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    "ocrText": "Originally Processed With FOIA(s):\nFOIA Number:\nS\nS\nFOIA\nMARKER\nThis is not a textual record. This is used as an\nadministrative marker by the George Bush Presidential\nLibrary Staff.\nRecord Group/Collection:\nGeorge H.W. Bush Presidential Records\nCollection/Office of Origin:\nSpeechwriting, White House Office of\nSeries:\nSpeech File Draft Files\nSubseries:\nChron File, 1989-1993\nOA/ID Number:\n13599\nFolder ID Number:\n13599-004\nFolder Title:\nLiberty Mutual - New Hampshire 1/15/92 [OA 6095]\nStack:\nRow:\nSection:\nShelf:\nPosition:\nG\n26\n17\n5\n7\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJanuary 14, 1992\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nTHROUGH:\nDAVID DEMAREST\nTONY SNOW TS\nFROM:\nCURT SMITH\nSUBJECT:\nLIBERTY MUTUAL\nOn Wednesday, January 15th, at 1:00 p.m. you will deliver\nremarks (approximately 7 minutes/cards) to approximately 400\nLiberty Mutual Insurance employees in Dover, New Hampshire.\nGovernor Gregg introduces you; also acknowledged are Senator Bob\nSmith, Congressman Bill Zeliff, Gary Countryman, Liberty\nPresident and CEO, and Bob Laszewski, Liberty's executive Vice\nPresident.\nYour speech acknowledges New Hampshire's tough economic\ntimes, dismisses some of the quick-fix solutions of the\nopposition, and proposes standards by whick all economic\nproposals, including those to be delivered in the State of the\nUnion, should be measured.\n(Smith/Grossman)\nJanuary 14, 1992\nDraft Five\nHAMP\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nDOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE\nWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992\nGovernor Gregg, thank you for that introduction. Gary\nCountryman, President and CEO of Liberty Mutual. Senator Bob\nSmith. Congressman Bill Zeliff. The men and women of Liberty\nMutual. It is always a pleasure to be here, and to again see my\ngood friends in New Hampshire. //\n((Let me begin by denying a vicious rumor. I have not\ntraveled to New Hampshire to personally renew my subscription to\nthe \"Union Leader. \")) I am here to talk about my highest\npriority: Jobs and economic growth. //\nOn Election Night four years ago, I spoke from the heart\nthese four words: \"Thank you, New Hampshire.\" // New Hampshire\nhelped make me President. // I love its people / feel its\nconcerns / share your values and, yes, your hurt. //\nI know times are tough up here. I also know that in a world\nforever smaller, foreign and domestic policy have never been more\nentwined. // We will not build prosperity by building a fence\naround America. Instead, we need the initiatives overseas today\nthat mean American jobs tomorrow. //\nI went to Asia to help secure those jobs by telling foreign\nleaders: We don't want just free trade. We want fair trade. //\nAmericans don't ask for a home-field advantage. We do insist on\n2\na level playing field where our workers can compete. 11 Your\nemblem says it all: \"America believes in liberty.\" // I mean\nthe liberty from trade barriers that can open markets / increase\nexports / and achieve a business renaissance. 11\nWe didn't fight all these years to bring down the walls of\nCommunism in Eastern Europe only to now build up the walls of\nisolationism around America. / Protectionism doesn't work //\ndidn't when it deepened the Great Depression // won't work\nbetter now. // Like it or not, we live in a global economy:\nWhen it comes to trade, we will \"live free, or die. //\nWe don't need the cheap ploy of protectionism. We need a\nreal plan for economic growth -- not a quick-fix, but long-term\nsolutions. // Proposals are now being floated by the candidates.\nListen to what my competition says -- then hear me out. I'm\ncounting on the people of New Hampshire to honestly decide who\nhas the best plan to get this economy growing again. //\nLet me suggest standards by which to judge our proposals. //\nFirst, a real growth package should make sense in the real world\n-- ensuring the freedom to create, build, invest, and dream // I\nwant a nation of entrepreneurs who are encouraged to take risks -\n- not forced to take refuge. // Second, a real growth package\nshould make America more competitive -- increasing our exports\nand creating new jobs. //\nThird, it must preserve basic assets. I speak of the value\nof the home -- and the need to help all Americans -- especially\nlower- and middle-class -- raise a family and educate our kids.\n3\n// Finally, this package must get Washington's house in order.\nWe need to cut spending -- not opportunity. //\nA real growth package must restore faith that tomorrow will\nbe better than today. That is especially true in health care.\nWe must make it accessible. We must also make it affordable. //\nToday, skyrocketing health care bills are hurting the lives of\nmillions of Americans. // A proverb says, \"He who has health has\nhope, and he who has hope has everything. // In my State of the\nUnion Address two weeks from now, I will unveil a health care\nplan to give hope to Americans who despair of rising costs. //\nFor several years, Liberty Mutual has shared its expertise\nto help us form our health care package. Even before, I felt a\nkinship. // I remember campaigning here in 1987 at your mill\nthen under construction. / I have admired Liberty Mutual for its\npoint of light spirit -- donating a rescue vehicle to the Dover\nFire Department / helping high school kids through the Project\nInvest program / creating jobs as New Hampshire's ninth-largest\nemployer. // There's another link -- the Liberty Mutual Legends\nof Golf Tournament in Austin. ((I was in Texas several weeks\nago, and it rained every day. I felt right at home. / The way I\nplay golf, I spend most of my time in the water, anyway.) )\nI want to thank people like Bob Laszewski (la SHEH skee),\nLiberty's Executive Vice-President, for enriching those ties. //\nToday, the U.S. spends more on health care than any nation --\ntwice the per capita level of Germany and Japan. // Liberty\nMutual has worked with Secretary Sullivan of HHS to help us\n4\nachieve the best health care -- and I appreciate your advice.\nYou know how health care can help cure our ailing economy. //\nNearly seven decades ago, Robert Frost said, \"[New\nHampshire's] one of the two best states in the Union.' // FYI:\nHe named Vermont the other. // He knew that New Hampshirites\ndeserve strong leadership. I intend to provide it. // You\nexpect your President to make tough decisions. I have -- and\nwill continue to. //\nBut I need your help. I need your help to keep America No.\n1 at home, and abroad -- to keep trade free and fair -- and\ndemocracy free and strong. 11 I know what I owe you. Today, I\nagain ask for your support. // Let me close with this promise:\nI will never -- ever -- let you down. // God bless you, and God\nbless America.\n#\n#\n#\n#\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nDATE: 1-14-92\nTO:\nFROM: ANDY CARD\nLiberty mutual,\n-\n11\nI have confidence in\nthe part you can play\nin the health care future\nBut\n8/ our country. 1 The health\ninsurance system in America\nneeds reform and I am\ngoing to reform you! \"\nPease - cuteria\nEvetur -\n1\nCabletron\nRotary - tax statement\nCLOSE HOLD\n298770ss\nDocument No.\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\n92 JAN 14 P4:11 P4: I\nDATE:\n1/14/92\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nSUBJECT:\nWEDNESDAY, 1/15/92\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nHORNER\nSKINNER\nMCCLURE\nSCOWCROFT\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMITH\nKAUFMAN\nCARD\nSNOW\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\nREMARKS:\nThe attached has been forwarded to the President.\nRESPONSE:\nSENSITIVE\nCLOSE HOLD\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nExt. 2702\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJanuary 14, 1992 02 JAN P2: 44\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nTHROUGH:\nDAVID DEMAREST\nTONY SNOW TS\nFROM:\nCURT SMITH\nSUBJECT:\nLIBERTY MUTUAL\nOn Wednesday, January 15th, at 1:00 p.m. you will deliver\nremarks (approximately 7 minutes/cards) to approximately 400\nLiberty Mutual Insurance employees in Dover, New Hampshire.\nGovernor Gregg introduces you; also acknowledged are Senator Bob\nSmith, Congressman Bill Zeliff, Gary Countryman, Liberty\nPresident and CEO, and Bob Laszewski, Liberty's executive Vice\nPresident.\nYour speech acknowledges New Hampshire's tough economic\ntimes, dismisses some of the quick-fix solutions of the\nopposition, and proposes standards by whick all economic\nproposals, including those to be delivered in the State of the\nUnion, should be measured.\n(Smith/Grossman)\nJanuary 14, 1992\nDraft Five\nHAMP\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nDOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE\nWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992\nGovernor Gregg, thank you for that introduction. Gary\nCountryman, President and CEO of Liberty Mutual. Senator Bob\nSmith. Congressman Bill Zeliff. The men and women of Liberty\nMutual. It is always a pleasure to be here, and to again see my\ngood friends in New Hampshire. 11\n( (Let me begin by denying a vicious rumor. I have not\ntraveled to New Hampshire to personally renew my subscription to\nthe \"Union Leader. I am here to talk about my highest\npriority: Jobs and economic growth. //\nOn Election Night four years ago, I spoke from the heart\nthese four words: \"Thank you, New Hampshire.\" // New Hampshire\nhelped make me President. // I love its people / feel its\nconcerns / share your values and, yes, your hurt. //\nI know times are tough up here. I also know that in a world\nforever smaller, foreign and domestic policy have never been more\nentwined. // We will not build prosperity by building a fence\naround America. Instead, we need the initiatives overseas today\nthat mean American jobs tomorrow. //\nI went to Asia to help secure those jobs by telling foreign\nleaders: We don't want just free trade. We want fair trade. //\nAmericans don't ask for a home-field advantage. We do insist on\n2\na level playing field where our workers can compete. // Your\nemblem says it all: \"America believes in liberty.\" // I mean\nthe liberty from trade barriers that can open markets / increase\nexports / and achieve a business renaissance. //\nWe didn't fight all these years to bring down the walls of\nCommunism in Eastern Europe only to now build up the walls of\nisolationism around America. / Protectionism doesn't work //\ndidn't when it deepened the Great Depression 11 won't work\nbetter now. // Like it or not, we live in a global economy:\nWhen it comes to trade, we will \"live free, or die. //\nWe don't need the cheap ploy of protectionism. We need a\nreal plan for economic growth -- not a quick-fix, but long-term\nsolutions. // Proposals are now being floated by the candidates.\nListen to what my competition says -- then hear me out. I'm\ncounting on the people of New Hampshire to honestly decide who\nhas the best plan to get this economy growing again. //\nLet me suggest standards by which to judge our proposals. //\nFirst, a real growth package should make sense in the real world\n-- ensuring the freedom to create, build, invest, and dream // I\nwant a nation of entrepreneurs who are encouraged to take risks -\n- not forced to take refuge. // Second, a real growth package\nshould make America more competitive -- increasing our exports\nand creating new jobs. //\nThird, it must preserve basic assets. I speak of the value\nof the home -- and the need to help all Americans -- especially\nlower- and middle-class -- raise a family and educate our kids.\n3\n// Finally, this package must get Washington's house in order.\nWe need to cut spending -- not opportunity. //\nA real growth package must restore faith that tomorrow will\nbe better than today. That is especially true in health care.\nWe must make it accessible. We must also make it affordable. //\nToday, skyrocketing health care bills are hurting the lives of\nmillions of Americans. // A proverb says, \"He who has health has\nhope, and he who has hope has everything.\" // In my State of the\nUnion Address two weeks from now, I will unveil a health care\nplan to give hope to Americans who despair of rising costs. //\nFor several years, Liberty Mutual has shared its expertise\nto help us form our health care package. Even before, I felt a\nkinship. 11 I remember campaigning here in 1987 at your mill\nthen under construction. / I have admired Liberty Mutual for its\npoint of light spirit -- donating a rescue vehicle to the Dover\nFire Department / helping high school kids through the Project\nInvest program / creating jobs as New Hampshire's ninth-largest\nemployer. // There's another link -- the Liberty Mutual Legends\nof Golf Tournament in Austin. ((I was in Texas several weeks\nago, and it rained every day. I felt right at home. / The way I\nplay golf, I spend most of my time in the water, anyway. ))\nI want to thank people like Bob Laszewski (la SHEH skee),\nLiberty's Executive Vice-President, for enriching those ties. //\nToday, the U.S. spends more on health care than any nation --\ntwice the per capita level of Germany and Japan. // Liberty\nMutual has worked with Secretary Sullivan of HHS to help us\n4\nachieve the best health care -- and I appreciate your advice.\nYou know how health care can help cure our ailing economy. //\nNearly seven decades ago, Robert Frost said, \"[New\nHampshire's] one of the two best states in the Union. \" // FYI:\nHe named Vermont the other. 11 He knew that New Hampshirites\ndeserve strong leadership. I intend to provide it. // You\nexpect your President to make tough decisions. I have -- and\nwill continue to. //\nBut I need your help. I need your help to keep America No.\n1 at home, and abroad -- to keep trade free and fair -- and\ndemocracy free and strong. // I know what I owe you. Today, I\nagain ask for your support. // Let me close with this promise:\nI will never -- ever -- let you down. // God bless you, and God\nbless America.\n#\n#\n#\n#\nCLUSE HOLD\n298770ss 246\nDocument No.\n92 JAN 14\nP 2\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nDATE: 1/13/92\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUESDAY, 1/14/92 11:00a\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nSUBJECT:\nDOVER, NH - WEDNESDAY, 1/15/92\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nHORNER\nSKINNER\nMCCLURE\nSCOWCROE\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMITH\nKAUFMAN\nCARD\nSNOW\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than 11:00 a.m., TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, with a copy to this\noffice. Thank you.\nRESPONSE:\nJanuary 14, 1992\nMEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW\nThe NSC staff concurs with the draft presidential remarks.\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nBrent Scowcroft\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nCC: Phillip D. Brady\nExt. 2702\n92 JAN 13 P5: 35\n(Smith/Grossman)\nJanuary 12, 1992\nDraft Four\nHAMP\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nDOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE\nWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992\nGary Countryman. [[Other acknowledgments]]. The men and\nwomen of Liberty Mutual. It is always a pleasure to be here, and\nto again see my good friends in New Hampshire. //\n( (Let me begin by denying a vicious rumor. I have not\ntraveled to New Hampshire to personally renew my subscription to\nthe \"Union Leader. ) I am here to talk about the jobs and\neconomic growth that is my highest priority. //\nOn Election Night four years ago, I spoke from the heart\nthese four words: \"Thank you, New Hampshire.\" // New Hampshire\nhelped make me President. // I love its people / feel its\nconcerns / share your values and, yes, your hurt. //\nI know times are tough up here. I also know that in a world\nforever smaller, foreign and domestic policy have never been more\nentwined. // We will not build prosperity by building a fence\naround America. Instead, we need the initiatives overseas today\nthat mean American jobs tomorrow. //\nI went to Asia to help secure those jobs by telling foreign\nleaders: We don't want just free trade. We want fair trade. //\nAmericans don't ask for a home-field advantage. We do insist on\na level playing field where our workers can compete. // Your\nemblem says it all: \"America believes in liberty.\" // I mean\n2\nthe liberty from trade barriers that can open markets / increase\nexports / and achieve a business renaissance. //\nWe didn't fight all these years to bring down the walls of\nCommunism in Eastern Europe only to now build up the walls of\nisolationism around America. / Protectionism doesn't work //\ndidn't when it caused the Great Depression // won't work better\nnow. // Like it or not, we live in a global economy: When it\ncomes to trade, we will \"live free, or die. //\nWe don't need the cheap ploy of protectionism. We need a\nreal plan for economic growth -- not a quick-fix, but long-term\nsolutions. // Proposals are now being floated by the candidates.\nSome rest on fact -- others, fiction. / Here are standards by\nwhich to judge these proposals -- including the program I will\nunveil two weeks from now in the State of the Union. //\nFirst, a real growth package should make sense in the real\nworld -- ensuring the freedom to create, build, invest, and dream\n// I want a nation of entrepreneurs who are encouraged to take\nrisks -- not forced to take refuge. // Second, a real growth\npackage should make America more competitive -- increasing our\nexports and creating new jobs. //\nThird, this package must not increase the deficit. We need\nto cut spending -- not opportunity. / Finally, it must preserve\nbasic assets. I speak of the value of the home -- and the need\nto help all Americans -- especially lower- and middle-class --\nraise a family and educate our kids. That, and only that, will\nrestore faith that tomorrow will be better than today. //\n3\nThat is especially true in health care. We must make it\naccessible. We must also make it affordable. // ( (I just want\nto clear up a misconception. I didn't collapse at last week's\nState Dinner in Japan because they gave me a bill. )) // Today,\nskyrocketing health care bills are hurting the lives of millions\nof Americans. // A proverb says, \"He who has health has hope,\nand he who has hope has everything.\" // In State of the Union, I\nwill unveil a health care plan to give hope to Americans who\ndespair of rising costs. //\nFor several years, Liberty Mutual has shared its expertise\nto help us form our health care package. Even before, I felt a\nkinship. // I remember campaigning here in 1987 at your mill\nthen under construction. / I have admired Liberty Mutual as a\npoint of light -- donating a rescue vehicle to the Dover Fire\nDepartment / helping high school kids through the Project Invest\nprogram / creating jobs as New Hampshire's ninth-largest\nemployer. // There's also our longest link -- the Liberty Mutual\nLegends of Golf Tournament in Austin. ( (I was down there several\nweeks ago, and it rained every day. I felt right at home. / The\nway I play golf, I spend most of my time in the water, anyway.) )\nI want to thank people like Bob Laszewski, Liberty's\nExecutive Vice-President, for enriching those ties. // Bob has\nworked with Secretary Sullivan of HHS -- and with Senator\nRockefeller and the Pepper Commission. He knows how the U.S. now\nspends more on health care than any nation -- twice the per\ncapita of Germany and Japan. // I am confident Liberty will help\n4\nus achieve the best health care -- and I appreciate your advice.\nYou know how health care can help cure our ailing economy. //\nNearly seven decades ago, Robert Frost said, \"[New\nHampshire's] one of the two best states in the Union. \" // FYI:\nHe named Vermont the other. // He knew that New Hampshiremen\ndeserve strong leadership. I intend to provide it. // You\nexpect your President to make tough decisions. I have -- and\nwill continue to. //\nBut I need your help. I need your help to keep America No.\n1 at home, and abroad -- to keep trade free and fair -- and\ndemocracy free and strong. // I know what I owe you. Today, I\nagain ask for your support. // Let me close with this promise:\nI will never -- ever -- let you down. // God bless you, and God\nbless America.\n#\n#\n#\n#\npeople RULD\nDocument No. 298770ss\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nDATE: 1/13/92\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUESDAY, 1/14/92 11:00am\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nSUBJECT:\nDOVER, NH - WEDNESDAY, 1/15/92\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nHORNER\nSKINNER\nMCCLURE\nSCOWCROFT\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMITH\nKAUFMAN\nCARD\nSNOW\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than 11:00 a.m., TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, with a copy to this\nRESPONSE:\nSENSITIVE office. Thank you.\nSee additional comments from\nBob Drady\nCLOSE HOLD\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nExt. 2702\n02 JAN 13 P5: 35\n(Smith/Grossman)\nJanuary 12, 1992\nDraft Four\nHAMP\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nDOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE\nWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992\nGary Countryman. [[Other acknowledgments]]. The men and\nwomen of Liberty Mutual. It is always a pleasure to be here, and\nto again see my good friends in New Hampshire. //\n( (Let me begin by denying a vicious rumor. I have not\ntraveled to New Hampshire to personally renew my subscription to\nthe \"Union Leader. \")) I am here to talk about the jobs and\neconomic growth that is my highest priority. //\nOn Election Night four years ago, I spoke from the heart\nthese four words: \"Thank you, New Hampshire.\" // New Hampshire\nhelped make me President. 11 I love its people / feel its\nconcerns / share your values and, yes, your hurt. //\nI know times are tough up here. I also know that in a world\nforever smaller, foreign and domestic policy have never been more\nentwined. // We will not build prosperity by building a fence\naround America. Instead, we need the initiatives overseas today\nthat mean American jobs tomorrow. //\nI went to Asia to help secure those jobs by telling foreign\nleaders: We don't want just free trade. We want fair trade. //\nAmericans don't ask for a home-field advantage. We do insist on\na level playing field where our workers can compete. // Your\nemblem says it all: \"America believes in liberty.\" // I mean\n2\nthe liberty from trade barriers that can open markets / increase\nexports / and achieve a business renaissance. //\nWe didn't fight all these years to bring down the walls of\nCommunism in Eastern Europe only to now build up the walls of\nisolationism around America. / Protectionism doesn't work //\ndidn't when it caused the Great Depression // won't work better\nnow. // Like it or not, we live in a global economy: When it\ncomes to trade, we will \"live free, or die.\" //\nWe don't need the cheap ploy of protectionism. We need a\nreal plan for economic growth -- not a quick-fix, but long-term\nsolutions.\nProposals are now being floated by the 10th candidates.\nSome rest on fact others, fiction. / Here are standards by\nwhich to judge these proposals -- including the program I will\ninvestment\nunveil two weeks from now in the State of the Union.\nneed\nproductivity\nwe\nencourage\nthe\nindived\nto create\nFirst, a real growth package should make sense in the real\njobs\nworld -- ensuring the freedom to create, build, invest, and dream\n// I want a nation of entrepreneurs who are encouraged to take\nrisks -- not forced to take refuge. // Second, a real growth\npackage should make America more competitive -- increasing our\nexports and creating new jobs. //\nThird, this package must not increase the deficit. We need\nto cut spending -- not opportunity. / Finally, it must preserve\nbasic assets. I speak of the value of the home -- and the need\nto help all Americans -- especially lower- and middle-class --\nraise a family and educate our kids. That, and only that, will\nrestore faith that tomorrow will be better than today. //\nI have affered, over these past three pas, such a plan. First, open\nwashets to US exports. second, invest in R&D to make America more\nBrady My\nreduce the cost of capital. And Forth, prepare our work fore to compate\ncompetitive. Third, change on tax policies to primote investment and\nby investing in math+ science education and reforming our schools.\n3\nThat is especially true in health care. We must make it\naccessible. We must also make it affordable. // ( (I just want\nto clear up a misconception. I didn't collapse at last week's\nState Dinner in Japan because they gave me a bill. )) // Today,\nskyrocketing health care bills are hurting the lives of millions\nof Americans. // A proverb says, \"He who has health has hope,\nand he who has hope has everything. \" // In State of the Union, I\nwill unveil a health care plan to give hope to Americans who\ndespair of rising costs. //\nGrady\n44814\nFor several years, Liberty Mutual has shared its expertise\nto help us form our health care package. Even before, I felt a\nkinship. // I remember campaigning here in 1987 at your mill\nthen under construction. / I have admired Liberty Mutual as a\npoint of light -- donating a rescue vehicle to the Dover Fire\nDepartment / helping high school kids through the Project Invest\nprogram / creating jobs as New Hampshire's ninth-largest\nemployer. // There's also our longest link -- the Liberty Mutual\nLegends of Golf Tournament in Austin. ((I was down there several\nweeks ago, and it rained every day. I felt right at home. / The\nway I play golf, I spend most of my time in the water, anyway. ))\nI want to thank people like Bob Laszewski, Liberty's\nExecutive Vice-President, for enriching those ties. // Bob has\nworked with Secretary Sullivan of HHS -- and with Senator\nRockefeller and the Pepper Commission. He knows how the U.S. now\nspends more on health care than any nation -- twice the per\ncapita of Germany and Japan. // I am confident Liberty will help\n4\nus achieve the best health care -- and I appreciate your advice.\nYou know how health care can help cure our ailing economy. //\nNearly seven decades ago, Robert Frost said, \"[New\nHampshire's] one of the two best states in the Union. \" // FYI:\nHe named Vermont the other. // He knew that New Hampshiremen\ndeserve strong leadership. I intend to provide it. // You\nexpect your President to make tough decisions. I have -- and\nwill continue to. //\nBut I need your help. I need your help to keep America No.\n1 at home, and abroad -- to keep trade free and fair -- and\ndemocracy free and strong. // I know what I owe you. Today, I\nagain ask for your support. // Let me close with this promise:\nI will never -- ever -- let you down. // God bless you, and God\nbless America.\n#\n#\n#\n#\n(Smith/Grossman)\nJanuary 14, 1992\nDraft Five\nHAMP\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nDOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE\nWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992\nGary Countryman. [[0ther acknowledgments]]. The men and\nwomen of Liberty Mutual. It is always a pleasure to be here, and\nto again see my good friends in New Hampshire. //\n( (Let me begin by denying a vicious rumor. I have not\ntraveled to New Hampshire to personally renew my subscription to\nthe \"Union Leader. ) I am here to talk about my highest\npriority: Jobs and economic growth. //\nOn Election Night four years ago, I spoke from the heart\nthese four words: \"Thank you, New Hampshire.\" // New Hampshire\nhelped make me President. // I love its people / feel its\nconcerns / share your values and, yes, your hurt. //\nI know times are tough up here. I also know that in a world\nforever smaller, foreign and domestic policy have never been more\nentwined. // We will not build prosperity by building a fence\naround America. Instead, we need the initiatives overseas today\nthat mean American jobs tomorrow. //\nI went to Asia to help secure those jobs by telling foreign\nleaders: We don't want just free trade. We want fair trade. //\nAmericans don't ask for a home-field advantage. We do insist on\na level playing field where our workers can compete. // Your\nemblem says it all: \"America believes in liberty.\" // I mean\n2\nthe liberty from trade barriers that can open markets / increase\nexports / and achieve a business renaissance. //\nWe didn't fight all these years to bring down the walls of\nCommunism in Eastern Europe only to now build up the walls of\nisolationism around America. / Protectionism doesn't work //\ndidn't when it deepened the Great Depression // won't work\nbetter now. // Like it or not, we live in a global economy:\nWhen it comes to trade, we will \"live free, or die. //\nWe don't need the cheap ploy of protectionism. We need a\nreal plan for economic growth -- not a quick-fix, but long-term\nsolutions. // Proposals are now being floated by the candidates.\nListen to what my competition says -- then hear me out. I'm\ncounting on the people of New Hampshire to honestly decide who\nhas the best plan to get this economy growing again. //\nLet me suggest standards by which to judge our proposals. //\nFirst, a real growth package should make sense in the real world\n-- ensuring the freedom to create, build, invest, and dream // I\nwant a nation of entrepreneurs who are encouraged to take risks -\n- not forced to take refuge. // Second, a real growth package\nshould make America more competitive -- increasing our exports\nand creating new jobs. //\nThird, it must preserve basic assets. I speak of the value\nof the home -- and the need to help all Americans -- especially\nlower- and middle-class -- raise a family and educate our kids.\n// Finally, this package must get Washington's house in order.\nWe need to cut spending -- not opportunity. //\n3\nA real growth package must restore faith that tomorrow will\nbe better than today. That is especially true in health care.\nWe must make it accessible. We must also make it affordable. //\nToday, skyrocketing health care bills are hurting the lives of\nmillions of Americans. // A proverb says, \"He who has health has\nhope, and he who has hope has everything.\" // In my State of the\nUnion Address two weeks from now, I will unveil a health care\nplan to give hope to Americans who despair of rising costs. //\nFor several years, Liberty Mutual has shared its expertise\nto help us form our health care package. Even before, I felt a\nkinship. // I remember campaigning here in 1987 at your mill\nthen under construction. / I have admired Liberty Mutual as a\npoint of light -- donating a rescue vehicle to the Dover Fire\nDepartment / helping high school kids through the Project Invest\nprogram / creating jobs as New Hampshire's ninth-largest\nemployer. // There's another link -- the Liberty Mutual Legends\nof Golf Tournament in Austin. ( (I was in Texas several weeks\nago, and it rained every day. I felt right at home. / The way I\nplay golf, I spend most of my time in the water, anyway. ))\nI want to thank people like Bob Laszewski, Liberty's\nExecutive Vice-President, for enriching those ties. // Today,\nthe U.S. spends more on health care than any nation -- twice the\nper capita level of Germany and Japan. // Liberty Mutual has\nworked with Secretary Sullivan of HHS to help us achieve the best\nhealth care -- and I appreciate your advice. You know how health\ncare can help cure our ailing economy. //\n4\nNearly seven decades ago, Robert Frost said, \"[New\nHampshire's] one of the two best states in the Union. \" // FYI:\nHe named Vermont the other. 11 He knew that New Hampshiremen\ndeserve strong leadership. I intend to provide it. // You\nexpect your President to make tough decisions. I have -- and\nwill continue to. //\nBut I need your help. I need your help to keep America No.\n1 at home, and abroad -- to keep trade free and fair -- and\ndemocracy free and strong. // I know what I owe you. Today, I\nagain ask for your support. // Let me close with this promise:\nI will never -- ever -- let you down. // God bless you, and God\nbless America.\n#\n#\n#\n#\nCLUSE HULD\nDocument No. 298770ss\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\n92 JAN 13 P7:20\nDATE: 1/13/92\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUESDAY, 1/14/92 11:00 am\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nSUBJECT:\nDOVER, NH - WEDNESDAY, 1/15/92\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nHORNER\nSKINNER\nMCCLURE\nSCOWCROFT\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY fG\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMITH\nKAUFMAN\nCARD\nSNOW\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than 11:00 a.m., TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, with a copy to this\nRESPONSE:\nSENSITIVE office. Thank you.\nCLOSE HOLD\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nExt. 2702\nCLUSE HULD\nDocument No. 298770ss\n92 WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nJAN14 PI: 10\nDATE: 1/13/92\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUESDAY, 1/14/92 11:00 am\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nSUBJECT:\nDOVER, NH - WEDNESDAY, 1/15/92\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nHORNER\nSKINNER\nMCCLURE\nSCOWCROFT\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMITH\nKAUFMAN\nCARD\nSNOW\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than 11:00 a.m., TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, with a copy to this\nRESPONSE:\nSENSITIVE office. Thank you.\nSee comments\nCLOSE HOLD\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nExt. 2702\n92 JAN 13 P5: 35\n(Smith/Grossman)\nJanuary 12, 1992\nDraft Four\nHAMP\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nDOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE\nWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992\nGary Countryman. [[Other acknowledgments]] The men and\nwomen of Liberty Mutual. It is always a pleasure to be here, and\nto again see my good friends in New Hampshire. //\n( (Let me begin by denying a vicious rumor. I have not\ntraveled to New Hampshire to personally renew my subscription to\nthe \"Union Leader. \")) I am here to talk about the jobs and\neconomic growth that is my highest priority. //\nOn Election Night four years ago, I spoke from the heart\nthese four words: \"Thank you, New Hampshire.\" // New Hampshire\nhelped make me President. // I love its people / feel its\nconcerns / share your values and, yes, your hurt. //\nI know times are tough up here. I also know that in a world\nforever smaller, foreign and domestic policy have never been more\nentwined. // We will not build prosperity by building a fence\naround America. Instead, we need the initiatives overseas today\nthat mean American jobs tomorrow. //\nI went to Asia to help secure those jobs by telling foreign\nleaders: We don't want just free trade. We want fair trade. //\nAmericans don't ask for a home-field advantage. We do insist on\na level playing field where our workers can compete. // Your\nemblem says it all: \"America believes in liberty.\" // I mean\n2\nthe liberty from trade barriers that can open markets / increase\nexports / and achieve a business renaissance. //\nWe didn't fight all these years to bring down the walls of\nCommunism in Eastern Europe only to now build up the walls of\nisolationism around America. / Protectionism doesn't work //\ndidn't when it caused the Great Depression // won't work better\nnow. // Like it or not, we live in a global economy: When it\ncomes to trade, we will \"live free, or die. //\nWe don't need the cheap ploy of protectionism. We need a\nreal plan for economic growth -- not a quick-fix, but long-term\nsolutions. // Proposals are now being floated by the candidates.\nSome rest on fact -- others, fiction. / Here are standards by\nwhich to judge these proposals -- including the program I will\nunveil two weeks from now in the State of the Union. //\nFirst, a real growth package should make sense in the real\nworld -- ensuring the freedom to create, build, invest, and dream\n// I want a nation of entrepreneurs who are encouraged to take\nrisks -- not forced to take refuge. // Second, a real growth\npackage should make America more competitive -- increasing our\nexports and creating new jobs. //\nThird, this package must not increase the deficit. We need\nto cut spending -- not opportunity. / Finally, it must preserve\nbasic assets. I speak of the value of the home -- and the need\nto help all Americans -- especially lower- and middle-class --\nraise a family and educate our kids. That, and only that, will\nrestore faith that tomorrow will be better than today. //\nNOTE- JAPAN'S COSTS ARE Low- Sally - low\nX5178\n3\nThat is especially true in health care. We must make it\naccessible. We must also make it affordable. // ((I just want\nDoesn't\nto clear up a misconception. I didn't collapse at last week's\nSit\nState Dinner in Japan because they gave me a bill. )) // Today,\nskyrocketing health care bills are hurting the lives of millions\nnext\nof Americans. // A proverb says, \"He who has health has hope\nThe\nmonths\nand he who has hope has everything. \" // In State of the Union, I\nwill unveil a health care plan to give hope to Americans who\ndespair of rising costs. //\nFor several years, Liberty Mutual has shared its expertise\nto help us form our health care package. Even before, I felt a\nkinship. // I remember campaigning here in 1987 at your mill\nthen under construction. / I have admired Liberty Mutual as a\npoint of light -- donating a rescue vehicle to the Dover Fire\nDepartment / helping high school kids through the Project Invest\nprogram / creating jobs as New Hampshire's ninth-largest\nemployer. // There's also our longest link -- the Liberty Mutual\nLegends of Golf Tournament in Austin. ( (I was down there several\nweeks ago, and it rained every day. I felt right at home. / The\nway I play golf, I spend most of my time in the water, anyway. ))\nI want to thank people like Bob Laszewski, Liberty's\nExecutive Vice-President, for enriching those ties. // Bob has\nworked with Secretary Sullivan of HHS -- and with Senator\nRockefeller and the Pepper Commission. He knows how the U.S. now\nspends more on health care than any nation -- twice the per\ncapita of Germany and Japan. // I am confident Liberty will help\n4\nus achieve the best health care -- and I appreciate your advice.\nYou know how health care can help cure our ailing economy. //\nNearly seven decades ago, Robert Frost said, \"[New\nHampshire's] one of the two best states in the Union. \" // FYI:\nHe named Vermont the other. // He knew that New Hampshiremen\ndeserve strong leadership. I intend to provide it. // You\nexpect your President to make tough decisions. I have -- and\nwill continue to. //\nBut I need your help. I need your help to keep America No.\n1 at home, and abroad -- to keep trade free and fair -- and\ndemocracy free and strong. // I know what I owe you. Today, I\nagain ask for your support. // Let me close with this promise:\nI will never -- ever -- let you down. // God bless you, and God\nbless America.\n#\n#\n#\n#\nCARNEY COMM,\n(Smith/Grossman)\nJanuary 12, 1992\nDraft Four\nHAMP\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nDOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE\nWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992\nGary Countryman. [[0ther acknowledgments] The men and\nwomen of Liberty Mutual. It is always a pleasure to be here, and\nto again see my good friends in New Hampshire. //\n( (Let me begin by denying a vicious rumor. I have not\ntraveled to New Hampshire to personally renew my subscription to\nthe \"Union Leader. \")) I am here to talk about the jobs and\neconomic growth that is my highest priority. //\nOn Election Night four years ago, I spoke from the heart\nthese four words: \"Thank you, New Hampshire. \" // New Hampshire\nhelped make me President. // I love its people / feel its\nconcerns / share your values and, yes, your hurt. //\nI know times are tough up here. I also know that in a world\nforever smaller, foreign and domestic policy have never been more\nentwined. // We will not build prosperity by building a fence\naround America. Instead, we need the initiatives overseas today\nthat mean American jobs tomorrow. //\nI went to Asia to help secure those jobs by telling foreign\nleaders: We don't want just free trade. We want fair trade. //\nAmericans don't ask for a home-field advantage. We do insist on\na level playing field where our workers can compete. // Your\nemblem says it all: \"America believes in liberty.' \" // I mean\n2\nthe liberty from trade barriers that can open markets / increase\nexports / and achieve a business renaissance. //\nWe didn't fight all these years to bring down the walls of\nCommunism in Eastern Europe only to now build up the walls of\nisolationism around America. / Protectionism doesn't work //\ndidn't when it caused the Great Depression // won't work better\nnow. // Like it or not, we live in a global economy: When it\ncomes to trade, we will \"live free, or die.\" //\nWe don't need the cheap ploy of protectionism. We need a\nreal plan for economic growth -- not a quick-fix, but long-term\nsolutions. // Proposals are now being floated by the candidates.\nSome rest on fact -- others, fiction. / Here are standards by\nwhich to judge these proposals -- including the program I will\nunveil two weeks from now in the State of the Union. //\nFirst, a real growth package should make sense in the real\nworld -- ensuring the freedom to create, build, invest, and dream\n// I want a nation of entrepreneurs who are encouraged to take\nrisks -- not forced to take refuge. // Second, a real growth\npackage should make America more competitive -- increasing our\nexports and creating new jobs. //\nThird, this package must not increase the deficit. We need\nto cut spending -- not opportunity. / Finally, it must preserve\nbasic assets. I speak of the value of the home -- and the need\nto help all Americans -- especially lower- and middle-class ---\nraise a family and educate our kids. That, and only that, will\nrestore faith that tomorrow will be better than today. //\n3\nThat is especially true in health care. We must make it\naccessible. We must also make it affordable. // ( (I just want\nto clear up a misconception. I didn't collapse at last week's\nState Dinner in Japan because they gave me the a bill.) ) // Today,\nskyrocketing health care bills are hurting the lives of millions\nof Americans. // A proverb says, \"He who has health has hope,\nand he who has hope has everything.\" // In State of the Union, I\nwill unveil a health care plan to give hope to Americans who\ndespair of rising costs. //\nFor several years, Liberty Mutual has shared its expertise\nto help us form our health care package. Even before, I felt a\nkinship. // I remember campaigning here in 1987 at your mill\nthen under construction. / I have admired Liberty Mutual as a\npoint of light -- donating a rescue vehicle to the Dover Fire\nDepartment / helping high school kids through the Project Invest\nprogram / creating jobs as New Hampshire's ninth-largest\nemployer. // There's also our longest link -- the Liberty Mutual\nLegends of Golf Tournament in Austin. ((I was down there several\nweeks ago, and it rained every day. I felt right at home. / The\nway I play golf, I spend most of my time in the water, anyway. ))\nI want to thank people like Bob Laszewski, Liberty's\nExecutive Vice-President, for enriching those ties. // Bob has\nworked with Secretary Sullivan of HHS\nand with Senator\nwe\nRockefeller and the Pepper Commission. He knows how the U.S. now\nopposed to\nspends more on health care than any nation -- twice the per\n+ Pepper- don 't\ncapita of Germany and Japan. H I am confident Liberty will help\n4\nus achieve the best health care -- and I appreciate your advice.\nYou know how health care can help cure our ailing economy. //\nNearly seven decades ago, Robert Frost said, \"[New\nHampshire's] one of the two best states in the Union. \" // FYI:\nHe named Vermont the other. // He knew that New Hampshiremen\ndeserve strong leadership. I intend to provide it. // You\nexpect your President to make tough decisions. I have -- and\nwill continue to. //\nBut I need your help. I need your help to keep America No.\n1 at home, and abroad -- to keep trade free and fair -- and\ndemocracy free and strong. // I know what I owe you. Today, I\nagain ask for your support. // Let me close with this promise:\nI will never -- ever -- let you down. // God bless you, and God\nbless America.\n#\n#\n#\n#\n298770ss\nDocument No.\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\n12 JAN 13 P7:20\nDATE:\n1/13/92\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUESDAY, 1/14/92 11:00a\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nDOVER, NH - WEDNESDAY, 1/15/92\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nHORNER\nSKINNER\nMCCLURE\nSCOWCROFT\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMITH\nKAUFMAN\nCARD\nSNOW\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than 11:00 a.m., TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, with a copy to this\noffice. Thank you.\nRESPONSE:\nSENSITIVE\nCLOSE HOLD\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nExt. 2702\n02 JAN 13 P5: 35\n(Smith/Grossman)\nJanuary 12, 1992\nDraft Four\nHAMP\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nDOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE\nWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992\nGary Countryman. [[Other acknowledgments] The men and\nwomen of Liberty Mutual. It is always a pleasure to be here, and\nto again see my good friends in New Hampshire. //\n((Let me begin by denying a vicious rumor. I have not\ntraveled to New Hampshire to personally renew my subscription to\nthe \"Union Leader. \")) I am here to talk about the jobs and\neconomic growth that is my highest priority. //\nOn Election Night four years ago, I spoke from the heart\nthese four words: \"Thank you, New Hampshire.\" // New Hampshire\nhelped make me President. // I love its people / feel its\nconcerns / share your values and, yes, your hurt. //\nI know times are tough up here. I also know that in a world\nforever smaller, foreign and domestic policy have never been more\nentwined. // We will not build prosperity by building a fence\naround America. Instead, we need the initiatives overseas today\nthat mean American jobs tomorrow. //\nI went to Asia to help secure those jobs by telling foreign\nleaders: We don't want just free trade. We want fair trade. //\nAmericans don't ask for a home-field advantage. We do insist on\na level playing field where our workers can compete. // Your\nemblem says it all: \"America believes in liberty.\" // I mean\n2\nthe liberty from trade barriers that can open markets / increase\nexports / and achieve a business renaissance. //\nWe didn't fight all these years to bring down the walls of\nCommunism in Eastern Europe only to now build up the walls of\nisolationism around America. / Protectionism doesn't work //\ndidn't when it caused the Great Depression // won't work better\nnow. // Like it or not, we live in a global economy: When it\ncomes to trade, we will \"live free, or die. \" //\nWe don't need the cheap ploy of protectionism. We need a\nreal plan for economic growth -- not a quick-fix, but long-term\nsolutions. // Proposals are now being floated by the candidates.\nSome rest on fact -- others, fiction. / Here are standards by\nwhich to judge these proposals -- including the program I will\nunveil two weeks from now in the State of the Union. //\nFirst, a real growth package should make sense in the real\nworld -- ensuring the freedom to create, build, invest, and dream\n// I want a nation of entrepreneurs who are encouraged to take\nrisks -- not forced to take refuge. // Second, a real growth\npackage should make America more competitive -- increasing our\nexports and creating new jobs. //\nThird, this package must not increase the deficit. We need\nto cut spending -- not opportunity. / Finally, it must preserve\nbasic assets. I speak of the value of the home -- and the need\nto help all Americans -- especially lower- and middle-class --\nraise a family and educate our kids. That, and only that, will\nrestore faith that tomorrow will be better than today. //\n3\nThat is especially true in health care. We must make it\naccessible. We must also make it affordable. // ( (I just want\nto clear up a misconception. I didn't collapse at last week's\nState Dinner in Japan because they gave me a bill.) ) // Today,\nskyrocketing health care bills are hurting the lives of millions\nof Americans. // A proverb says, \"He who has health has hope,\nand he who has hope has everything. \" // In State of the Union, I\nwill unveil a health care plan to give hope to Americans who\ndespair of rising costs. //\nFor several years, Liberty Mutual has shared its expertise\nto help us form our health care package. Even before, I felt a\nkinship. // I remember campaigning here in 1987 at your mill\nthen under construction. / I have admired Liberty Mutual as a\npoint of light -- donating a rescue vehicle to the Dover Fire\nDepartment / helping high school kids through the Project Invest\nprogram / creating jobs as New Hampshire's ninth-largest\nemployer. // There's also our longest link -- the Liberty Mutual\nLegends of Golf Tournament in Austin. ( (I was down there several\nweeks ago, and it rained every day. I felt right at home. / The\nway I play golf, I spend most of my time in the water, anyway. ))\nI want to thank people like Bob Laszewski, Liberty's\nExecutive Vice-President, for enriching those ties. // Bob has\nworked with Secretary Sullivan of HHS -- and with Senator\nRockefeller and the Pepper Commission. He knows how the U.S. now\nspends more on health care than any nation -- twice the per\ncapita of Germany and Japan. // I am confident Liberty will help\n4\nus achieve the best health care -- and I appreciate your advice.\nYou know how health care can help cure our ailing economy. //\nNearly seven decades ago, Robert Frost said, \"[New\nHampshire's] one of the two best states in the Union. \" // FYI:\nHe named Vermont the other. // He knew that New Hampshiremen\ndeserve strong leadership. I intend to provide it. // You\nexpect your President to make tough decisions. I have -- and\nwill continue to. //\nBut I need your help. I need your help to keep America No.\n1 at home, and abroad -- to keep trade free and fair -- and\ndemocracy free and strong. // I know what I owe you. Today, I\nagain ask for your support. // Let me close with this promise:\nI will never -- ever -- let you down. // God bless you, and God\nbless America.\n#\n#\n#\n#\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJanuary 142 JAN24 All: 32\nNOTE FOR TONY SNOW:\nJust one comment on this speech:\nI really think we're going rhetorically\noverboard with saying protectionism\n\"caused\" the Great Depression. Several\nyears ago, this idea started out as\nthe Smoot-Hawley tariff deepened the\nGreat Depression, but it's elided over\ntime into a much more expansive (and\nless defensible) statement. Do we\nreally want to say that the Great\nDepression did not begin in 1929?\nThe way this was handled in the Asia\nspeeches -- protectionism led to a\nclimate of destructive trade wars\nwhich weakened the world economy --\nis far better. What economist's works\ndo we use to factcheck the line anyway?\nThanks.\nJohn\nJohn S. Gardner\n(Smith/Grossman)\n92 JAN 13 P5: 35\nJanuary 12, 1992\nDraft Four\nHAMP\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nDOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE\nWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992\nGary Countryman. [[0ther acknowledgments]] The men and\nwomen of Liberty Mutual. It is always a pleasure to be here, and\nto again see my good friends in New Hampshire. //\n((Let me begin by denying a vicious rumor. I have not\ntraveled to New Hampshire to personally renew my subscription to\nthe \"Union Leader. \")) I am here to talk about the jobs and\neconomic growth that is my highest priority. //\nOn Election Night four years ago, I spoke from the heart\nthese four words: \"Thank you, New Hampshire.\" // New Hampshire\nhelped make me President. // I love its people / feel its\nconcerns / share your values and, yes, your hurt. //\nI know times are tough up here. I also know that in a world\nforever smaller, foreign and domestic policy have never been more\nentwined. // We will not build prosperity by building a fence\naround America. Instead, we need the initiatives overseas today\nthat mean American jobs tomorrow. //\nI went to Asia to help secure those jobs by telling foreign\nleaders: We don't want just free trade. We want fair trade. //\nAmericans don't ask for a home-field advantage. We do insist on\na level playing field where our workers can compete. // Your\nemblem says it all: \"America believes in liberty.\" // I mean\n2\nthe liberty from trade barriers that can open markets / increase\nexports / and achieve a business renaissance. //\nWe didn't fight all these years to bring down the walls of\nCommunism in Eastern Europe only to now build up the walls of\nisolationism around America. / Protectionism doesn't work //\ndidn't when it deepened caused the Great Depression // won't work better\nnow. // Like it or not, we live in a global economy: When it\ncomes to trade, we will \"live free, or die. \" //\nWe don't need the cheap ploy of protectionism. We need a\nreal plan for economic growth -- not a quick-fix, but long-term\nsolutions. // Proposals are now being floated by the candidates.\nSome rest on fact -- others, fiction. / Here are standards by\nwhich to judge these proposals -- including the program I will\nunveil two weeks from now in the State of the Union. //\nFirst, a real growth package should make sense in the real\nworld -- ensuring the freedom to create, build, invest, and dream\n// I want a nation of entrepreneurs who are encouraged to take\nrisks -- not forced to take refuge. // Second, a real growth\npackage should make America more competitive -- increasing our\nexports and creating new jobs. //\nThird, this package must not increase the deficit. We need\nto cut spending -- not opportunity. / Finally, it must preserve\nbasic assets. I speak of the value of the home -- and the need\nto help all Americans -- especially lower- and middle-class --\nraise a family and educate our kids. That, and only that, will\nrestore faith that tomorrow will be better than today. //\n3\nThat is especially true in health care. We must make it\naccessible. We must also make it affordable. // ( (I just want\nto clear up a misconception. I didn't collapse at last week's\nState Dinner in Japan because they gave me a bill.) ) // Today,\nskyrocketing health care bills are hurting the lives of millions\nof Americans. // A proverb says, \"He who has health has hope,\nthe\nand he who has hope has everything.\" // In State of the Union, I\nwill unveil a health care plan to give hope to Americans who\ndespair of rising costs. //\nFor several years, Liberty Mutual has shared its expertise\nto help us form our health care package. Even before, I felt a\nkinship. // I remember campaigning here in 1987 at your mill\nthen under construction. / I have admired Liberty Mutual as a\npoint of light -- donating a rescue vehicle to the Dover Fire\nDepartment / helping high school kids through the Project Invest\nprogram / creating jobs as New Hampshire's ninth-largest\nemployer. // There's also our longest link -- the Liberty Mutual\nLegends of Golf Tournament in Austin. ( (I was down there several\nweeks ago, and it rained every day. I felt right at home. / The\nway I play golf, I spend most of my time in the water, anyway.) )\nI want to thank people like Bob Laszewski, Liberty's\nExecutive Vice-President, for enriching those ties. // Bob has\nworked with Secretary Sullivan of HHS -- and with Senator\nRockefeller and the Pepper Commission. He knows how the U.S. now\nspends more on health care than any nation -- twice the per\ncapita of Germany and Japan. // I am confident Liberty will help\nlevel\n4\nus achieve the best health care -- and I appreciate your advice.\nYou know how health care can help cure our ailing economy. //\nNearly seven decades ago, Robert Frost said, \"[New\nHampshire's] one of the two best states in the Union.\" // FYI:\nHe named Vermont the other. 11 He knew that New Hampshiremen\ndeserve strong leadership. I intend to provide it. 11 You\nexpect your President to make tough decisions. I have -- and\nwill continue to. 11\nBut I need your help. I need your help to keep America No.\n1 at home, and abroad -- to keep trade free and fair -- and\ndemocracy free and strong. 11 I know what I owe you. Today, I\nagain ask for your support. // Let me close with this promise:\nI will never -- ever -- let you down. // God bless you, and God\nbless America.\n#\n#\n#\n#\nULUJE NULD\nDocument No. 298770ss\n92 JAN14 A9:30\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nDATE: 1/13/92\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUESDAY, 1/14/92 11:00 am\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nSUBJECT:\nDOVER, NH - WEDNESDAY, 1/15/92\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nHORNER\nSKINNER\nMCCLURE\nSCOWCROFT\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMITH\nKAUFMAN\nCARD\nSNOW\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than 11:00 a.m., TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, with a copy to this\nRESPONSE:\nSENSITIVE office. Thank you.\nCLOSE HOLD\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nExt. 2702\n92 JAN 13 P5: 35\n(Smith/Grossman)\nJanuary 12, 1992\nDraft Four\nHAMP\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nDOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE\nWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992\nGary Countryman. [[0ther acknowledgments]]. The men and\nwomen of Liberty Mutual. It is always a pleasure to be here, and\nto again see my good friends in New Hampshire. //\n( (Let me begin by denying a vicious rumor. I have not\ntraveled to New Hampshire to personally renew my subscription to\nthe \"Union Leader. ) I am here to talk about the jobs and\neconomic growth that is my highest priority. //\nOn Election Night four years ago, I spoke from the heart\nthese four words: \"Thank you, New Hampshire.\" // New Hampshire\nhelped make me President. // I love its people / feel its\nconcerns / share your values and, yes, your hurt. //\nI know times are tough up here. I also know that in a world\nforever smaller, foreign and domestic policy have never been more\nentwined. // We will not build prosperity by building a fence\naround America. Instead, we need the initiatives overseas today\nthat mean American jobs tomorrow. //\nI went to Asia to help secure those jobs by telling foreign\nleaders: We don't want just free trade. We want fair trade. //\nAmericans don't ask for a home-field advantage. We do insist on\na level playing field where our workers can compete. // Your\nemblem says it all: \"America believes in liberty.\" // I mean\n2\nthe liberty from trade barriers that can open markets / increase\nexports / and achieve a business renaissance. //\nWe didn't fight all these years to bring down the walls of\nCommunism in Eastern Europe only to now build up the walls of\nisolationism around America. / Protectionism doesn't work //\ndidn't when it caused the Great Depression // won't work better\nnow. // Like it or not, we live in a global economy: When it\ncomes to trade, we will \"live free, or die. \" //\nWe don't need the cheap ploy of protectionism. We need a\nreal plan for economic growth -- not a quick-fix, but long-term\nsolutions. // Proposals are now being floated by the candidates.\nSome rest on fact -- others, fiction. / Here are standards by\nwhich to judge these proposals -- including the program I will\nunveil two weeks from now in the State of the Union. //\nFirst, a real growth package should make sense in the real\nworld -- ensuring the freedom to create, build, invest, and dream\n// I want a nation of entrepreneurs who are encouraged to take\nrisks -- not forced to take refuge. // Second, a real growth\npackage should make America more competitive -- increasing our\nexports and creating new jobs. //\nThird, this package must not increase the deficit. We need\nto cut spending -- not opportunity. / Finally, it must preserve\nbasic assets. I speak of the value of the home -- and the need\nto help all Americans -- especially lower- and middle-class --\nraise a family and educate our kids. That, and only that, will\nrestore faith that tomorrow will be better than today. //\n3\nThat is especially true in health care. We must make it\naccessible. We must also make it affordable. // ((I just want\nto clear up a misconception. I didn't collapse at last week\nState Dinner in Japan because they gave me a bill.)) // Today,\nskyrocketing health care bills are hurting the lives of millions\nof Americans. // A proverb says, \"He who has health has hope,\nand he who has hope has everything.\" // In State of the Union, I\nwill unveil a health care plan to give hope to Americans who\ndespair of rising costs. //\nFor several years, Liberty Mutual has shared its expertise\nto help us form our health care package. Even before, I felt a\nkinship. // I remember campaigning here in 1987 at your mill\nthen under construction. / I have admired Liberty Mutual as a\npoint of light -- donating a rescue vehicle to the Dover Fire\nDepartment / helping high school kids through the Project Invest\nprogram / creating jobs as New Hampshire's ninth-largest\nemployer. // There's also our longest link -- the Liberty Mutual\nLegends of Golf Tournament in Austin. ( (I was down there several\nweeks ago, and it rained every day. I felt right at home. / The\nway I play golf, I spend most of my time in the water, anyway. ))\nI want to thank people like Bob Laszewski, Liberty's\nExecutive Vice-President, for enriching those ties. // Bob has\nworked with Secretary Sullivan of HHS -- and with Senator\nRockefeller and the Pepper Commission. He knows how the U.S. now\nspends more on health care than any nation -- twice the per\ncapita of Germany and Japan. // I am confident Liberty will help\n4\nus achieve the best health care -- and I appreciate your advice.\nYou know how health care can help cure our ailing economy. //\nNearly seven decades ago, Robert Frost said, \"[New\nHampshire's] one of the two best states in the Union. \" // FYI:\nHe named Vermont the other. // He knew that New Hampshiremen\ndeserve strong leadership. I intend to provide it. // You\nexpect your President to make tough decisions. I have -- and\nwill continue to. //\nBut I need your help. I need your help to keep America No.\n1 at home, and abroad -- to keep trade free and fair -- and\ndemocracy free and strong. // I know what I owe you. Today, I\nagain ask for your support. // Let me close with this promise:\nI will never -- ever -- let you down. // God bless you, and God\nbless America.\n#\n#\n#\n#\n6\nSo listen to what my competition says -- then hear me out.\nI'm counting on the people of New Hampshire --- and I'm confident\nthat when you sort out fact from fiction, you'll see that we've\ngot the best plan to get this economy growing again. //\nSENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 1-14-92 :11:15AM ;\n4562983-\n6218;# 1\nCLUSE HULD\n298770ss\nDocument No.\n92 JANVHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nDATE: 1/13/92\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUESDAY, 1/14/92 11:00am\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nDOVER, NH - WEDNESDAY, 1/15/92\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nHORNER\nSKINNER\nMCCLURE\nSCOWCROFT\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMITH\nKAUFMAN\nCARD\nSNOW\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than 11:00 a.m., TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, with a copy to this\nRESPONSE:\nSENSITIVE office. Thank you.\nsel comments see comments\nCLOSE HOLD\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nExt. 2702\nSENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 1-14-92 :11:16AM ;\n4562983-\n6218;# 2\n92 JAN 13 PS: 35\n(Smith/Grossman)\nJanuary 12, 1992\nDraft Four\nHAMP\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LIBERTY MUTUAL\nDOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE\nWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992\nGary Countryman. [[Other acknowledgments] The men and\nwomen of Liberty Mutual. It is always a pleasure to be here, and\nto again see my good friends in New Hampshire. //\n((Let me begin by denying a vicious rumor. I have not\ntraveled to New Hampshire to personally renew my subscription to\nthe \"Union Leader. \")) I am here to talk about the jobs and\neconomic growth that is my highest priority. 11\nOn Election Night four years ago, I spoke from the heart\nthese four words: \"Thank you, New Hampshire.\" 11 New Hampshire\nhelped make me President. 11 I love its people / feel its\nconcerns / share your values and, yes, your hurt. 11\nI know times are tough up here. I also know that in a world\nforever smaller, foreign and domestic policy have never been more\nentwined. 11 We will not build prosperity by building a fence\naround America. Instead, we need the initiatives overseas today\nthat mean American jobs tomorrow. 11\nI went to Asia to help secure those jobs by telling foreign\nleaders: We don't want just free trade. We want fair trade. 11\nAmericans don't ask for a home-field advantage. We do insist on\na level playing field where our workers can compete. 11 Your\nemblem says it all: \"America believes in liberty.\" 11 I mean\nSENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 1-14-92 :11:16AM ;\n4562983-\n6218;# 3\n2\nthe liberty from trade barriers that can open markets / increase\nexports / and achieve a business renaissance. //\nWe didn't fight all these years to bring down the walls of\nCommunism in Eastern Europe only to now build up the walls of\nisolationism around America. / Protectionism doesn't work 11\ndidn't when it caused the Great Depression 11 won't work better\nnow. // Like it or not, we live in a global economy: When it\ncomes to trade, we will \"live free, or die.\" 11\nWe don't need the cheap ploy of protectionism. We need a\nreal plan for economic growth -- not a quick-fix, but long-term\nsolutions. 11 Proposals are now being floated by the candidates.\nSome rest on fact -- others, fiction. / Here are standards by\nwhich to judge these proposals -- including the program plan I will\nunveil two weeks from now in the State of the Union. 11\nFirst, a real growth package should make sense in the real\nworld -- ensuring the freedom to create, build, invest, and dream\n11 I want a nation of entrepreneurs who are encouraged to take\nrisks -- not forced to take refuge. 11 Second, a real growth\npackage should make America more competitive -- increasing our\nexports and creating new jobs. 11\nFmally\nget Washington's house in order.\nthis package must not increase the deficit. We need\nto cut spending -- not opportunity. / Thud it must preserve\nbasic assets. I speak of the value of the home -- and the need\nto help all Americans -- especially lower- and middle-class --\nraise a family and educate our kids. That, and only that, will\nrestore faith that tomorrow will be better than today. //\nSENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 1-14-92 :11:17AM ;\n4562983->\n6218;# 4\n3\nThat is especially true in health care. We must make it\naccessible. We must also make it affordable. 11 ((I just want\nto clear up a misconception. I didn't collapse at last week's\nState Dinner in Japan because they gave me a bill.) ) 11 Today,\nskyrocketing health care bills are hurting the lives of millions\nof Americans. 11 A proverb says, \"He who has health has hope,\nand he who has hope has everything.\" 11 In State of the Union, I\nwill unveil a health care plan to give hope to Americans who\ndespair of rising costs. 11\nFor several years, Liberty Mutual has shared its expertise\nto help us form our health care package. Even before, I felt a\nkinship. 11 I remember campaigning here in 1987 at your mill\nthen under construction. / I have admired Liberty Mutual as at\npoint of light -- donating a rescue vehicle to the Dover Fire\nDepartment / helping high school kids through the Project Invest\nprogram / creating jobs as New Hampshire's ninth-largest\nemployer. 11 There's also our longest link -- the Liberty Mutual\nLegends of Golf Tournament in Austin. ((I was down there several\nweeks ago, and it rained every day. I felt right at home. / The\nway I play golf, I spend most of my time in the water, anyway.) )\nI want to thank people like Bob Laszewski, Liberty's\nExecutive Vice-President, for enriching those ties. 11 Bob has\nworked with Secretary Sullivan of HHS -- and with Senator\nRockefeller and the Pepper Commission. He knows how the U.S. now\nspends more on health care than any nation -- twice the per\ncapita of Germany and Japan. 11 I am confident Liberty will help\nSENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 1-14-92 :11:17AM ;\n4562983->\n6218:# 5\n4\nus achieve the best health care -- and I appreciate your advice.\nYou know how health care can help cure our ailing economy. 11\nNearly seven decades ago, Robert Frost said, \"[New\nHampshire's] one of the two best states in the Union. 11 FYI:\nHe named Vermont the other. 11 He knew that New Hampshiremen\ndeserve strong leadership. I intend to provide it. // You\nexpect your President to make tough decisions. I have -- and\nwill continue to. 11\nBut I need your help. I need your help to keep America No.\n1 at home, and abroad -- to keep trade free and fair - and\ndemocracy free and strong. 11 I know what I owe you. Today, I\nagain ask for your support. 11 Let me close with this promise:\nI will never -- ever -- let you down. // God bless you, and God\nbless America.\n#\n#\n#\n#\nLIBERTY MUTUAL \\ DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE\nWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992\nGOVERNOR GREGG, THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.\nGARY COUNTRYMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF LIBERTY MUTUAL.\nSENATOR BoB SMITH. CONGRESSMAN BILL ZELIFF. THE MEN\nAND WOMEN OF LIBERTY MUTUAL. IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE\nTO BE HERE, AND TO AGAIN SEE MY GOOD FRIENDS IN NEW\nHAMPSHIRE. //\n- 2 -\n((LET ME BEGIN BY DENYING A VICIOUS RUMOR. I HAVE\nNOT TRAVELED TO NEW HAMPSHIRE TO PERSONALLY RENEW MY\nSUBSCRIPTION TO THE \"UNION LEADER. \")) I AM HERE TO\nTALK ABOUT MY HIGHEST PRIORITY: JOBS AND ECONOMIC\nGROWTH. //\nON ELECTION NIGHT FOUR YEARS AGO, I SPOKE FROM THE\nHEART THESE FOUR WORDS: \"THANK YOU, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\" //\nNEW HAMPSHIRE HELPED MAKE ME PRESIDENT. //\n- 3 -\nI LOVE ITS PEOPLE / FEEL ITS CONCERNS / SHARE YOUR\nVALUES AND, YES, YOUR HURT. //\nI HAVEN'T JUST DISCOVERED THIS STATE. I'VE BEEN A\nNEIGHBOR OF YOURS FOR VIRTUALLY MY ENTIRE LIFE. //\nTODAY, FOR INSTANCE, I'VE ALREADY BEEN IN NEWINGTON AND\nEXETER -- LATER, I'M GOING To PORTSMOUTH AND ROCHESTER.\n//\n- 4 -\nI KNOW TIMES ARE TOUGH UP HERE. I ALSO KNOW THAT\nIN A WORLD FOREVER SMALLER, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICY\nHAVE NEVER BEEN MORE ENTWINED. // WE WILL NOT BUILD\nPROSPERITY BY BUILDING A FENCE AROUND AMERICA.\nINSTEAD, WE NEED THE INITIATIVES OVERSEAS TODAY THAT\nMEAN AMERICAN JOBS TOMORROW. //\nI WENT TO ASIA TO HELP SECURE THOSE JOBS BY TELLING\nFOREIGN LEADERS: WE DON'T WANT JUST FREE TRADE. WE\nWANT FAIR TRADE. //\n- 5 -\nAMERICANS DON'T ASK FOR A HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE. WE DO\nINSIST ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WHERE OUR WORKERS CAN\nCOMPETE. // YOUR EMBLEM SAYS IT ALL: \"AMERICA\nBELIEVES IN LIBERTY.\" // I MEAN THE LIBERTY FROM TRADE\nBARRIERS THAT CAN OPEN MARKETS / INCREASE EXPORTS / AND\nACHIEVE A BUSINESS RENAISSANCE. //\nWE DIDN'T FIGHT ALL THESE YEARS TO BRING DOWN THE\nWALLS OF COMMUNISM IN EASTERN EUROPE ONLY TO NOW BUILD\nUP THE WALLS OF ISOLATIONISM AROUND AMERICA. /\n- 6 -\nPROTECTIONISM DOESN'T WORK // DIDN'T WHEN IT DEEPENED\nTHE GREAT DEPRESSION // WON'T WORK BETTER NOW. //\nLIKE IT OR NOT, WE LIVE IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY: WHEN IT\nCOMES TO TRADE, WE WILL \"LIVE FREE, OR DIE.\" //\nWE DON'T NEED THE CHEAP PLOY OF PROTECTIONISM. WE\nNEED A REAL PLAN FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH -- NOT A QUICK-\nFIX, BUT LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS. // PROPOSALS ARE NOW\nBEING FLOATED BY THE CANDIDATES. LISTEN TO WHAT MY\nCOMPETITION SAYS -- THEN HEAR ME OUT.\n- 7 -\nI'M COUNTING ON THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TO HONESTLY\nDECIDE WHO HAS THE BEST PLAN TO GET THIS ECONOMY\nGROWING AGAIN. //\nLET ME SUGGEST STANDARDS BY WHICH TO JUDGE OUR\nPROPOSALS. // FIRST, A REAL GROWTH PACKAGE SHOULD\nSTIMULATE THE INVESTMENT NEEDED TO CREATE JOBS. I WANT\nA NATION OF ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE\nRISKS -- NOT FORCED TO TAKE REFUGE. //\n- 8 -\nSECOND, IT SHOULD STOP THE SLIDE IN REAL ESTATE VALUES,\nAND INCREASE HOME SALES. //\nTHIRD, A REAL GROWTH PACKAGE MUST GIVE AMERICANS\nCONFIDENCE THAT THE COSTS OF HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION,\nAND RAISING A FAMILY ARE AFFORDABLE. // FOURTH, IT\nSHOULD MAKE AMERICA MORE COMPETITIVE -- INCREASING OUR\nEXPORTS AND CREATING NEW JOBS. // FINALLY, THIS\nPACKAGE MUST GET WASHINGTON'S HOUSE IN ORDER.\n- 9 -\nWE NEED TO CUT SPENDING AND THE FEDERAL DEFICIT -- NOT\nOPPORTUNITY.\nA REAL GROWTH PACKAGE MUST RESTORE FAITH THAT\nTOMORROW WILL BE BETTER THAN TODAY. THAT IS ESPECIALLY\nTRUE IN HEALTH CARE. WE MUST MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE. WE\nMUST ALSO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE. // TODAY, SKYROCKETING\nHEALTH CARE BILLS ARE HURTING THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF\nAMERICANS. // A PROVERB SAYS, \"HE WHO HAS HEALTH HAS\nHOPE, AND HE WHO HAS HOPE HAS EVERYTHING.\" //\n- 10 -\nIN MY STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, I\nWILL UNVEIL A HEALTH CARE PLAN TO GIVE HOPE TO\nAMERICANS WHO DESPAIR OF RISING COSTS. //\nFOR SEVERAL YEARS, LIBERTY MUTUAL HAS SHARED ITS\nEXPERTISE TO HELP US FORM OUR HEALTH CARE PACKAGE.\nEVEN BEFORE, I FELT A KINSHIP. // I REMEMBER\nCAMPAIGNING HERE IN 1987 AT YOUR MILL THEN UNDER\nCONSTRUCTION. /\n- 11 -\nI HAVE ADMIRED LIBERTY MUTUAL FOR ITS POINT OF LIGHT\nSPIRIT -- DONATING A RESCUE VEHICLE TO THE DOVER FIRE\nDEPARTMENT / HELPING HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THROUGH THE\nPROJECT INVEST PROGRAM / CREATING JOBS AS NEW\nHAMPSHIRE'S SIXTH-LARGEST EMPLOYER. // THERE'S ANOTHER\nLINK -- THE LIBERTY MUTUAL LEGENDS OF GOLF TOURNAMENT\nIN AUSTIN.\nII\n- 12 -\n((I WAS IN TEXAS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, AND IT RAINED EVERY\nDAY. I FELT RIGHT AT HOME. / THE WAY I PLAY GOLF, I\nSPEND MOST OF MY TIME IN THE WATER, ANYWAY.))\nI WANT TO THANK PEOPLE LIKE BoB LASZEWSKI\n(LA SHEH SKEE), LIBERTY'S EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT, FOR\nENRICHING THOSE TIES. // TODAY, THE U.S. SPENDS MORE\nON HEALTH CARE THAN ANY NATION -- TWICE THE PER CAPITA\nLEVEL OF GERMANY AND JAPAN. //\n- 13 -\nLIBERTY MUTUAL HAS WORKED WITH SECRETARY SULLIVAN OF\nHHS TO HELP US ACHIEVE THE BEST HEALTH CARE -- AND I\nAPPRECIATE YOUR ADVICE. You KNOW HOW HEALTH CARE CAN\nHELP CURE OUR AILING ECONOMY. // I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN\nTHE PART YOU CAN PLAY IN THE HEALTH CARE FUTURE OF OUR\nCOUNTRY. BUT THE HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM IN AMERICA\nNEEDS REFORM AND I AM GOING TO REFORM YOU!\nNEARLY SEVEN DECADES AGO, ROBERT FROST SAID, \"[NEW\nHAMPSHIRE'S] ONE OF THE TWO BEST STATES IN THE UNION.\"\n- 14 -\nFYI: HE NAMED VERMONT THE OTHER. // HE KNEW THAT NEW\nHAMPSHIRITES DESERVE STRONG LEADERSHIP. I INTEND TO\nPROVIDE IT. // You EXPECT YOUR PRESIDENT TO MAKE TOUGH\nDECISIONS. I HAVE -- AND WILL CONTINUE TO. 11\nBUT I NEED YOUR HELP. I NEED YOUR HELP TO KEEP\nAMERICA No. 1 AT HOME, AND ABROAD -- TO KEEP TRADE FREE\nAND FAIR -- AND DEMOCRACY FREE AND STRONG. // I KNOW\nWHAT I OWE YOU. TODAY, I AGAIN ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 11\nLET ME CLOSE WITH THIS PROMISE:\n- 15 -\nI WILL NEVER -- EVER -- LET YOU DOWN. // GOD BLESS\nYOU, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.\n#\n#\n#\n#"
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