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Document No. 018102
89 MAR 18
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 03/17/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: C.O.B. Monday 03/20
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS
(03/17 5:45 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
P
DARMAN
STUDDERT
>
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
PINKERTON
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
BOSKIN
FITZWATER
BENNETT
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations to Chriss Winston
(Rm. 122, x2930) by close of business on Monday, 03/20, with
an info copy to my office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
see changes
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Lange/Martin)
March 17, 1989
5:45 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1989
monsfacture
Thank you, [Dick]. You know, I understand a few of you were
pass/reed pray
concerned about the 1984 Trade Report, heralding the arrival of
Aidn't
the "post-industrial" society. And I have to confess, that
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are
whenever anyone talks to me about some "post-industrial" society,
it.,Arry. Mach could be accused of plagarism
I have doubts of my own.
Raul
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pipe MaKeRs
Would such a place get along without plumbers, for instance.
And if such a society could exist, I wonder if either its pipes
This should be quoted or the President
Directquote from a book by JohnGardner.
or its theories would hold water.
For now, I'm willing to bet my last dollar on manufacturing
in America. At least until somebody can show me how to wear a
piece of information, or parallel-park a concept.
American manufacturing has been -- and continues to be --
the backbone of this economy. It's been estimated that every new
manufacturing job creates three other jobs here at home.
I've been a great admirer of the export-driven, rust-belt
renaissance you've kicked off. Last year, the merchandise trade
deficit dropped by a fifth. Exports surged to an all-time high.
weicher
SCISX
above its post war average 5823
And manufacturing productivity is also now at record levels. The
2
quality of American exports is arguably better than it has ever
been. And in terms of sheer output, American factories have
never done better.
Now, there's a lot of talk about competitiveness going
around these days -- and these facts and figures are all ways of
measuring it.
But competitiveness is more than just the latest trade
figures, the latest quarterly earnings -- or the latest poll, the
latest election, or the latest Nielson ratings, for that matter.
Surely our success can be measured by better methods than these.
In your industry, as in mine, this may be a good time for us to
look toward a longer horizon.
We stand at a special moment in American history. We are
prosperous
and we are at peace.
At such a point, we are empowered -- even required -- to set
our sights higher. To look farther ahead. It is a time to make
choices. A time to answer those questions that will have the
farthest-reaching impact on our success as a society.
The 21st century is less than a dozen years away now.
3
You've called this conference "The New Leadership Summit." Well,
whatever else you think about leadership -- or vision, for that
matter -- it's not lofty rhetoric, charisma, or clairvoyance.
No, it may be as simple as understanding where an
organization finds itself, right now; seeing where it wants to
go; and knowing how to get there. Above all, it's playing the
long game, whatever the odds -- and playing for keeps. So today
I'm like to outline my agenda for the next American century.
VA.Raul
5044
To build a better America, one of the most important
priorities for this government will be to build savings and long-
term investment -- and get our fiscal house in order. This
means, first off, bringing down the deficit.
Last month, I submitted a budget to Congress with a clear
A.Raul
5044
agenda to cut the Federal deficit, and enhance business&sability
to plan, expand, and build. My friends, next year alone, Federal
tax revenues will rise by more than $80 billion -- and yes, here
I go again -- with No New Taxes. Our plan will hold the line on
spending, using that revenue to slash the deficit by more than 40
percent -- bringing it down below the mandated targets.
To encourage long-range investment and entrepreneurship in
businesses of all sizes, it's time we restored the capital gains
differential. This is another case where less means more. More
Weicher + 5873
4
8
741990
revenue to the Federal government -- $4.3 billion more, in according
to Treasury estimates. More savings, and more investment. More
competitive, flexible businesses. More opportunities for
innovation. And more jobs for all Americans.
This is no tax break for the rich. It's a fair shake for
America.
To spur investment in basic research, we've proposed a
permanent extension of the research and experimentation tax
credit. A 13 percent increase for science and technology
programs. And we intend to stay on track in our effort to double
the National Science Foundation's budget by 1993.
To support capital formation, we will encourage personal
savings, and restore the integrity of our nation's savings and
loans institutions. Our plan has been well-received on both
sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill -- and I've asked for action
within 45 days.
We want to ease the pressures now building on the most
important organization in America -- the family -- by promoting
choice on issues like child care. So last week I sent
legislation to Congress that puts money and options in the hands
Nolen
5171
of parents, rather than bureaucracies. Our plan empowers all working
families: dual earners, single parents, those who choose to
two parent families in which
one parent
Note: The plan does not benefit families in which noparent works.
Holen
43178
5 care provided through their churchespnd
remainsat home; those who prefer informal, neighborhood
arrangements; and especially those on low incomes, struggling to
maintain their
Note: "be self- sufficient" Sounds as if they
be self-sufficient
might be on welfare and trying to work
their way off. Last year's welfare bill
deals with these families
Holen
Lasting self-sufficiency, of course, means quality
5178
education. And I see education as long-range planning at its
best -- a solution for the next century, for problems we haven't
even begun to recognize yet. It is an essential key to our
competitive future. Let no one suggest that education is a minor
matter on the national agenda. It is vital to everything we are,
and can become.
But there are no quick fixes here, either. No stop-gap
solutions. Like most of the long-term issues on the national
agenda, American education won't be fixed with a bolt of
lightning here, a puff of smoke there. It will take collective
effort at all levels, public and private, to get it right. Those
businesses that are involved with local schools -- developing the
workforce at its source -- are making fail-safe investments. And
they stand to reap the greatest rewards.
For those workers already on the line, we must build new
skills and flexibility as jobs change. By one estimate, 75
percent of all people now working will need some kind of
retraining before this century is over. The NAM policy position
you adopted last year said that "investment in human resources is
6
at least as important as investment in equipment and technology."
And you're absolutely right.
The astounding gains in productivity you've already achieved
weichers
5873
can be pushed still higher -- but we'll have to look beyond
upgrades to plant and equipment. Ever since the 1930s, machine
plant + Equipment
capital has contributed only about 20 percent to productivity.
Most of this country's productivity improvements -- and most of
our growth in national income -- have been directly linked to
labor quality: and that means training, and retraining.
I'm reminding you of something you already know: machinery
and technology alone don't improve productivity. People do.
Another issue where we plan to play for keeps: We're
Hale
palcohol
3120
determined to get drugs out of the workplace. Drug abuse in the
2 The Nation atleast $100.B
workplace costs $00 billion every year, putting productivity and
lives at risk. Bill Bennett is off to a fast start. But we will
also be looking to you to set effective, well-reasoned drug
policies in your businesses.
Employers can teach their people to recognize the signs of
substance abuse in their co-workers -- and understand how drug
abuse hurts the non-users on the line.
7
Any long-term agenda must ask how we can leave the earth
we've inherited a little better than when we found it. And, you
know, this is no political litmus test. I think of Teddy
Roosevelt as one of the great conservationists -- one of the
great environmentalists. Our grandchildren should be able to
fish on the same lakes we've enjoyed.
The time has come to set aside the partisan approach to
these enormous environmental questions. We must devise a global
answer to the problem of ozone depletion and global warming. We
intend to make rapid progress on acid rain, and see that a new
clean air bill is produced. And we've already broken ground in
joining with other nations to call for the elimination of CFCs --
as well as adopting a tough new policy on the export of hazardous
waste.
In this agenda for a new American century, I've asked you to
consider a broad vision: long-term savings and investment;
support for the family; education and retraining; stopping drugs;
and cleaning up the environment. But we must rely on more than
legislation.
Hale /3,20 3,20
We must rely on the dynamic spirit that is America. The
those who aRe homeless sholl be given the
spirit that says: Houses should not stand empty, while people
?
CaRet + Services they need.
lack shelter. Jobs should not go unfilled, while young men and
8
women stand idle on street corners. No one should go hungry, in
the richest nation on earth.
We must promote local efforts to assure that every American
can seize a share of prosperity -- and help to create more of it.
Whether through the constellation of local community groups
already at work -- or through new ideas, like our program for
Youth Engaged in Service -- we will rely less on the collective
wallet, and more on collective will.
But this does not mean lowering our sights, or our
expectations. Just the opposite. In an era of tight budgets, we
are not going to simply "make do with less." We're going to
learn how to do more with less -- and do it better.
Yes, we are prosperous. And we are at peace. But such
quiet moments often become pivotal in a nation's history.
My friends, the choices we make now will determine whether
the door to the next American century is closing -- or opening
wide, for all who dare to dream.
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless America.
Document No. 018102
action: D. Nymar
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 03/17/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
C.O.B. Monday 03/20
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS
(03/17 5:45 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
PINKERTON
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
BOSKIN
FITZWATER
BENNETT
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations to Chriss Winston
(Rm. 122, x2930) by close of business on Monday, 03/20, with
an info copy to my office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
OK, with suggested changes. pgs, 4 and 5
Unable to verify facts on pgs 1 and 6. Can
follow up if needed.
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
(Lange/Martin)
March 17, 1989
::
5:45 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1989
Thank you, [Dick]. You know, I understand a few of you were
concerned about the 1984 Trade Report, heralding the arrival of
the "post-industrial" society. And I have to confess, that
whenever anyone talks to me about some "post-industrial" society,
I have doubts of my own.
Would such a place get along without plumbers, for instance.
And if such a society could exist, I wonder if either its pipes
or its theories would hold water.
For now, I'm willing to bet my last dollar on manufacturing
in America. At least until somebody can show me how to wear a
piece of information, or parallel-park a concept.
American manufacturing has been --- and continues to be --
the backbone of this economy. It's been estimated that every new
unoble to immediately
manufacturing job creates three other jobs here at home.
I've been a great admirer of the export-driven, rust-belt
renaissance you've kicked off. Last year, the merchandise trade
deficit dropped by a fifth. Exports surged to an all-time high.
And manufacturing productivity is also now at record levels. The
2
quality of American exports is arguably better than it has ever
been. And in terms of sheer output, American factories have
never done better.
Now, there's a lot of talk about competitiveness going
around these days -- and these facts and figures are all ways of
measuring it.
But competitiveness is more than just the latest trade
figures, the latest quarterly earnings -- or the latest poll, the
latest election, or the latest Nielson ratings, for that matter.
Surely our success can be measured by better methods than these.
In your industry, as in mine, this may be a good time for us to
look toward a longer horizon.
We stand at a special moment in American history. We are
prosperous
and we are at peace.
At such a point, we are empowered -- even required -- to set
our sights higher. To look farther ahead. It is a time to make
choices. A time to answer those questions that will have the
farthest-reaching impact on our success as a society.
The 21st century is less than a dozen years away now.
3
You've called this conference "The New Leadership Summit." Well,
whatever else you think about leadership -- or vision, for that
matter -- it's not lofty rhetoric, charisma, or clairvoyance.
No, it may be as simple as understanding where an
organization finds itself, right now; seeing where it wants to
go; and knowing how to get there. Above all, it's playing the
long game, whatever the odds -- and playing for keeps. So today
I'm like to outline my agenda for the next American century.
To build a better America, one of the most important
priorities for this government will be to build savings and long-
term investment -- and get our fiscal house in order. This
means, first off, bringing down the deficit.
Last month, I submitted a budget to Congress with a clear
agenda to cut the Federal deficit, and enhance business' ability
to plan, expand, and build. My friends, next year alone, Federal
tax revenues will rise by more than $80 billion -- and yes, here
I go again -- with No New Taxes. Our plan will hold the line on
spending, using that revenue to slash the deficit by more than 40
percent -- bringing it down below the mandated targets.
To encourage long-range investment and entrepreneurship in
businesses of all sizes, it's time we restored the capital gains
differential. This is another case where less means more. More
4
warly
revenue to the Federal government -- billion more, according
to Treasury estimates. More savings, and more investment. More
competitive, flexible businesses. More opportunities for
innovation. And more jobs for all Americans.
This is no tax break for the rich. It's a fair shake for
America.
To spur investment in basic research, we've proposed a
permanent extension of the research and experimentation tax
credit. A 13 percent increase for science and technology
programs. And we intend to stay on track in our effort to double
the National Science Foundation's budget by 1993.
To support capital formation, we will encourage personal
savings, and restore the integrity of our nation's savings and
loans institutions. Our plan has been well-received on both
sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill -- and I've asked for action
within 45 days.
We want to ease the pressures now building on the most
important organization in America -- the family -- by promoting
choice on issues like child care. So last week I sent
legislation to Congress that puts money and options in the hands
of parents, rather than bureaucracies. Our plan empowers all
families: dual earners, single parents, those who choose to
5
remain at home; those who prefer informal, neighborhood
arrangements; and especially those on low incomes, struggling to
be self-sufficient.
Lasting self-sufficiency, of course, means quality
education. And I see education as long-range planning at its
best -- a solution for the next century, for problems we haven't
even begun to recognize yet. It is an essential key to our
competitive future. Let no one suggest that education is a minor
matter on the national agenda. It is vital to everything we are,
and can become.
But there are no quick fixes here, either. No stop-gap
solutions. Like most of the long-term issues on the national
agenda, American education won't be fixed with a bolt of
lightning here, a puff of smoke there. It will take collective
effort at all levels, public and private, to get it right. Those
businesses that are involved with local schools -- developing the
workforce at its source -- are making fail-safe investments. And
they stand to reap the greatest rewards.
For those workers already on the line, we must build new
skills and flexibility as jobs change. By one estimate, 25 more 52
percent of all people now working will need some kind of
retraining before this century is over. The NAM policy position
you adopted last year said that "investment in human resources is
6
at least as important as investment in equipment and technology."
And you're absolutely right.
The astounding gains in productivity you've already achieved
can be pushed still higher -- but we'll have to look beyond
upgrades to plant and equipment. Ever since the 1930s, machine
caunot
capital has contributed only about 20 percent to productivity.
verify
Most of this country's productivity improvements -- and most of
immediately
our growth in national income -- have been directly linked to
labor quality: and that means training, and retraining.
I'm reminding you of something you already know: machinery
and technology alone don't improve productivity. People do.
Another issue where we plan to play for keeps: We're
determined to get drugs out of the workplace. Drug abuse in the
workplace costs $00 billion every year, putting productivity and
lives at risk. Bill Bennett is off to a fast start. But we will
also be looking to you to set effective, well-reasoned drug
policies in your businesses.
Employers can teach their people to recognize the signs of
substance abuse in their co-workers -- and understand how drug
abuse hurts the non-users on the line.
7
Any long-term agenda must ask how we can leave the earth
we've inherited a little better than when we found it. And, you
know, this is no political litmus test. I think of Teddy
Roosevelt as one of the great conservationists -- one of the
great environmentalists. Our grandchildren should be able to
fish on the same lakes we've enjoyed.
The time has come to set aside the partisan approach to
these enormous environmental questions. We must devise a global
answer to the problem of ozone depletion and global warming. We
intend to make rapid progress on acid rain, and see that a new
clean air bill is produced. And we've already broken ground in
joining with other nations to call for the elimination of CFCs --
as well as adopting a tough new policy on the export of hazardous
waste.
In this agenda for a new American century, I've asked you to
consider a broad vision: long-term savings and investment;
support for the family; education and retraining; stopping drugs;
and cleaning up the environment. But we must rely on more than
legislation.
We must rely on the dynamic spirit that is America. The
spirit that says: Houses should not stand empty, while people
lack shelter. Jobs should not go unfilled, while young men and
8
women stand idle on street corners. No one should go hungry, in
the richest nation on earth.
We must promote local efforts to assure that every American
can seize a share of prosperity -- and help to create more of it.
Whether through the constellation of local community groups
already at work -- or through new ideas, like our program for
Youth Engaged in Service -- we will rely less on the collective
wallet, and more on collective will.
But this does not mean lowering our sights, or our
expectations. Just the opposite. In an era of tight budgets, we
are not going to simply "make do with less." We're going to
learn how to do more with less -- and do it better.
Yes, we are prosperous. And we are at peace. But such
quiet moments often become pivotal in a nation's history.
My friends, the choices we make now will determine whether
the door to the next American century is closing -- or opening
wide, for all who dare to dream.
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless America.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 20, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR COMMUNICATIONS
FROM:
NELSON LUND nf
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: National Association of
Manufacturers
At the request of James W. Cicconi, Counsel's Office has reviewed
the captioned draft presidential remarks.
In the second sentence of the third full paragraph on page 6, the
estimated yearly cost of drug abuse in the work place needs to be
filled in.
In the first full paragraph on page 8, there is a reference to
the new program that has been called "Youth Engaged in Service.' "
As the National Service Office is aware, we believe that there
may be potentially serious trademark problems with the continued
use of this name. Until these questions are resolved, or a new
name is selected, the program should be referred to in some other
way. You may wish to consider, for example, a reference to "our
program for engaging youth in service" or to "our program for
encouraging volunteer services by young people."
We have no other legal objections, and we appreciate having had
the opportunity to review these draft remarks.
(Lange/Martin)
March 17, 1989
5:45 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1989
l understand that afew of you were concerned about the
Thank you, [Dick]. 1 My friends, And I have to confess that whenever 1984 Tab,
anyone talks to me about some "post-industrial" society, I have Amt,
of ayon. Hort,
my doubts. Would such a place get along without plumbers, for
heralding
instance. And if such a society could exist, I wonder if either "post-
sidustrial"
its pipes or its theories would hold water.
econy
society.
For now, I'm willing to bet my last dollar on manufacturing
in America. At least until somebody can show me how to wear a
piece of information, or parallel-park a concept.
American manufacturing has been -- and continues to be --
the backbone of this economy. It's been estimated that every new
manufacturing job creates three other jobs here at home.
U.S. industry is strong, and it's getting stronger. I've
been a great admirer of the export-driven, rust-belt renaissance
you've kicked off. Last year, the merchandise trade deficit
dropped by a fifth. Exports surged to an all-time high. And
manufacturing productivity is also now at record levels. The
quality of American exports is arguably better than it has ever
been. And in terms of sheer output, American factories have
never done better.
2
Now, there's a lot of talk about competitiveness going
around these days -- and these facts and figures are all ways of
measuring it.
But competitiveness is more than just the latest trade
figures, the latest quarterly earnings -- or the latest poll, the
latest election, or the latest Nielson ratings, for that matter.
better methods
Surely our success can be measured by greater means than these.
In your industry, as in mine, this may be a good time for us to
look toward a longer horizon.
We stand at a special moment in American history. We are
prosperous
and we are at peace.
At such a point, we are empowered -- even required -- to set
our sights higher. To look farther ahead. It is a time to make
choices. A time to answer those questions that will have the
farthest-reaching impact on our success as a society.
The 21st century is less than a dozen years away now.
You've called this conference "The New Leadership Summit." Well,
whatever else you think about leadership -- or vision, for that
matter -- it's not lofty rhetoric, charisma, or clairvoyance.
3
No, it may be as simple as understanding where an
organization finds itself, right now; seeing where it wants to
go; and knowing how to get there. Above all, it's playing the
long game, whatever the odds -- and playing for keeps. So today
I'm like to outline my agenda for the next American century.
To fuilda better America,
None of the most important priorities for this government
will be to build savings and long-term investment -- and get our
fiscal house in order. This means, first off, bringing down the
deficit.
Last month I submitted a budget to Congress with a clear
agenda to cut the Federal deficit, and enhance business' ability
to plan, expand, and build. My friends, next year alone, Federal
tax revenues will rise by more than $80 billion -- and yes, here
I go again -- with No New Taxes. Our plan will hold the line on
spending, using that revenue to slash the deficit by more than 40
percent -- bringing it down below the mandated targets.
To encourage long-range investment and entrepreneurship in
businesses of all sizes, it's time we restored the capital gains
differential. This is another case where less means more. More
revenue to the Federal government -- $4.3 billion more, according
to Treasury estimates. More savings, and more investment. More
competitive, flexible businesses. More opportunities for
innovation. And more jobs for all Americans. This is no tax
its a fair slake for america.
break for the rich. No, it's a sure and proven path to
widespread economic growth.
To spur investment in basic research, we've proposed a
permanent extension of the research and experimentation tax
credit. A 13 percent increase for science and technology
programs. And we intend to stay on track in our effort to double
the National Science Foundation's budget by 1993.
To support and capital formation, we will encourage personal
savings, Not only by keeping inflation in check but also by
restoring the integrity of our nation's savings and loans
institutions. Our plan has been well-received on both sides of
the aisle on Capitol Hill -- and I've asked for action within 45
days.
We want to ease the pressures now building on the most
important organization in America -- the family -- by promoting
choice and options In in issues like child care. So last week I
and options
)
sent legislation to Congress that puts money in the hands of
parents, rather than bureaucracies. Our plan empowers all
families: dual earners, single parents, those who choose to
remain at home; those who prefer informal, neighborhood
arrangements; and especially those on low incomes, struggling to
be self-sufficient.
5
Lasting self-sufficiency, of course, means quality
education. And I see education as long-range planning at its
best -- a solution for the next century, for problems we haven't
even begun to recognize yet. It is an essential key to our
competitive future. Let no one suggest that education is a minor
matter on the national agenda. It is vital to everything we are,
and can become.
But there are no quick fixes here, either. No stop-gap
solutions. Like most of the long-term issues on the national
agenda, American education won't be fixed with a bolt of
lightning here, a puff of smoke there. It will take collective
effort at all levels, public and private, to get it right. Those
businesses that are involved with local schools -- developing the
workforce at its source -- are making fail-safe investments. And
they stand to reap the greatest rewards.
For those workers already on the line, we must build new
skills and flexibility as jobs change. By one estimate, 75
percent of all people now working will need some kind of
retraining before this century is over. The NAM policy position
you adopted last year said that "investment in human resources is
at least as important as investment in equipment and technology." "
And you're absolutely right.
6
The astounding gains in productivity you've already achieved
can be pushed still higher -- but we'll have to look beyond
upgrades to plant and equipment. Ever since the 1930s, most of
this country's productivity improvements -- and most of our
growth in national income -- have been directly linked to labor
quality: and that means training, and retraining. Machine
only
capital has contributed 20 percent or less, to productivity
I'm reminding you of something you already know: machinery
and technology alone don't improve productivity. People do.
your
Long-range business success will depend more than ever on
comprehensive, coordinated job training. Public-private
partnerships -- like Private Industry Councils, working through
the Job Training Partnership Act -- will be especially crucial
for smaller businesses. They're a way to pool resources. And
they work.
This administration will continue to look for ways to
stimulate these partnerships, and provide incentives for the kind
of education and training that meet market demands.
Another issue where we plan to play for keeps: We're
determined to get drugs out of the workplace. Drug abuse in the
workplace costs $00 billion every year, putting productivity and
lives at risk. Bill Bennett is off to a fast start. But we will
7
also be looking to you to set effective, well-reasoned drug
policies in your businesses.
Employers can teach their people to recognize the signs of
substance abuse in their co-workers -- and understand how drug
abuse hurts the non-users on the line.
Any long-term agenda must ask how we can leave the earth
we've inherited a little better than when we found it. And, you
know, this is no political litmus test. I think of Teddy
Roosevelt as one of the great conservationists -- one of the
Children
great environmentalists. Our grandsons should be able to fish on
the same lakes we've enjoyed.
The time has come to set aside the partisan approach to
these enormous environmental questions. We must devise a global
answer to the problem of ozone depletion and global warming. We
intend to make rapid progress on acid rain, and see that a new
clean air bill is produced. And we've already broken ground in
joining with other nations to call for the elimination of CFCs --
as well as adopting a tough new policy on the export of hazardous
waste.
this agenda for a new american century,
In all of the central tenets of the agenda I've asked you to
consider today -- long-term savings and investment, support for
the family; education and retraining; stopping drugs; and
8
cleaning up the environment -- we must rely on something much
mile
larger than legislation.
degrame
thet is america.
We must rely on the spirit of this great nation. The spirit
that says: Houses should not stand empty, while people lack
shelter. Jobs should not go unfilled, while young men and women
stand idle on street corners. No one should go hungry, in the
richest nation on earth.
to
We must promote local efforts that assure that every
American can seize a share of prosperity -- and help to create
more of it. Whether through the constellation of local community
groups already at work -- or through new ideas, like our program
for Youth Engaged in Service -- we will rely less on the
collective wallet, and more on collective will.
But this does not mean lowering our sights, or our
expectations. Just the opposite. In an era of tight budgets, we
me
are not going to just have to "do with less." We're going to
have to learn how to do more with less -- and do it better.
Yes, we are prosperous. And we are at peace. But such
quiet moments can often become pivotal in a nation's history.
The hinges upon which this moment turns are moving quietly
the Choccesu make
But taken together, these choices. will determine whether the door
9
to the next American century is closing -- or opening wide, for
done to aream
all who wish to enter.
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless America.
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(c) 1989 Newsday, March 10, 1987
Democratic Congress.
There were no significant contradictions between the two reports, and neither
one managed to prove Bush's involvement in Iran-contra. Tower might have been
able to cover for Bush in the Tower commission, but as recent events have shown,
in a Democratic Congress the can't even cover for himself.
To understand Bush's suicidal support for Tower you have to understand that,
as WE saw in the selection of Vice President Dan Guayle, Bush is a stubborn man
who persists in Finding virtue in people whose virtue eludes the rest of us.
In the case of Tower, this trait is compounded by the fact that for a quarter
of a century Tower and Bush have been winning and losing together.
in the words of George Bristol, a Texas Democrat who has watched them both,
"There has been an unbroken line of support between the two of them going back
to when you couldn't find enough Republicans in Texas to fill up a phone booth."
Tower got elected to the Senate seat that Lyndon Johnson vacated to become
vice president in 1961 - a Republican in a state that had been Democratic for SO
long that no one thought a competitive Republican Party was possible.
Tower, Bush and a handful of other pillars of Houston's River Oaks Country
Club constituted the core of a group which, with Tower as its head, made for the
emergence of a competitive Texas Republican Party.
When Bush ran (unsuccessFully) for the Senate in 1964, Tower was there. When
Bush fan successfully for a House seat in 1966, Sen. Tower helped him out then,
too.
By the time Bush made his second run for a Senate seat (in 1970), Tower had
become a powerful force at home and in Washington, and the backed Bush with money
and political support.
In 1976, Bush and Tower backed Gerald Ford against Ronald Reagan, a decision
that became costly to both when the country club Republican Party that they had
been quietly building got taken OVER by New Right activists loyal to Reagan. In
1980, Tower again backed Bush, this time for the presidency, and once again the
was against Reagan.
So by 1988, Tower was ready for a winner. In the Bush campaign, he was
legendary for his devotion to the cause. As a surrogate speaker for the
campaign, he was ready to go everywhere and anywhere, to do anything needed -
even campaigning with Dan Guayle when no one else would touch him. It was
assumed by many all along that if Bush won, Tower would become secretary of
defense.
George Bush owed John Tower nothing more, and nothing less, than his personal
loyalty. In recent weeks, Bush has been as loyal to Tower as Tower has been to
him For the past 25 years.
But loyalty is one of those good traits that can damage a presidency. Bush
and Tower frow join the ranks of Dwight Eisenhower and Sherman Adams, Jimmy
Carter and Bert Lance, Ronald Reagan and Ed Meese - all examples of presidents
who paid the price for loyalty to friends and longtime political allies.
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As President Harry Truman once said, "IF you want a Friend in
Washington, buy a dog. "
GRAPHIC: Illustration by Bruno Keusch-John Tower squeezed into a bottle
defense - support that has cost the new president enormously. The episooe nas
raised serious doubts about the capacity of the new team to manage the White
House, has abruptly ended Bush's honeymoon and has cost him the initiative with
Congress.
President Bush has not Even Finished his First 100 days and already
comparisons to Jimmy Carter are being made. Especially when it comes to the
series OF White House missteps with Congress, the president who was supposed to
be "ready from day one" is looking like the Georgia governor who didn't know the
difference between the Georgia legislature and the U.S. Congress.
Having lost the fight for Tower, Bush will find that subsequent fights in
Congress will be harder to win.
No matter how many Polaroid shots Bush takes of lawmakers and their spouses
in the Lincoln bedroom, the will not be able to overcome the perception that he
is weak and unable to handle Congress.
Now that the has lost his first big fight, no one will be afraid of Bush for
the next Four years. That's a problem in a town where being Feared is often more
valuable than being liked.
Even had Bush managed to get Tower past the Full Senate, Tower would have
been a very weakened secretary of defense. Every midnight crisis, EVERY military
contract, every sexual harassment charge would have been subject to the kind of
"micro-management" of the Pentagon by Congress that Bush has warned against.
And yet Bush stubbornly Fought for his nominee, dragging down Tower, the
Senate and his own prospects for a smooth 100 days. HE could have cut his losses
and asked Tower to remove himself from consideration at many different points in
the last few weeks - but the didn't. Why not?
The most Machiavellian theory is that, as chairman OF a commission to
investigate the Iran-contra scandal, Tower whitewashed Bush's role. But the
report OF the Tower commission was Followed by a Full-scale investigation in a
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4
My friends, next year, under current law, the economic
growth we are enjoying will increase federal revenues by more
than $80 billion without increasing tax rates. Our plan will
hold the line on spending, using some of those new revenues to
slash the deficit by more than 40 percent -- and bring it down
below the mandated Gramm-Rudman-Hollings targets.
To encourage long-range investment and entrepreneurship in
businesses of all sizes, it's time we restored the capital gains
differential -- by reducing the capital gains rate to 15 percent
on long-held assets. This is a case where less means more. More
revenue to the Federal government -- $4.8 billion more in 1990,
according to Treasury estimates. The critics say, "Tax cut for
the rich. " I say, cut the capital gains rate and you'll have
more jobs for the poor -- and others -- and more growth and
opportunity for the whole country.
Competitiveness, opportunity, saving, and investing for the
long term -- this is why we need a capital gains tax rate cut.
It's why we need one now.
To spur investment in basic research, we've proposed a
we've also proposed)
permanent research and experimentation tax credit. A 13 percent
increase for science and technology programs and
5
And we have created a new post at the Commerce Department --
Undersecretary for Technology -- that embodies our commitment to
10 guaranteeing that American technology is number one We also
intend to double the National Science Foundation's budget by
1993
A strong economy needs a safe and secure banking system.
That is why we proposed a comprehensive plan to solve the
difficulties of our savings and loans. Our plan has been well-
received on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill -- and I've
asked for action within 45 days.
We want to ease the pressures now building on the most
important organization in America -- the family -- by promoting
choice on issues like child care. So last week I sent
legislation to Congress that puts money and options in the hands
of parents, rather than bureaucracies.
But the most powerful key to long-term competitiveness is
education. A strengthened education system is the essential
ingredient for America's prosperity into the next decade and the
next century. Let no one suggest that education is a minor
matter on the national agenda. It is vital to everything we are,
and can become.
6
But there are no quick fixes here, either. Like most of the
long-term issues on the national agenda, American education won't
be fixed with a bolt of lightning here, a puff of smoke there.
It will take collective effort at all levels, public and private,
to get it right. Those businesses that are involved with local
schools -- developing the workforce at its source -- are making
fail-safe investments. And they stand to reap the greatest
rewards.
For those workers already on the line, we must build new
skills and flexibility as jobs change, through training and re-
training. The NAM policy position you adopted last year said
that "investment in human resources is at least as important as
investment in equipment and technology." And you're absolutely
right. Machinery and technology alone don't improve
productivity. People do.
Another issue where we plan to play for keeps: We're
determined to get drugs out of the workplace. Drug and alcohol
abuse in the workplace costs $60 billion every year, putting
productivity and lives at risk.
Drug abuse in America must stop -- and we are off to a fast
start. Last month I spoke to Congress about four decisive
issues: education, treatment, interdiction, and enforcement.
And I asked for an increase of $1 billion in budget outlays -- to
7
nearly $6 billion in 1990 -- to escalate our effort. But we will
also be looking to you to set effective, well-reasoned drug
policies in your businesses.
Employers can teach their people to recognize the signs of
substance abuse in their co-workers -- and understand how drug
abuse hurts the non-users on the line. I've called for a drug-
free workplace. Tuesday's Supreme Court decision affirming drug-
testing will give this concept a much better chance of success.
Any long-term agenda must also ask how we can leave the
earth we've inherited a little better than when we found it. We
must devise answers to the problems of ozone depletion, global
warming, and acid rain. We've already joined with other nations
to call for the elimination of CFCs and the development of
environmentally safe substitutes -- as well as adopting a tough
new policy on the export of hazardous waste. We can do these
things without stifling the economic growth that is necessary for
our nation's economic health.
The time has come to set aside partisan approaches to these
and other enormous environmental questions. We must ensure that
our grandchildren can fish on the same lakes we've enjoyed.
In this agenda for a new American century, I've asked you to
consider a broad vision: a vision that relies on the dynamic
8
spirit that is America. The spirit that says: Buildings should
not stand empty, while people lack shelter. Jobs should not go
unfilled, while young men and women stand idle on street corners.
No one should go hungry, in the richest nation on earth.
We must promote local efforts to assure that every American
can seize a share of prosperity -- and help to create more of it.
Whether through the constellation of local community groups
already at work -- or through new ideas, like our program to
encourage our nation's youth to become involved in community
service: we will rely less on the collective wallet, and more on
collective will.
But this does not mean lowering our sights, or our
expectations. Just the opposite. In an era of tight budgets, we
are not going to simply "make do with less." We're going to
learn how to do more with less -- and do it better. In the
factory, that's called productivity. Across our country, that's
called national spirit.
Yes, we are prosperous. And we are at peace. But such
quiet moments often become pivotal in a nation's history.
My friends, the choices we make now will determine whether
the door to the next American century is closing -- or opening
wide, for all who dare to dream.
9
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless America.
(Lange/Martin)
March 22, 1989
5:20 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS
MAYFLOWER HOTEL
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1989
1:27 p.m.
Thank you, [Dick]. Welcome to Washington -- the city about
which Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy
a dog. " I'm here to say, "Not so!" I view manufacturers and
other business people as friends -- and I am grateful for that.
You know, after one tough football game, somebody asked
Knute Rockne why Notre Dame had lost. He answered, "I won't know
until my barber tells me on Monday."
Well, nobody's second-guessing American manufacturing
anymore. Clearly, you're playing a winning game.
I'm here today to tell you that "de-industrialization" is a
myth. Manufacturing, as a share of our national output, is as
strong today as it has ever been.
Thanks to the hard work of the men and women in this room --
who are the brains and muscle of America's basic industries -- we
are producing more products with a smaller percentage of our
population than ever before.
2
That, my friends, is productivity. That is why since 1982,
our manufacturing output has gone up twice as fast as Western
Europe and has kept pace with Japan.
You are the producers who are building a better America
every day. Your presence here today demonstrates that you are
fighting to win the international struggle for continued growth.
You have demonstrated that you can make America more competitive
-- and that you can keep America more competitive.
Now, I'm not saying you're going to have to do it alone.
There is a role for government. Sometimes political leadership
is needed -- for example, to keep international trade free and
fair. However, I will tell you that this government will not
confuse involvement with interference.
There's a lot of talk about competitiveness going around
these days. But competitiveness is more than just the latest
trade figures, or the latest quarterly earnings -- or the latest
poll or the latest election, for that matter.
Surely our success can be measured by better methods than
these. In your industry, as in mine, this may be a good time for
us to look toward a longer horizon.
3
We stand at a special moment in American history. We are
prosperous
and we are at peace.
At such a point, we must set our sights higher. We must
look farther ahead. The 21st Century is less than a dozen years
away now.
You've called this conference "The New Leadership Summit. "
Leadership is certainly found in those like you who keep the
great engines of American industry turning. In creating jobs,
building businesses and meeting needs, our Nation's manufacturers
have shown the qualities that will carry us into the future. And
make no mistake, the challenges we face will test your vision and
your capacity to define an agenda for action.
Today, I'd like to address that very point by outlining my
agenda for the next American century.
To build a better America, one of the most important
priorities for this government will be to encourage savings and
long-term investment -- and get our fiscal house in order. This
means bringing down the deficit.
Last month, I submitted a budget to Congress with a clear
agenda to cut the Federal deficit, and enhance business' ability
to plan, expand, and build.
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March 17, 1989
5:45 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1989
Thank you, [Dick]. You know, I understand a few of you were
concerned about the 1984 Trade Report, heralding the arrival of
the "post-industrial" society. And I have to confess, that
whenever anyone talks to me about some "post-industrial" society,
I have doubts of my own.
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Would such a place get along without plumbers, for instance.
And if such a society could exist, I wonder if either its pipes
or its theories would hold water.
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For now, I'm willing to bet my last dollar on manufacturing
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in America. At least until somebody can show me how to wear a
piece of information, or parallel-park a concept.
American manufacturing has been -- and continues to be --
the backbone of this economy. It's been estimated that every new
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manufacturing job creates three other jobs here at home.
(Pink)
I've been a great admirer of the export-driven, rust belt
monufacturing
renaissance you ve kicked off. Last year, the merchandise trade
SET
deficit dropped by a fifth. Exports surged to an all-time high.
And manufacturing productivity is also now at record levels. The
2
quality of American exports is arguably better than it has ever
been. And in terms of sheer output, American factories have
STEP never done better.
Now, there's a lot of talk about competitiveness going
around these days -- and these facts and figures are all ways of
measuring it.
But competitiveness is more than just the latest trade
figures, the latest quarterly earnings -- or the latest poll,
or
the
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latest election, or the latest Nielson ratings, for that matter.
Surely our success can be measured by better methods than these.
In your industry, as in mine, this may be a good time for us to
look toward a longer horizon.
We stand at a special moment in American history. We are
prosperous
and we are at peace.
At such a point, we are must empowered -- even required to set (Pmk)
our sights higher. To look farther ahead. It is a time to make
choices. A time to answer those questions that will have the
farthest-reaching impact on our success as a society.
The 21st century is less than a dozen years away now.
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matter -- it's not lofty rhetoric, charisma, or clairvoyance.
headership is also found in thopse who keep the great enginee
No, it may be as simple as understanding where an
of american industry turning.
organization finds itself, right now; seeing where it wants to
go; and knowing how to get there. Above all, it's playing the
long game, whatever the odds -- and playing for keeps. So today
I'm like to outline my agenda for the next American century.
To build a better America, one of the most important
priorities for this government will be to build savings and long-
term investment and get our fiscal house in order. This
means, first off, bringing down the deficit.
Last month, I submitted a budget to Congress with a clear
agenda to cut the Federal deficit, and enhance business' ability
to plan, expand, and build. My friends, next year alone, Federal
under current (over) law
without mcreasing
tax revenues will rise by more than $80 billion
and yes, here
tox rates.
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spending, using that revenue to slash the deficit by more than 40
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important organization in America -- the family -- by promoting
choice on issues like child care. So last week I sent
legislation to Congress that puts money and options in the hands
helps all lowincome
of parents, rather than bureaucracies. Our plan empowers all
as well as couples which her
families: dual earners, single parents, those who choose to
one parent working outsidere the home and one waking in the
home.
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that american technology is members one.
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remain at home; those who prefer informal, neighborhood
arrangements; and especially those on low incomes, struggling to
be self-sufficient.
meet b
Lasting self-sufficiency, of course, means quality
education. And I see education as long-range planning at its
best -- a solution for the next century, for problems we haven't
even begun to recognize yet. It is an essential key to our
competitive future. Let no one suggest that education is a minor
matter on the national agenda. It is vital to everything we are,
and can become.
But there are no quick fixes here, either. No stop-gap
solutions. Like most of the long-term issues on the national
agenda, American education won't be fixed with a bolt of
lightning here, a puff of smoke there. It will take collective
effort at all levels, public and private, to get it right. Those
businesses that are involved with local schools -- developing the
workforce at its source -- are making fail-safe investments. And
they stand to reap the greatest rewards.
For those workers already on the line, we must build new
skills and flexibility as jobs change. By one estimate, 75
stet
percent of all people now working will need some kind of
retraining before this century is over. The NAM policy position
you adopted last year said that "investment in human resources is
6
at least as important as investment in equipment and technology."
And you're absolutely right.
The astounding gains in productivity you've already achieved
can be pushed still higher -- but we'll have to look beyond
upgrades to plant and equipment. Ever since the 1930s, machine
capital has contributed only about 20 percent to productivity.
Most of this country's productivity improvements -- and most of
our growth in national income -- have been directly linked to
labor quality: and that means training, and retraining.
I'm reminding you of something you already know: machinery
and technology alone don't improve productivity. People do.
Another issue where we plan to play for keeps: We're
determined to get drugs out of the workplace. Drug abuse in the
Land alcoho 1
60
workplace costs $00 billion every year, putting productivity and
we
are
lives at risk. Bill Bennett is off to a fast start.
But we will
also be looking to you to set effective, well-reasoned drug
policies in your businesses.
Employers can teach their people to recognize the signs of
substance abuse in their co-workers -- and understand how drug
abuse hurts the non-users on the line.
one arus Hwy&# proposal
7
Any long-term agenda must ask how we can leave the earth
we've inherited a little better than when we found it. And, you
a commitment to a clean environment required Republicans and Democrats together
know, this is no political litmus test I think of Teddy
can
ensure
Roosevelt as one of the great conservationists -- one of the
that
great environmentalists. Our grandchildren should be able to will beable
to
fish on the same lakes we've enjoyed.
The time has come to set aside the partisan approach to
these enormous environmental questions. We must devise a global
answer to the problem of ozone depletion and global warming. We
intend to make rapid progress Convollwa on acid rain, and see that a new
clean air bill is produced. And we've already broken ground in
joining ed with other nations to call for the elimination of CFCs L44
and the development of enviromentally safe substitutes
1
as well as adopting a tough new policy on the export of hazardous
waste.
In this agenda for a new American century, I've asked you to
consider a broad vision: long-term savings and investment;
support for the family; education and retraining; stopping drugs;
and cleaning up the environment. But we must rely on more than
legislation.
We must rely on the dynamic spirit that is America. The
spirit that says: Houses should not stand empty, while people
lack shelter. Jobs should not go unfilled, while young men and
8
women stand idle on street corners. No one should go hungry, in
the richest nation on earth.
We must promote local efforts to assure that every American
can seize a share of prosperity -- and help to create more of it.
Whether through the constellation of local community groups
already at work -- or through new ideas, like our program for
Youth Engaged in Service -- we will rely less on the collective
wallet, and more on collective will.
But this does not mean lowering our sights, or our
expectations. Just the opposite. In an era of tight budgets, we
are not going to simply "make do with less." We're going to
learn how to do more with less -- and do it better. In the factory, that's
called productivity across our mates country, that's called mational spiral.
Yes, we are prosperous. And we are at peace. But such
quiet moments often become pivotal in a nation's history.
My friends, the choices we make now will determine whether
the door to the next American century is closing -- or opening
wide, for all who dare to dream.
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless America.
March 20, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR JIM CICCONI
FROM;
DENISE SCHWARZ
OFFICE OF CABINET AFFAIRS
SUBJECT;
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
MANUFACTURERS LOG #018102
We have reviewed the attached speech and have indicated
the suggested changes.
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DATE: 03/17/89
ACION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: C.O.B. Monday 03/20
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS
(03/17 5:45 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
P
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
PINKERTON
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
BOSKIN
FITZWATER
BENNETT
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations to Chriss Winston
(Rm. 122, x2930) by close of business on Monday, 03/20, with
an info copy to my office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Denuty to the Chief of Staff
(Lange/Martin)
March 17, 1989
ISCS MAR 17 11:7:43
5:45 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1989
Thank you, [Dick]. You know, I understand a few of you were
concerned about the 1984 Trade Report, heralding the arrival of
the "post-industrial" society. And I have to confess, that
whenever anyone talks to me about some "post-industrial" society,
I have doubts of my own.
Would such a place get along without plumbers, for instance.
And if such a society could exist, I wonder if either its pipes
or its theories would hold water.
For now, I'm willing to bet my last dollar on manufacturing
in America. At least until somebody can show me how to wear a
piece of information, or parallel-park a concept.
American manufacturing has been -- and continues to be --
the backbone of this economy. It's been estimated that every new
manufacturing job creates three other jobs here at home.
I've been a great admirer of the export-driven, rust-belt
renaissance you've kicked off. Last year, the merchandise trade
deficit dropped by a fifth. Exports surged to an all-time high.
And manufacturing productivity is also now at record levels. The
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quality of American exports is arguably better than it has ever
been. And in terms of sheer output, American factories have
never done better.
Now, there's a lot of talk about competitiveness going
around these days -- and these facts and figures are all ways of
measuring it.
But competitiveness is more than just the latest trade
figures, the latest quarterly earnings -- or the latest poll, the
latest election, or the latest Nielson ratings, for that matter.
Surely our success can be measured by better methods than these.
In your industry, as in mine, this may be a good time for us to
look toward a longer horizon.
We stand at a special moment in American history. We are
prosperous
and we are at peace.
At such a point, we are empowered -- even required -- to set
our sights higher. To look farther ahead. It is a time to make
choices. A time to answer those questions that will have the
farthest-reaching impact on our success as a society.
The 21st century is less than a dozen years away now.
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You've called this conference "The New Leadership Summit." Well,
whatever else you think about leadership -- or vision, for that
matter -- it's not lofty rhetoric, charisma, or clairvoyance.
No, it may be as simple as understanding where an
organization finds itself, right now; seeing where it wants to
go; and knowing how to get there. Above all, it's playing the
long game, whatever the odds -- and playing for keeps. So today
I'd
like to outline my agenda for the next American century.
To build a better America, one of the most important
priorities for this government will be to build savings and long-
term investment -- and get our fiscal house in order. This
means, first off, bringing down the deficit.
Last month, I submitted a budget to Congress with a clear
agenda to cut the Federal deficit, and enhance business' ability
to plan, expand, and build. My friends, next year alone, Federal
tax revenues will rise by more than $80 billion -- and yes, here
I go again -- with No New Taxes. Our plan will hold the line on
spending, using that revenue to slash the deficit by more than 40
percent -- bringing it down below the mandated targets.
To encourage long-range investment and entrepreneurship in
businesses of all sizes, it's time we restored the capital gains
differential. This is another case where less means more. More
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1990,
revenue to the Federal government -- $4.3 billion more in according
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to Treasury estimates. More savings, and more investment. More
competitive, flexible businesses. More opportunities for
innovation. And more jobs for all Americans.
This is no tax break for the rich. It's a fair shake for
America.
To spur investment in basic research, we've proposed a
permanent extension of the research and experimentation tax
credit. A 13 percent increase for science and technology
programs. And we intend to stay on track in our effort to double
the National Science Foundation's budget by 1993.
To support capital formation, we will encourage personal
savings, and restore the integrity of our nation's savings and
loans institutions. Our plan has been well-received on both
sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill -- and I've asked for action
within 45 days.
We want to ease the pressures now building on the most
important organization in America -- the family -- by promoting
choice on issues like child care. so last week I sent
legislation to Congress that puts money and options in the hands
of parents, rather than bureaucracies. Our plan empowers all
families: dual earners, single parents, those who choose to
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remain at home; those who prefer informal, neighborhood
arrangements; and especially those on low incomes, struggling to
be self-sufficient.
Lasting self-sufficiency, of course, means quality
education. And I see education as long-range planning at its
best -- a solution for the next century, for problems we haven't
even begun to recognize yet. It is an essential key to our
competitive future. Let no one suggest that education is a minor
matter on the national agenda. It is vital to everything we are,
and can become.
But there are no quick fixes here, either. No stop-gap
solutions. Like most of the long-term issues on the national
agenda, American education won't be fixed with a bolt of
lightning here, a puff of smoke there. It will take collective
effort at all levels, public and private, to get it right. Those
businesses that are involved with local schools -- developing the
workforce at its source -- are making fail-safe investments. And
they stand to reap the greatest rewards.
For those workers already on the line, we must build new
skills and flexibility as jobs change. By one estimate, 75
percent of all people now working will need some kind of
retraining before this century is over. The NAM policy position
you adopted last year said that "investment in human resources is
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at least as important as investment in equipment and technology."
And you're absolutely right.
The astounding gains in productivity you've already achieved
can be pushed still higher -- but we'll have to look beyond
upgrades to plant and equipment. Ever since the 1930s, machine
capital has contributed only about 20 percent to productivity.
Most of this country's productivity improvements -- and most of
our growth in national income -- have been directly linked to
labor quality: and that means training, and retraining.
I'm reminding you of something you already know: machinery
and technology alone don't improve productivity. People do.
Another issue where we plan to play for keeps: We're
determined to get drugs out of the workplace. Drug abuse in the
workplace costs $00 billion every year, putting productivity and
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lives at risk. Bill Bennett is off to a fast start. But we will
also be looking to you to set effective, well-reasoned drug
policies in your businesses.
Employers can teach their people to recognize the signs of
substance abuse in their co-workers -- and understand how drug
abuse hurts the non-users on the line.
Gordon Binder / EPA
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Any long-term agenda must ask how we can leave the earth
we've inherited a little better than when we found it. And, you
know, this is no political litmus test^ I think of Teddy Democratic issued
it's is not a Republican issue, not w
Roosevelt as one of the great conservationists -- one of the
great environmentalists. Our grandchildren should be able to
fish on the same lakes we've enjoyed.
The time has come to set aside the partisan approach to our
these enormous. environmental questions. We must devise a global
answer to the problem of ozone depletion and global warming. We
controlling
intend to make rapid progress acid rain, and see that a new
We must begin to get a handle on the mountains of
clean air bill is produced. And we've already broken ground in waste our
ed
country produces -
joining with other nations to call for the elimination of CFCs --
and development of environmentally safe subst. tutes
recycling,
as well as adopting a tough new policy on the export of hazardous
reuse,
wish-riduct
waste. And we want our foreign aid our influence at
these will
the world bank + other international financial institutions
be more smare
to support sustainable economic development- a Kind that doesn't
impt. in the
strip the forest r polute the air + water, but makes sense environment ally
years ahead.
1 well as
In this agenda for a new American century, I've asked you to
consinually
consider a broad vision: long-term savings and investment;
support for the family; education and retraining; stopping drugs;
and cleaning up the environment. But we must rely on more than
legislation.
We must rely on the dynamic spirit that is America. The
spirit that says: Houses should not stand empty, while people
lack shelter. Jobs should not go unfilled, while young men and
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women stand idle on street corners. No one should go hungry, in
the richest nation on earth.
We must promote local efforts to assure that every American
can seize a share of prosperity -- and help to create more of it.
Whether through the constellation of local community groups
already at work -- or through new ideas, like our program for
to en caurage
our nations,
to become mudived in community
Youth Engaged in Service we will rely less on the collective
wallet, and more on collective will.
But this does not mean lowering our sights, or our
expectations. Just the opposite. In an era of tight budgets, we
are not going to simply "make do with less." We're going to
what productivity is all about. in the country that's what national
learn how to do more with less -- and do it better. In the factory that's
spirit is all about.
Yes, we are prosperous. And we are at peace. But such
quiet moments often become pivotal in a nation's history.
My friends, the choices we make now will determine whether
the door to the next American century is closing -- or opening
wide, for all who dare to dream.
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless America.
03/20/89
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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PROPOSED PARAGRAPH FOR THE PRESIDENT'S
SPEECH TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURES
(Page four, immediately following the second sentence of the
second full paragraph.)
"My good friend, Commerce Secretary Bob Mosbacher, is doing his
best to increase investment in the area of technology. Now, for
the first time ever at the Department of Commerce, there will be
an individual serving at the level of Undersecratary for
Technology. That's how much emphasis the Bush Administration is
putting on this important area."
COMMENT FROM LABOR
National Association of Manufacturers agreed to support
President's position on minimum wage,today.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 20, 1989
Memorandum to Chriss Winston
RP
by
&
From:
Roger Porter
Jim Pinkerton
Re:
NAM draft
The National Association of Manufacturers presents a special
challenge. The draft quite rightly emphasizes NAM's heavy
industry-orientation, but as written, it lacks a unifying,
positive theme. We must uplift this group. We must also
galvanize them into action on behalf of the President's Building
a Better America agenda.
The suggestions we make are designed to provide a stronger,
more focused message to NAM. They have gone through great
difficulty and emerged stronger as a result. We should
acknowledge their achievements.
We aren't very skilled jokewriters, so we won't suggest a
humorous replacement for the first two grafs on pg 1. But they
need to be replaced. Lacking the help of Thalia, the muse of
comedy, we suggest an opening as prosaic and to-the-point as:
I'm here today to tell you that "deindustrialization" is a
myth. Manufacturing, as a share of our national output, is
not shrinking. Manufacturing is as great today as it has
been in previous decades. Thanks to the hard work of the
men and women in this room, who are the brains and muscle of
America's basic industries, we are producing more products
with a smaller percentage of our population than ever
before. That, my friends, is productivity. That is why
since 1982, our manufacturing output has gone up twice as
fast as Western Europe and has kept pace with Japan.
You are the producers who are Building a Better America
every day. Your presence here today demonstrates that you
are fighting to win the international struggle for continued
growth. You have demonstrated that you can make America
more competitive, and that you can keep America more
competitive. I'm not saying that you must do it alone.
There is a role for government. Sometimes political
leadership is needed, for example, to keep international
trade free and fair. However, I will tell you that I am
absolutely committed to making sure that the government that
can help you Build a Better America never turns on you and
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prevents you from Building a Better America.
2-2-2
Here are some specific comments:
Pg 1, graf 4 lines 2-3 We would like to see the
documentation for the assertion about the manufacturing jobs
multiplier. This is an extremely disputatious subject. We want
to be absolutely sure that we are on solid empirical ground.
1,5,1 We should never ask the President to say "rust
belt. " NAM members will view this as insulting. We suggest
substituting "manufacturing."
2,1,1 American exports aren't "arguably" " better. They are
better!
2,3,3 Delete the reference to "Nielson (sic) ratings
which are not a White House concern.
2,5,1 We are overusing the word "empowered." Let's save
that important word/concept for better occasions, such as when we
describe our efforts to help the poor help themselves and expand
their choices. Simply use "must."
3,1,2-3 We simply don't agree with the minimalist
definition of leadership offered here. Granted, a good
president does not necessarily have "clairvoyance." " But he or
she certainly should possess a good speaking ability and the
power to inspire. We suggest rewriting as follows: "Leadership
is many things: vision, the ability to lead, the power to
inspire, the capacity to define an agenda for future action."
Then, in the next paragraph, start with: "Leadership is
also found in those who keep the great engines of American
industry turning
"
withing
3,4,3 We suggest the following streamlining: "My friends,
next year, under current law, the economic growth we are enjoying
will increase federal revenues by more than $80 billion without
Happly
increasing tax rates. "
3,3,4 "first off" is unpresidential. Presidents have
your
"priorities. " Reducing the deficit is the President's first
priority.
3,5,3 We like the "less is more" formulation. But what is
the antecedent of "another"? Gropius? We suggest deleting
"another."
In fact, we volunteer the following as a complete rewrite:
3-3-3
"While bringing the deficit down, there is more we can do to
enhance the ability of American industry to grow and
compete: lower the capital gains tax rate. I call on those
who spend their time talking about American competitiveness
to join with me and take strong action. America's biggest
international competitors: Japan, Germany, the "four
dragons" of East Asia, all have exempted capital gains from
tax. Why not give American entrepreneurs and manufacturers
a better chance to compete with their overseas competitors?
"There is another reason, close to the heart of our success
as a society, for cutting the capital gains rate:
opportunity. Many of the companies you represent are big
now, but they weren't always so. When your companies were
founded, some entrepreneur had to trade his stake in his
company for the capital he needed to get started. The ones
who were successful made a capital gain. The promise of
gain is the key to opportunity, the key to all the new
business of today which will be the big business, the job
creators of tomorrow.
"Besides, we want to encourage American investors and
managers to save and invest for the long term. The capital
gains proposal I sent to Capitol Hill will do just that.
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"Competitiveness, Opportunity, Saving and Investing for the
Long Term -- this is why we need a capital gains tax rate
cut. It's why we need one now. "
4,1,4 We continue to believe that we need to emphasize the
good that capital gains tax reduction will do for the poor So
we would add, after "Americans," the following: "including
those who have been left behind; and who need a chance to work
for their fair share of the American Dream."
4,3,4 The words "to stay on the track in our effort" are
unnecessary. The sentence reads better without these eight
words.
4,4,1 This line about encouraging savings does not
correlate with any specific item on our agenda and confuses the
issue of the S&L bailout. We suggest deletion, lest people over-
interpret what we say. We would rewrite: "A strong economy needs
a safe and secure banking system. That is why we proposed a
comprehensive plan to solve the difficulties of our savings and
loans. Our plan has been
"
4-4-4
4,5,6 This is imprecise. "Our plan empowers all low income
working families: dual earners and single parents, as well as
couples which have one parent working outside the home and one
working in the home.
5,2,1 Having completed our child care insert, it is now
time to get back to the heart of our message to the NAM: that
they are at the fore front of the struggle to keep America #1.
Thus: "But the real key to long-term competitiveness, is
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education. A strengthened education system is the essential
ingredient for America's prosperity into the next decade and the
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next century. We would scrap the "long-range planning," which
is just too easy to misinterpret.
6,2,3 Change "upgrades to" to "upgrades of."
6,4,4 We hope we never lose sight of the fact that the
President is the one who is off to the fast start. At the same
time, we hope that we can provide more specifics as to what the
President will do. Also, we should detail a little more what we
expect the private sector to do.
subst. mostpanerful" -- didn't that
child care needs are "usseal."
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS
MAYFLOWER HOTEL
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1989
1:27 P.M.
THANK YOU, [DICK]. WELCOME TO WASHINGTON -- THE
CITY ABOUT WHICH HARRY TRUMAN SAID, "IF YOU WANT A
FRIEND IN WASHINGTON, BUY A DOG." I'M HERE TO SAY,
"Not so!" I VIEW MANUFACTURERS AND OTHER BUSINESS
PEOPLE AS FRIENDS -- AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
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You KNOW, AFTER ONE TOUGH FOOTBALL GAME, SOMEBODY
ASKED KNUTE ROCKNE WHY NOTRE DAME HAD LOST. HE
ANSWERED, "I WON'T KNOW UNTIL MY BARBER TELLS ME ON
MONDAY."
WELL, NOBODY'S SECOND-GUESSING AMERICAN
MANUFACTURING ANYMORE. CLEARLY, YOU'RE PLAYING A
WINNING GAME.
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I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU THAT "DE-
INDUSTRIALIZATION" IS A MYTH. MANUFACTURING, AS A
SHARE OF OUR NATIONAL OUTPUT, IS AS STRONG TODAY AS IT
HAS EVER BEEN.
THANKS TO THE HARD WORK OF THE MEN AND WOMEN IN
THIS ROOM --WHO ARE THE BRAINS AND MUSCLE OF AMERICA'S
BASIC INDUSTRIES -- WE ARE PRODUCING MORE PRODUCTS WITH
A SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION THAN EVER
BEFORE.
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THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS PRODUCTIVITY. THAT IS WHY
SINCE 1982, OUR MANUFACTURING OUTPUT HAS GONE UP TWICE
AS FAST AS WESTERN EUROPE AND HAS KEPT PACE WITH JAPAN.
You ARE THE PRODUCERS WHO ARE BUILDING A BETTER
AMERICA EVERY DAY. YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY
DEMONSTRATES THAT YOU ARE FIGHTING TO WIN THE
INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLE FOR CONTINUED GROWTH. You HAVE
DEMONSTRATED THAT YOU CAN MAKE AMERICA MORE COMPETITIVE
-- AND THAT YOU CAN KEEP AMERICA MORE COMPETITIVE.
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Now, I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT
ALONE. THERE IS A ROLE FOR GOVERNMENT. SOMETIMES
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED -- FOR EXAMPLE, TO KEEP
INTERNATIONAL TRADE FREE AND FAIR. HOWEVER, I WILL
TELL YOU THAT THIS GOVERNMENT WILL NOT CONFUSE
INVOLVEMENT WITH INTERFERENCE.
THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT COMPETITIVENESS GOING
AROUND THESE DAYS.
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BUT COMPETITIVENESS IS MORE THAN JUST THE LATEST TRADE
FIGURES, OR THE LATEST QUARTERLY EARNINGS -- OR THE
LATEST POLL OR THE LATEST ELECTION, FOR THAT MATTER.
SURELY OUR SUCCESS CAN BE MEASURED BY BETTER
METHODS THAN THESE. IN YOUR INDUSTRY, AS IN MINE, THIS
MAY BE A GOOD TIME FOR US TO LOOK TOWARD A LONGER
HORIZON.
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WE STAND AT A SPECIAL MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
WE ARE PROSPEROUS.. AND WE ARE AT PEACE.
AT SUCH A POINT, WE MUST SET OUR SIGHTS HIGHER. WE
MUST LOOK FARTHER AHEAD. THE 21st CENTURY IS LESS THAN
A DOZEN YEARS AWAY NOW.
YOU'VE CALLED THIS CONFERENCE "THE NEW LEADERSHIP
SUMMIT." LEADERSHIP IS CERTAINLY FOUND IN THOSE LIKE
YOU WHO KEEP THE GREAT ENGINES OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY
TURNING.
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IN CREATING JOBS, BUILDING BUSINESSES AND MEETING
NEEDS, OUR NATION'S MANUFACTURERS HAVE SHOWN THE
QUALITIES THAT WILL CARRY US INTO THE FUTURE. AND MAKE
NO MISTAKE, THE CHALLENGES WE FACE WILL TEST YOUR
VISION AND YOUR CAPACITY TO DEFINE AN AGENDA FOR
ACTION.
TODAY, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT VERY POINT BY
OUTLINING MY AGENDA FOR THE NEXT AMERICAN CENTURY.
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To BUILD A BETTER AMERICA, ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT PRIORITIES FOR THIS GOVERNMENT WILL BE TO
ENCOURAGE SAVINGS AND LONG-TERM INVESTMENT -- AND GET
OUR FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER. THIS MEANS BRINGING DOWN
THE DEFICIT.
LAST MONTH, I SUBMITTED A BUDGET TO CONGRESS WITH A
CLEAR AGENDA TO CUT THE FEDERAL DEFICIT, AND ENHANCE
BUSINESS' ABILITY TO PLAN, EXPAND, AND BUILD.
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MY FRIENDS, NEXT YEAR, UNDER CURRENT LAW, THE
ECONOMIC GROWTH WE ARE ENJOYING WILL INCREASE FEDERAL
REVENUES BY MORE THAN $80 BILLION WITHOUT INCREASING
TAX RATES. OUR PLAN WILL HOLD THE LINE ON SPENDING,
USING SOME OF THOSE NEW REVENUES TO SLASH THE DEFICIT
BY MORE THAN 40 PERCENT -- AND BRING IT DOWN BELOW THE
MANDATED GRAMM-RUDMAN-HOLLINGS TARGETS.
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To ENCOURAGE LONG-RANGE INVESTMENT AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES, IT'S TIME
WE RESTORED THE CAPITAL GAINS DIFFERENTIAL -- BY
REDUCING THE CAPITAL GAINS RATE TO 15 PERCENT ON LONG-
HELD ASSETS. THIS IS A CASE WHERE LESS MEANS MORE.
MORE REVENUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT -- $4.8 BILLION
MORE IN 1990, ACCORDING TO TREASURY ESTIMATES.
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THE CRITICS SAY, "TAX CUT FOR THE RICH." I SAY, CUT
THE CAPITAL GAINS RATE AND YOU'LL HAVE MORE JOBS FOR
THE POOR -- AND OTHERS -- AND MORE GROWTH AND
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
COMPETITIVENESS, OPPORTUNITY, SAVING, AND INVESTING
FOR THE LONG TERM -- THIS IS WHY WE NEED A CAPITAL
GAINS TAX RATE CUT. IT'S WHY WE NEED ONE NOW.
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To SPUR INVESTMENT IN BASIC RESEARCH, WE'VE
PROPOSED A PERMANENT RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION TAX
CREDIT. WE'VE ALSO PROPOSED A 13 PERCENT INCREASE FOR
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS, AND INTEND TO DOUBLE
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION'S BUDGET BY 1993 TO
GUARANTEE THAT AMERICA'S TECHNOLOGY IS NUMBER ONE.
A STRONG ECONOMY NEEDS A SAFE AND SECURE BANKING
SYSTEM. THAT IS WHY WE PROPOSED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
TO SOLVE THE DIFFICULTIES OF OUR SAVINGS AND LOANS.
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OUR PLAN HAS BEEN WELL-RECEIVED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
AISLE ON CAPITOL HILL -- AND I'VE ASKED FOR ACTION
WITHIN 45 DAYS.
WE WANT TO EASE THE PRESSURES NOW BUILDING ON THE
MOST IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA -- THE FAMILY --
BY PROMOTING CHOICE ON ISSUES LIKE CHILD CARE.
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So LAST WEEK I SENT LEGISLATION TO CONGRESS THAT PUTS
MONEY AND OPTIONS IN THE HANDS OF PARENTS, RATHER THAN
BUREAUCRACIES.
BUT THE MOST POWERFUL KEY TO LONG=TERM
COMPETITIVENESS IS EDUCATION. A STRENGTHENED EDUCATION
SYSTEM IS THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT FOR AMERICA'S
PROSPERITY INTO THE NEXT DECADE AND THE NEXT CENTURY.
LET NO ONE SUGGEST THAT EDUCATION IS A MINOR MATTER ON
THE NATIONAL AGENDA.
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IT IS VITAL TO EVERYTHING WE ARE, AND CAN BECOME.
BUT THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES HERE, EITHER. LIKE
MOST OF THE LONG-TERM ISSUES ON THE NATIONAL AGENDA,
AMERICAN EDUCATION WON'T BE FIXED WITH A BOLT OF
LIGHTNING HERE, A PUFF OF SMOKE THERE. IT WILL TAKE
COLLECTIVE EFFORT AT ALL LEVELS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, TO
GET IT RIGHT. THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH
LOCAL SCHOOLS -- DEVELOPING THE WORKFORCE AT ITS SOURCE
-- ARE MAKING FAIL-SAFE INVESTMENTS.
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AND THEY STAND TO REAP THE GREATEST REWARDS.
FOR THOSE WORKERS ALREADY ON THE LINE, WE MUST
BUILD NEW SKILLS AND FLEXIBILITY AS JOBS CHANGE,
THROUGH TRAINING AND RE-TRAINING. THE NAM POLICY
POSITION YOU ADOPTED LAST YEAR SAID THAT "INVESTMENT IN
HUMAN RESOURCES IS AT LEAST AS IMPORTANT AS INVESTMENT
IN EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY." AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT. MACHINERY AND TECHNOLOGY ALONE DON'T IMPROVE
PRODUCTIVITY. PEOPLE DO.
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ANOTHER ISSUE WHERE WE PLAN To PLAY FOR KEEPS:
WE'RE DETERMINED TO GET DRUGS OUT OF THE WORKPLACE.
DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE IN THE WORKPLACE COSTS $60
BILLION EVERY YEAR, PUTTING PRODUCTIVITY AND LIVES AT
RISK.
DRUG ABUSE IN AMERICA MUST STOP -- AND WE ARE OFF
TO A FAST START. LAST MONTH I SPOKE TO CONGRESS ABOUT
FOUR DECISIVE ISSUES: EDUCATION, TREATMENT,
INTERDICTION, AND ENFORCEMENT.
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AND $1 BILLION IN BUDGET
OUTLAYS I ASKED -- TO FOR NEARLY AN INCREASE $6 BILLION OF IN 1990 -- TO ESCALATE
OUR EFFORT. BUT WE WILL ALSO BE LOOKING TO YOU TO SET
EFFECTIVE, WELL-REASONED DRUG POLICIES IN YOUR
BUSINESSES.
EMPLOYERS CAN TEACH THEIR PEOPLE To RECOGNIZE THE
SIGNS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THEIR CO-WORKERS -- AND
UNDERSTAND HOW DRUG ABUSE HURTS THE NON-USERS ON THE
LINE.
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I'VE CALLED FOR A DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE. TUESDAY'S
SUPREME COURT DECISION AFFIRMING DRUG-TESTING WILL GIVE
THIS CONCEPT A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF SUCCESS.
ANY LONG-TERM AGENDA MUST ALSO ASK HOW WE CAN LEAVE
THE EARTH WE'VE INHERITED A LITTLE BETTER THAN WHEN WE
FOUND IT. WE MUST DEVISE ANSWERS TO THE PROBLEMS OF
OZONE DEPLETION, GLOBAL WARMING, AND ACID RAIN.
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WE'VE ALREADY JOINED WITH OTHER NATIONS TO CALL FOR THE
ELIMINATION OF CFCs AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE SUBSTITUTES -- AS WELL AS ADOPTING
A TOUGH NEW POLICY ON THE EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE.
WE CAN DO THESE THINGS WITHOUT STIFLING THE ECONOMIC
GROWTH THAT IS NECESSARY FOR OUR NATION'S ECONOMIC
HEALTH.
THE TIME HAS COME TO SET ASIDE PARTISAN APPROACHES
TO THESE AND OTHER ENORMOUS ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS.
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WE MUST ENSURE THAT OUR GRANDCHILDREN CAN FISH ON THE
SAME LAKES WE'VE ENJOYED.
IN THIS AGENDA FOR A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY, I'VE
ASKED YOU TO CONSIDER A BROAD VISION: A VISION THAT
RELIES ON THE DYNAMIC SPIRIT THAT IS AMERICA. THE
SPIRIT THAT SAYS: BUILDINGS SHOULD NOT STAND EMPTY,
WHILE PEOPLE LACK SHELTER. JOBS SHOULD NOT GO
UNFILLED, WHILE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN STAND IDLE ON
STREET CORNERS.
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No ONE SHOULD GO HUNGRY, IN THE RICHEST NATION ON
EARTH.
WE MUST PROMOTE LOCAL EFFORTS TO ASSURE THAT EVERY
AMERICAN CAN SEIZE A SHARE OF PROSPERITY -- AND HELP TO
CREATE MORE OF IT. WHETHER THROUGH THE CONSTELLATION
OF LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS ALREADY AT WORK -- OR THROUGH
NEW IDEAS, LIKE OUR PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE OUR NATION'S
YOUTH TO BECOME INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE:
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WE WILL RELY LESS ON THE COLLECTIVE WALLET, AND MORE ON
COLLECTIVE WILL.
BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN LOWERING OUR SIGHTS, OR OUR
EXPECTATIONS. JUST THE OPPOSITE. IN AN ERA OF TIGHT
BUDGETS, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SIMPLY "MAKE DO WITH
LESS." WE'RE GOING TO LEARN HOW TO DO MORE WITH LESS -
- AND DO IT BETTER. IN THE FACTORY, THAT'S CALLED
PRODUCTIVITY. ACROSS OUR COUNTRY, THAT'S CALLED
NATIONAL SPIRIT.
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YES, WE ARE PROSPEROUS. AND WE ARE AT PEACE. BUT
SUCH QUIET MOMENTS OFTEN BECOME PIVOTAL IN A NATION'S
HISTORY.
MY FRIENDS, THE CHOICES WE MAKE NOW WILL DETERMINE
WHETHER THE DOOR TO THE NEXT AMERICAN CENTURY IS
CLOSING -- OR OPENING WIDE, FOR ALL WHO DARE TO DREAM.
THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
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