LUCKY WE ALL GOT
-9-
INFLATION HAS BEEN CUT IN HALF
EMPLOYMENT
HAS RISEN BY 2.2 MILLION SINCE LAST MARCH, GIVING US
BACK ALL THE JOBS WE LOST TO THE RECESSION
THE INDEX
OF LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS JUST RELEASED REGISTERED
THE SHARPEST RISE IN SIX MONTHS
-10-
INVESTMENTS FROM ABROAD IN AMERICAN STOCKS AND BONDS
HAVE GROWN DRAMATICALLY
WE WOUND UP 1975 WITH THE
STRONGEST BALANCE OF TRADE IN HISTORY
AND AMERICAN
far
BUSINESSMEN AND FARMERS EXPORTED MORE THAN WE IMPORTED
FROM ABROAD
-11-
THERE ARE NO GIMMICKS FOR A STABLE ECONOMY,
JUST AS THERE ARE NO GIMMICKS FOR A LASTING PEACE
THEY ARE BOTH BUILT WITH SOUND AND HONEST WORK
-12-
I BELIEVE IN THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM
I REJECTED BIGGER SPENDING,
BIGGER DEFICITS,
BIGGER GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
-13-
INSTEAD I INITIATED TAX CUTS FOR INDIVIDUALS
TAX
INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESS EXPANSION AND JOB PRODUCTION,
AND EXTENDED INCOME CUSHIONS FOR THOSE AMERICANS OUT
OF WORK
AND AMERICA WORKED ITS WAY OUT OF THE
RECESSION
-14-
I INTEND TO KEEP ON WORKING IN WASHINGTON,
TO KEEP ON MAKING SURE THAT YOUR FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS
ARE USED WISELY AND WELL
-15-
I'M GOING TO KEEP UP MY PRESSURE ON THE
BUDGET-BUSTERS
IF WE CONTINUE OUR SOUND AND
SENSIBLE APPROACH TO GOVERNMENT SPENDING, WE CAN
HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET BY 1979
-16-
THAT WOULD MEAN FURTHER MAJOR TAX REDUCTIONS
PUTTING
MORE MONEY BACK INTO YOUR HANDS -- BECAUSE THAT'S
WHERE IT BELONGS
YOU HAVE AS MANY
IF NOT MORE
GOOD USES FOR THAT MONEY THAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
DOES
-17-
BALANCING OUR BUDGET IS GOING TO BE A BIG JOB
AND NO ONE CAN HONESTLY SAY IT'S A JOB THAT CAN BE DONE
OVERNIGHT
BUT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING
CAREFULLY AND STEADFASTLY TOWARD THAT GOAL -- AND WE
ARE GOING TO ACHIEVE IT
-18-
WE ARE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE A BALANCED
BUDGET AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE
IF THERE'S ONE THING HISTORY HAS TAUGHT US IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IT'S THAT WE CAN REMAIN AT
PEACE ONLY IF WE REMAIN STRONG
-19-
THROUGHOUT MY 27 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE
IN THE CONGRESS AND IN THE WHITE HOUSE, I HAVE ALWAYS
& voted
SPOKEN OUT FOR A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE
-20-
I BELIEVE OUR MILITARY MIGHT
A
WHICH IS
SECOND TO NONE IN THE WORLD
1
REPRESENTS A VERY
WISE INVESTMENT
-21-
IT ENSURES THAT NO ENEMY WILL BE TEMPTED.
AND NO ALLY OF OURS WILL BE INSECURE.
IT REPRESENTS
OUR COMMITMENT TO PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH
-22-
A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE SHOWS THE WORLD THAT AMERICA
STANDS READY TO DEFEND THE FREEDOM WHICH AMERICA
STANDS FOR
-23-
AMERICA STILL CHERISHES THE OLD VALUES
WHICH HAVE MADE IT GREAT
AND WE ARE MOVING AGAIN,
MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
-24-
WITH YOUR HELP AND GUIDANCE, WE WILL BUILD
AN EVEN GREATER AMERICA, AN AMERICA IN WHICH OUR
BRIGHTEST DREAMS STILL COME TRUE
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