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Originally Processed With FOIA(s): FOIA Number: S S FOIA MARKER This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential Library Staff. Record Group/Collection: George H.W. Bush Presidential Records Collection/Office of Origin: Speechwriting, White House Office of Series: Speech File Draft Files Subseries: Chron File, 1989-1993 OA/ID Number: 13640 Folder ID Number: 13640-004 Folder Title: Bush/Quayle Rally-Middletown, New Jersey 9/9/92 [OA 5812] Stack: Row: Section: Shelf: Position: G 26 18 4 6 Document No. 348968 WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 09/09/92 ---- ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BQ RALLY, MIDDLETOWN, NJ - 09/09 ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT MCBRIDE BAKER MOORE SCOWCROFT MULLINS DARMAN PETERSMEYER BATES PORTER BRADY PROVOST BROMLEY ROSS CALIO SMITH DEMAREST TUTWILER FITZWATER ZOELLICK GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY MCGROARTY HORNER BOSKIN REMARKS: The attached has been forwarded to the President. RESPONSE: PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON 2 SEP 0 PIO: 16 September 8, 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT do THROUGH: STEVE PROVOST FROM: KEN ASKEW KD Kg SUBJECT: BQ RALLY IN MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY I. Summary On Wednesday, September 9, at 2:35 p.m., you will deliver remarks to approximately 5000 people gathered at the VFW Hall in Middletown, NJ. You will be introduced by Governor Tom Kean. II. Discussion In your remarks (12 minutes, on prompter), you differentiate yourself from Clinton -- particularly on issues such as the economy and the environment. (Askew/Nix) September 8, 1992 10:00 P.M. JERSEY PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY SEPTEMBER 9, 1992 2:35 P.M. Thank you, Tom ((Kean)), and hello, everyone. I'm delighted to be back in the Garden State. I was not far from here almost exactly four years ago to the day. I was campaigning for the Presidency, and our world was a very different place largely because of one undeniable fact: A nuclear Sword of Damocles hung over our children's heads. Well, today, I return to this beautiful Garden State to say something no President could ever say before: The Cold War is over. And freedom finished first. // Thanks to the sustained effort of brave men and women like the veterans here today now our kids can go to sleep without nuclear holocaust haunting their dreams. Thanks to folks like veteran Bill Dennisson, who's 82 and came here tonight just to hear a young whippersnapper like me. Does our children's peace of mind mean anything? You bet it does. We should be proud to have made it happen. Now, America's challenge is straightforward. In the 21st Century, America must be a military superpower, an export superpower and an economic superpower. // In this election, you'll hear two versions of how to do that. Theirs is to look inward, and try to protect what we 1 already have. Ours is to look outward -- to open new markets, to prepare our people to compete, to strengthen our social fabric - - to save and invest -- so we can win. My agenda starts with a commitment to trade, by opening world markets to the fruits of American labor. No matter what my opponent says, American workers can still outwork and out-think and out-create anybody in the world. // And New Jersey knows what that's worth -- better than just about anyone. In this state alone, more than a quarter-million jobs are tied to foreign investment and millions more to exports. Understanding the reality of the global economy led me to negotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. NAFTA will create the world's largest free-trade zone -- a $6 trillion market, from the Yukon to the Yucatan -- and will create 300,000 American jobs -- that's just in the short term. // My opponent used to support it. Now he says, "I'm reviewing it carefully; when I have a definitive opinion I will say so." Well, Walter Lippmann said leadership means guarding, and I quote, "a nation's ideals." And Peter Drucker said, quote, "Leadership is action." But you know nowhere have I seen leadership defined as - - "Hey -- I'll get back to you later. "// There's a clear choice when it comes to getting the economy going again, too. I spent half my career in the public sector, and half in the private sector running a small business -- and I had the 2 ulcers to prove it. Well, I think meeting a payroll is a pretty good qualification for being President. / / And what I learned as a businessman is that it's as plain as day that higher taxes don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. I believe that government is already too big -- and spends too much of your money. / / That's why I've proposed freezing discretionary spending, and a plan to cap the growth of mandatory spending without touching Social Security. That cap would save almost $300 billion over five years. So far, Congress has balked at making these tough choices. I want to give you -- the taxpayer -- the option of taking ten percent of your income tax -- and using it for one purpose alone to reduce the budget deficit. // Let's get the crushing weight of debt off our kids' backs. // And then I'll take the savings and cut taxes -- across the board. I've already vetoed one Democratic tax increase, and I'll veto another if I have to. (I've got my pen right here. ) // Now what about my opponent? Well, he's been in the public sector practically all his professional life. He caught the bug during his work on the McGovern campaign, and he's been at it ever since. In fact, he's either been in public office -- or trying to get into public office -- ever since he was 27 years old. And just yesterday, Governor Clinton said, "No government can ever replace the marketplace." He sounds like he respects 3 and understands the small businessperson. Well... that's like a guy saying he loves to sail, but he's never seen the water. // And it's reflected in his policies. Last week when Tom Brokaw interviewed him, the first words out of my opponent's mouth were "I advocate a tax increase." Specifically, he means $150 billion -- just for starters. And he proposes $220 billion in new government spending -- although Newsweek magazine says it might cost three times as much as he claims. They called Clinton's plan an "economic fantasy." " of course, he says he only wants to tax the rich. But you know, there aren't enough rich folks to pay for his programs. And he endorsed the $100 billion tax increase passed by the Congressional Democrats this year. He's for it. I'm against it. Who do you think is right?/ / I ask New Jersey -- does this saxophone song sound familiar? I wish I could bring every American voter to New Jersey to see first-hand what a liberal governor and a liberal legislature can do to wreck an economy. When Governor Florio was in cahoots with the Democratic legislature last session, they acted like every day was April 15.// Remember Governor Kean's motto for this state? Well, today, every New Jerseyan knows all too well: a rubber-check legislature and a rubber-stamp executive are -- "NOT. perfect together. // (Tom -- sorry I can't say it like you do. Must be all that time I spent in Texas. ) // 4 We need tax incentives to get this economy moving. And by the way, if you'd send me Joe Kyrillos (kuh-RULL-us) and a few more like him, I'd be using my pen not to veto tax hikes, but to sign tax cuts into law. The solution to our economic challenge isn't raising taxes. It's creating more jobs. I know that tourism is a big part of New Jersey's economy. And I know it creates thousands of jobs. So I came to Belmar in '88 and promised to help clean up your beautiful beaches. And I meant it. First, I promised to end ocean dumping of sewage sludge. Well, the last barge to ever dump sludge in your ocean sailed from New York Harbor last June. // Ocean dumping is no more. When tourists look out over the shore, they won't see sludge barges. They'll see sailboats. / / Second, I wanted to clean up the sewage coming from New York City and points beyond. We're going to force New York to build those sewage plants, so you don't have to put up with their sewage washing up on your shores and ruining your vacations. // And we're finally getting the garbage out of the water. That's what government can do when it confronts real problems with real policies based on real ideas -- not old formulas from the past. Now, while my administration's helping deliver results on the Jersey shore, my opponent's talking a good game. But look at his record on the environment back in his home state. 5 According to the Institute of Southern Studies, Arkansas ranked dead last for environmental initiatives. In the amount of toxics they dump into surface water, per capita, they were 47th. But they did better in the amount they dump into the air they jumped all the way up to 42nd. // And they were way up there at 42 in the percentage of rivers and streams that are polluted, too. (And there's the rumor that night-fishing's getting more and more popular in Arkansas these days because it's so easy to spot the fish -- they glow in the dark. ) 11 What if he does to America what he did to Arkansas? Why would you want to let him? / / You know my opponent reminds me of a tired old fellow who's looking in his medicine cabinet, trying to choose among a bunch of dusty old prescriptions that expired years ago. Well, folks old medicine won't cure our ills. Tax-and- spend won't solve our problems. But it might kill the patient // Let's not retreat into the past, with tired, expired remedies. Let's press forward into a new century of global economics where America can compete with the best and win a secure and good life at home. Thank you God bless New Jersey and God bless the United States of America. 6 VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY SEPTEMBER 9, 1992 2:35 P.M. THANK YOU, TOM ((KEAN)), AND HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M MAYOR ROE DELIGHTED TO BE BACK IN NEW JERSEY! ALLOW ME TO QUICKLY THANK MY HOSTS: NEAL CASSIDY, AL THOMAS, AND BEN FERRERA. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING JOE KYRILLOS IN WASHINGTON SOON. I WAS NOT FAR FROM HERE ALMOST EXACTLY FOUR YEARS AGO TO THE DAY. I WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR THE PRESIDENCY, AND OUR WORLD WAS A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE... LARGELY BECAUSE OF ONE UNDENIABLE FACT: A NUCLEAR SWORD OF DAMOCLES HUNG OVER OUR CHILDREN'S HEADS. WELL, TODAY, I RETURN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL GARDEN STATE TO SAY SOMETHING NO PRESIDENT COULD EVER SAY BEFORE: THE COLD WAR IS OVER. AND FREEDOM FINISHED FIRST. // THANKS TO THE SUSTAINED EFFORT OF BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN LIKE THE VETERANS HERE TODAY... NOW OUR KIDS CAN GO TO SLEEP WITHOUT NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST HAUNTING THEIR DREAMS. VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY SEPTEMBER 9, 1992 2:35 P.M. THANK YOU, ToM ((KEAN)), AND HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M DELIGHTED TO BE BACK IN NEW JERSEY. ALLOW ME TO QUICKLY THANK MY HOSTS: NEAL CASSIDY, AL THOMAS, AND BEN FERRERA. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING JOE KYRILLOS IN WASHINGTON SOON. I WAS NOT FAR FROM HERE ALMOST EXACTLY FOUR YEARS AGO TO THE DAY. I WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR THE PRESIDENCY, AND OUR WORLD WAS A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE... LARGELY BECAUSE OF ONE UNDENIABLE FACT: A NUCLEAR SWORD OF DAMOCLES HUNG OVER OUR CHILDREN'S HEADS. WELL, TODAY, I RETURN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL GARDEN STATE TO SAY SOMETHING NO PRESIDENT COULD EVER SAY BEFORE: THE COLD WAR IS OVER. AND FREEDOM FINISHED FIRST. THANKS TO THE SUSTAINED EFFORT OF BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN LIKE THE VETERANS HERE TODAY NOW OUR KIDS CAN GO TO SLEEP WITHOUT NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST HAUNTING THEIR DREAMS. VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY 1 SEPTEMBER 9, 1992 2:35 P.M. THANK YOU, TOM ((KEAN)), AND HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M MAYOR ROSEMARIE PETERS. DELIGHTED TO BE BACK IN NEW JERSEY. ALLOW ME TO QUICKLY THANK MY HOSTS: NEAL CASSIDY, AL THOMAS, AND AS WELL AS ALL NEW JERSEY VETERANS AND THE NOTINGHAM BEN FERRERA! AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING JOE KYRILLOS LITTLETEAM TEAM IN WASHINGTON SOON. I WAS NOT FAR FROM HERE ALMOST EXACTLY FOUR YEARS AGO TO THE DAY. I WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR THE PRESIDENCY, AND OUR WORLD WAS A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE... LARGELY BECAUSE OF ONE UNDENIABLE FACT: A NUCLEAR SWORD OF DAMOCLES HUNG OVER OUR CHILDREN'S HEADS. WELL, TODAY, I RETURN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL GARDEN STATE TO SAY SOMETHING NO PRESIDENT COULD EVER SAY BEFORE: THE COLD WAR IS OVER. AND FREEDOM FINISHED FIRST. / THANKS TO THE SUSTAINED EFFORT OF BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN LIKE THE VETERANS HERE TODAY NOW OUR KIDS CAN GO TO SLEEP WITHOUT NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST HAUNTING THEIR DREAMS. VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY SEPTEMBER 9, 1992 2:35 P.M. THANK YOU, TOM ((KEAN)), AND HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M DELIGHTED TO BE BACK IN NEW JERSEY. Rep chns Body GOD AND AGO BECAUSE CR. OUR TO I WAS NOT FAR FROM HERE ALMOST EXACTLY FOUR YEARS THE DAY. I WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR THE PRESIDENCY, WORLD WAS A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE... LARGELY Franks OF ONE UNDENIABLE FACT: A NUCLEAR SWORD OF DAMOCLES HUNG OVER OUR CHILDREN'S HEADS. WELL, TODAY, I RETURN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL GARDEN STATE TO SAY SOMETHING NO PRESIDENT COULD EVER SAY BEFORE: THE COLD WAR IS OVER. AND FREEDOM FINISHED FIRST. // THANKS TO THE SUSTAINED EFFORT OF BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN LIKE THE VETERANS HERE TODAY... NOW OUR KIDS CAN GO TO SLEEP WITHOUT NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST HAUNTING THEIR DREAMS. - 2 - THANKS TO FOLKS LIKE VETERAN BILL DENNISSON, WHO'S 82 AND CAME HERE TODAY JUST TO HEAR A YOUNG WHIPPERSNAPPER LIKE ME. DOES OUR CHILDREN'S PEACE OF MIND MEAN ANYTHING? YOU BET IT DOES. WE SHOULD BE PROUD TO HAVE MADE IT HAPPEN. NOW, AMERICA'S CHALLENGE IS STRAIGHTFORWARD. IN THE 21ST CENTURY, AMERICA MUST BE A MILITARY SUPERPOWER, AN EXPORT SUPERPOWER AND AN ECONOMIC SUPERPOWER. // IN THIS ELECTION, YOU'LL HEAR TWO VERSIONS OF HOW TO DO THAT. THEIRS IS TO LOOK INWARD, AND TRY TO PROTECT WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. OURS IS TO LOOK OUTWARD -- TO OPEN NEW MARKETS, TO PREPARE OUR PEOPLE TO COMPETE, TO STRENGTHEN OUR SOCIAL FABRIC -- TO SAVE AND INVEST -- SO WE CAN WIN. - 3 - MY AGENDA STARTS WITH A COMMITMENT TO TRADE, BY OPENING WORLD MARKETS TO THE FRUITS OF AMERICAN LABOR. NO MATTER WHAT MY OPPONENT SAYS, AMERICAN WORKERS CAN STILL OUTWORK AND OUT-THINK AND OUT-CREATE ANYBODY IN THE WORLD. / AND NEW JERSEY KNOWS WHAT THAT'S WORTH : -- BETTER THAN JUST ABOUT ANYONE. IN THIS STATE ALONE, MORE THAN A QUARTER-MILLION JOBS ARE TIED TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND TWO SADNS MILLIONS MORE TO EXPORTS. p.3 UNDERSTANDING THE REALITY OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY LED ME TO NEGOTIATE THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT. NAFTA WILL CREATE THE WORLD'S LARGEST FREE-TRADE ZONE - -- A $6 TRILLION MARKET, FROM THE YUKON TO THE YUCATAN - AND WILL CREATE 300,000 AMERICAN JOBS -- THAT'S JUST IN THE SHORT TERM. // MY OPPONENT USED TO SUPPORT IT. NOW HE SAYS, "I'M REVIEWING IT CAREFULLY; WHEN I HAVE A DEFINITIVE OPINION I WILL SAY SO." - 4 - WELL, WALTER LIPPMANN SAID LEADERSHIP MEANS GUARDING, AND I QUOTE, "A NATION'S IDEALS." AND PETER DRUCKER SAID, QUOTE, "LEADERSHIP IS ACTION." BUT YOU KNOW... NOWHERE HAVE I SEEN LEADERSHIP DEFINED AS -- "HEY -- I'LL GET BACK TO YOU LATER. "I/ THERE'S A CLEAR CHOICE WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THE ECONOMY GOING AGAIN, TOO. I SPENT HALF MY CAREER IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, AND HALF IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.. RUNNING A SMALL BUSINESS -- AND I HAD THE ULCERS TO PROVE IT. I THINK MEETING A PAYROLL IS A PRETTY GOOD QUALIFICATION FOR BEING PRESIDENT. 11 AND WHAT I LEARNED AS A BUSINESSMAN IS THAT IT'S AS PLAIN AS DAY THAT HIGHER TAXES DON'T CREATE JOBS. THEY DESTROY JOBS. - 5 - I BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT IS ALREADY T00 BIG -- AND SPENDS TOO MUCH OF YOUR MONEY. // THAT'S WHY I'VE PROPOSED FREEZING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING, AND A PLAN TO CAP THE GROWTH OF MANDATORY SPENDING WITHOUT TOUCHING SOCIAL SECURITY. THAT CAP WOULD SAVE ALMOST $300 BILLION OVER FIVE YEARS. so FAR, CONGRESS HAS BALKED AT MAKING THESE TOUGH CHOICES. I WANT TO GIVE YOU -- THE TAXPAYER -- THE OPTION OF TAKING TEN PERCENT OF YOUR INCOME TAX -- AND USING IT FOR ONE PURPOSE ALONE... TO REDUCE THE BUDGET DEFICIT. 11 LET'S GET THE CRUSHING WEIGHT OF DEBT OFF OUR KIDS' BACKS. // AND THEN I'LL TAKE THE SAVINGS AND CUT TAXES -- ACROSS THE BOARD. I'VE ALREADY VETOED ONE DEMOCRATIC TAX INCREASE, AND I'LL VETO ANOTHER IF I HAVE TO. (I'VE GOT MY PEN RIGHT HERE.) // - 6 - NOW... WHAT ABOUT MY OPPONENT? WELL, HE'S BEEN IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR PRACTICALLY ALL HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE. HE CAUGHT THE BUG DURING HIS WORK ON THE MCGOVERN CAMPAIGN, AND HE'S BEEN AT IT EVER SINCE. IN FACT, HE'S EITHER BEEN IN PUBLIC OFFICE -- OR TRYING TO GET INTO PUBLIC OFFICE -- EVER SINCE HE WAS 27 YEARS OLD. AND JUST YESTERDAY, GOVERNOR CLINTON SAID, "NO GOVERNMENT CAN EVER REPLACE THE MARKETPLACE." HE SOUNDS LIKE HE RESPECTS AND UNDERSTANDS THE SMALL BUSINESSPERSON. WELL... THAT'S LIKE A GUY SAYING HE LOVES TO SAIL, BUT HE'S NEVER SEEN THE WATER. // AND IT'S REFLECTED IN HIS POLICIES. - 7 - LAST WEEK WHEN TOM BROKAW INTERVIEWED HIM, THE FIRST WORDS OUT OF MY OPPONENT'S MOUTH WERE "I ADVOCATE A TAX INCREASE." SPECIFICALLY, HE MEANS $150 BILLION JUST FOR STARTERS. AND HE PROPOSES $220 BILLION IN NEW GOVERNMENT SPENDING - -- ALTHOUGH NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE SAYS IT MIGHT COST THREE TIMES AS MUCH AS HE CLAIMS. THEY CALLED CLINTON'S PLAN AN "ECONOMIC FANTASY." OF COURSE, HE SAYS HE ONLY WANTS TO TAX THE RICH. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE AREN'T ENOUGH RICH FOLKS TO PAY FOR HIS PROGRAMS. AND HE ENDORSED THE $100 BILLION TAX INCREASE PASSED BY THE CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS THIS YEAR. HE'S FOR IT. I'M AGAINST IT. WHO DO YOU THINK IS RIGHT?// I ASK NEW JERSEY -- DOES THIS SAXOPHONE SONG SOUND FAMILIAR? - 8 - I WISH I COULD BRING EVERY AMERICAN VOTER TO NEW JERSEY TO SEE FIRST-HAND WHAT A LIBERAL GOVERNOR AND A LIBERAL LEGISLATURE CAN DO TO WRECK AN ECONOMY. WHEN GOVERNOR FLORIO WAS IN CAHOOTS WITH THE DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE LAST SESSION THEY ACTED LIKE EVERY DAY WAS APRIL 15TH. P.8 REMEMBER GOVERNOR KEAN'S MOTTO FOR THIS STATE? WELL, TODAY, EVERY NEW JERSEYAN KNOWS ALL TOO WELL: A RUBBER-CHECK LEGISLATURE AND A RUBBER-STAMP EXECUTIVE ARE -- -- "NOT... PERFECT TOGETHER. "// (TOM -- SORRY I CAN'T SAY IT LIKE YOU DO. MUST BE ALL THAT TIME I SPENT IN TEXAS. p.5 WE NEED TAX INCENTIVES TO GET THIS ECONOMY MOVING. AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU'D SEND ME JOE KYRILLOS (KUH- RULL-US) AND A FEW MORE LIKE HIM, I'D BE USING MY PEN NOT TO VETO TAX HIKES, BUT TO SIGN TAX CUTS INTO LAW. - 9 - THE SOLUTION TO OUR ECONOMIC CHALLENGE ISN'T RAISING TAXES. IT'S CREATING MORE JOBS. I KNOW THAT TOURISM IS A BIG PART OF NEW JERSEY'S ECONOMY. AND I KNOW IT CREATES THOUSANDS OF JOBS. so I CAME TO BELMAR IN '88 AND PROMISED TO HELP CLEAN UP YOUR BEAUTIFUL BEACHES. AND I MEANT IT. FIRST, I PROMISED TO END OCEAN DUMPING OF SEWAGE SLUDGE. WELL, THE LAST BARGE TO EVER DUMP SLUDGE IN YOUR OCEAN SAILED FROM NEW YORK HARBOR LAST JUNE. // OCEAN DUMPING IS NO MORE. WHEN TOURISTS LOOK OUT OVER THE SHORE, THEY WON'T SEE SLUDGE BARGES. THEY'LL SEE SAILBOATS. // - 10 - SECOND, I WANTED TO CLEAN UP THE SEWAGE COMING FROM NEW YORK CITY AND POINTS BEYOND. WE'RE GOING TO FORCE NEW YORK TO BUILD THOSE SEWAGE PLANTS, so YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THEIR SEWAGE WASHING UP ON YOUR SHORES AND RUINING YOUR VACATIONS. // AND WE'RE FINALLY GETTING THE GARBAGE OUT OF THE WATER. THAT'S WHAT GOVERNMENT CAN DO WHEN IT CONFRONTS REAL PROBLEMS WITH REAL POLICIES BASED ON REAL IDEAS -- NOT OLD FORMULAS FROM THE PAST. NOW, WHILE MY ADMINISTRATION'S HELPING DELIVER RESULTS ON THE JERSEY SHORE, MY OPPONENT'S TALKING A GOOD GAME. BUT LOOK AT HIS RECORD ON THE ENVIRONMENT BACK IN HIS HOME STATE. ACCORDING TO THE INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN STUDIES, ARKANSAS RANKED DEAD LAST FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES. - 11 - IN THE AMOUNT OF TOXICS THEY DUMP INTO SURFACE WATER, PER CAPITA, THEY WERE 47TH. BUT THEY DID BETTER IN THE AMOUNT THEY PUMP INTO THE AIR -- THEY JUMPED ALL THE WAY UP TO 42ND. 11 AND THEY WERE WAY UP THERE AT 42 IN THE PERCENTAGE OF RIVERS AND STREAMS THAT ARE POLLUTED, TOO. (AND THERE'S THE RUMOR THAT NIGHT-FISHING'S GETTING MORE AND MORE POPULAR IN ARKANSAS THESE DAYS... BECAUSE IT'S so EASY TO SPOT THE FISH -- THEY GLOW IN THE DARK. ) // GOVERNOR CLINTON WANTS TO DO FOR AMERICA WHAT HE DID TO ARKANSAS? WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO LET HIM? / / YOU KNOW... MY OPPONENT REMINDS ME OF A TIRED OLD FELLOW WHO'S LOOKING IN HIS MEDICINE CABINET, TRYING TO CHOOSE AMONG A BUNCH OF DUSTY OLD PRESCRIPTIONS THAT EXPIRED YEARS AGO. - 12 - WELL, FOLKS... OLD MEDICINE WON'T CURE OUR ILLS. TAX-AND-SPEND WON'T SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS. BUT IT MIGHT KILL THE PATIENT.// LET'S NOT RETREAT INTO THE PAST, WITH TIRED, EXPIRED REMEDIES. LET'S PRESS FORWARD... INTO A NEW CENTURY OF GLOBAL ECONOMICS... WHERE AMERICA CAN COMPETE WITH THE BEST AND WIN A SECURE AND GOOD LIFE AT HOME. THANK YOU GOD BLESS NEW JERSEY... AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. # # # NJ TELEPROMPTER * URGENT 1st PARAGRAPH STOULD NOW READ: THANK YOU, TOM ((KEAN)), AND HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M DELIGHTED TO BE BACK IN NEN JERSEY. ALLOW ME TO" QUICKLY THANK MY HOSTS: MAYOR ROSEMARIE PETERS -VETS: NEAL CASSIDY, AL THOMAS, AND BEN FERRERA AND ALL THE NEN JERSEY VETERANS IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS THE NOTINGHAM LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM. AND I Look FORWARD TO SEGNG JOE KYRILLOS IN WASHINGTON SOON WHERE HE JOIN SONG. CHRIS SMITH. LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE SOME NJ TALENT: BOB FRANKS, DON DIFRANCESCO, CHUCK HAYTAIAN, MEMBERS OF THE NJ LEGISLATURE AND MEMBERS OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY FREEHOLDER BOARD. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 8, 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY FROM: ROGER B. PORTER RBP SUBJECT: Presidential Remarks: VFW Hall Event We have reviewed the attached remarks and have noted a few suggested changes on the draft. Please let us know if you have any questions or if we may help in any other way. CC: Phillip D. Brady 2ᵗʰ : 11v 6 d3S 26 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:49 ; The White House- 202 456 7739;# 1 Document No. 348968sa WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 9/8/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 9/8 6:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT SUBJECT: MIDDLETOWN, N.J. - WED. 9/9/92 ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT MCBRIDE BAKER MOORE SCOWCROFT MULLING DARMAN PETERSMEYER BATES PORTER BRADY PROVOST BROMLEY ROSS CALIO SMITH DEMAREST TUTWILER FITZWATER ZOELLICK GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY MCGROARTY HORNER BOSKIN REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 6:00 p.m., TODAY, TUES. SEPT. 8, with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 : 9- 8-92 ; 15:49 ; The White House-> 202 456 7739:# 2 (Askew/Nix) September 8, 1992 2 SEP 8 P2: 46 2:45 P.M. JERSEY PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY SEPTEMBER 9, 1992 (TIME??) ((Acknowledgements, humor.)) Four years ago, almost to the day, I was here in New Jersey, campaigning for the Presidency. THAT At the time, our world was much different. A nuclear Sword of Damocles hung over our children's heads. Today, I return to this beautiful Garden State to say something no President could ever say before: The Cold War is over. And freedom finished first. Now our kids can go to sleep new without the specter of nuclear holocaust in their dreams. Does that mean anything? You bet it does. Now America's challenge is straightforward. In the 21st century, America must remain a military superpower, an export superpower and an economic superpower. TRY TO In this election, you'll hear two versions of how to do that. Theirs is to look inward, and protect what we already have. Ours is to look outward -- to open new markets, prepare our people to compete, to strengthen the American family -- to save and invest -- so we can win. It starts with a commitment to trade, by opening world markets to the fruits of American labor. 1 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:50 ; The White House- 202 456 7739;# 3 How IMPORTANT TRADE IS TO DUR MATION'S ECONOMY New Jersey knows what that means means- better than just about ITS RESIDENTS anyone, in fact. This state understands that job growth is tied directly to foreign trade and foreign investment -- to the tune of ((X jobs and X dollars as result of foreign investment in NJ)). New Jersey is home to ((biggest foreign companies)) because you went out and fought to bring them here. You understand that NATIONAL SUBSUMED By A the world economies are rapidly becomingVene global economy. Understanding that simple, profound fact led my administration to negotiate the North American Free Trade Act. WILL NAFTA would create one of the world's largest free-trade zones - - a $6 trillion market, from the Yukon to the Yucatan -- and WILL would create 300,000 American jobs just in the short term. When my opponent was asked about the treaty, he said, "I'm reviewing it carefully, and when I have a definitive opinion I will say so." Well, ((Thomas Jefferson said, "Leadership is ... ")). And Peter Drucker said, "Leadership is action." But you know nowhere do I see leadership defined as -- "I'll get back to you later." And by the way, when Governor Clinton did get back to America on the issue of a global economy, he said he wanted to tax foreign investment. It sounds politically appealing, but it would endanger every one of those New Jersey jobs provided by IESO foreign company. 2 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:50 ; The White House- 202 456 7739;# 4 So there's one choice, America J I stand for trade. Strong, AND FAIR free Vinternational trade. Governor Clinton stands for protectionism If when he takes a stand at all. There's a clear choice when it comes to getting the economy going again, too. I spent half my career in the public sector, and half in the private sector. creating jobs and meeting a payroll and I have the ulcers to prove it. I think that's a pretty good qualification for being President. And what I learned as a businessman is that it's as plain as day that higher taxes don't create jobs. They destrov jobs. so OKI # believe that J government is already too big -= and spends too much of your money. PROPOSED That's why I've put forward I a freeze on federal ING I AND discretionary spending, plus a plan to control the growth of mandatory federal spending without ever touching Social Security. It would save $300 billion over five years that So far, Congress has balked at making these tough choices. So now I have a new idea. LI want to give you -- the taxpayer -- the option of taking ten percent of your income tax -- and using it for one purpose alone to reduce the budget deficit. And then -- I'll cut taxes -- across the board. Now... what about my opponent? Well, he's been in the public sector all of his professional life except for four years he spent as a lawyer. Get this -- 3 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:51 ; The White House-> 202 456 7739:# 5 every day during those four years, he was running for office so he could get back on the public payroll. And now Governor Clinton says he respects the small A SAYING businessman. That's like the guy who says he loves to sail, but has never seen a boat. And it's reflected in his politics. Last week when Tom Brokaw interviewed him, the first words out of the Governor's mouth were, "I advocate a tax increase." Specifically, he means $150 billion -- for starters. And he proposes $220 billion in new government spending, although the experts admit it may be three times as high as that. Now, he says he only wants to tax the rich more. Except there aren't enough rich people in America to cough up the cash he wants to spend. You tell me what's going to happen. I ask New Jersey -- does this sound familiar? ( (Remember a candidate for Governor of this state, who said he would never raise taxes? Well, guess who BIll Clinton made a beeline toward after his convention. Like a moth to the flame - CONSULT WITH - he went to *** Governor Jim Floric.) ) THE DEMOCRAT I wish I could bring every American voter to New Jersey to see first-hand what a governor and legislature in collusion can do to wreck an economy. Remember Governor Kean's motto for this state? Well every New Jerseyite knows all too well that a rubber-check 4 15:51 The White House- 202 456 7739;# 6 legislature and a rubber-stamp executive are not -- "perfect together." SOLUTION RAISING CREATING of course the answer isn't mero taxes. It's more jobs. I know that tourism is a big part of New Jersey's economy. KNOW And I know it creates thousands of jobs. And I alsoythat people don't come to New Jersey to see sludge and medical waste. (If they want to see those things they can go to Arkansas. And if they want to breathe air that meets California's environmental standards while they're there, they'll have to wear gas masks.) well, I meant it when I came to the Jersey shore in '88 and promised to change the attitude of neglect that had polluted your beautiful beaches. I First, we promised to end ocean dumping of sewage sludge. We went right to work on it, and last June, the last barge that will ever dump sludge in this ocean sailed from New York Harbor. ocean dumping is no more, and now, when tourists look out over the Jersey shore, they won't see sludge barges. They'll see sailboats. I Second, we wanted to clean up the sewage coming from New York City and points beyond. We've invested two billion dollars a year at the Federal level to build new sewage treatment plant and Tom Kean's Wastewater Treatment Trust has made great progre here in New Jersey. New York has been less responsive, so I put $70 million 1 the Federal budget, both last year and this year, to get them 5 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:51 : The White House- 202 456 7739:# 7 moving so you don't have to put up with the City's sewage washing Now up on your shores anymore. And when people look out over the Jersey shore they won't see sewage. They'll see swimmers. And third, we're finally getting the garbage out of the water. We've given the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the resources to collect the refuse from Fresh Kills landfill in New York and floatables from careless boaters that end up on New Jersey's beaches. And when New Jerseyites look out over the Jersey shore they won't see trash. They'll see tourists. That's what government can do when it confronts real problems with real policies based on real ideas -- not old formulas from the past. TRYING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN My opponent reminds me of a tired old fellow who's looking in his medicine cabinet AE a bunch of prescriptions that expired years ago. Well, folks old medicine won't cure our ills. Tax-and- whe spend won't solve our problems. It has no potency. CAUSE America today needs realism in its government above all else. And then we need bold resolve. I believe that you tell the American people the hard facts, and then we'll all get to work and do something about changing them for the better. I've seen it happen so many times before. I know four years can change things. For the better and for the worse. We've had some challenging times but let's not retreat into the past, with tired, expired remedies. 6 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:52 : ; The White House- 202 456 7739:# 8 Let's press forward into a new century of global economics where America can compete with the best world- REWARDING class goods and services abroad and a secure and good life at home. God bless New Jersey and God bless the United States of America. 7 LHI HOUSE COMMCTR URC-112 WED 09 SEP 92 16:31 PG.01 TIME OF TRANSMISSION TIME OF RECEIPT WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM PRECEDENCE: IMMEDIATE RELEASER: Bhilen PRIORITY ROUTINE DTG: 0916262 MESSAGE NO. 07 CLASSIFICATION UNCLAS PAGES 1 FROM MICHELE NIX (NAME) (PHONE NUMBER) (ROOM NO.) MESSAGE DESCRIPTION FACT CHANGE RE M.DDLETOWN TO (AGENCY) DELIVER TO DEPT/ROOM NO. PHONE NUMBER NORRISTOWN CHRISTINA MARTIN REMARKS: Photocopy-Preservation WHITE HOUSE COMMCTR URC-112 WED 09 SEP 92 16:31 PG.02 September 9, 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISTINA MARTIN FROM: MICHELE NIX SUBJECT: FACT CHANGE RE MIDDLETOWN On Page 2, there's a mention re NAFTA. A 300,000 figure is used. This was used in Andy and Gary's speech at Shaw Industries in Dalton. However, when I double-checked this figure with USTR, they said that although the 300,000-jobs-created figure is correct -- it does not account for 125,000 jobs that will be lost. 300,000 is the gross figure, but 175,000 is the net figure. We can use the 300,000 figure, but we take a risk with the press. They suggested the following sentence -- "NAFTA will create the world's largest free-trade zone -- a $6 trillion market, from the Yukon to the Vucatan. By 1995, U.S. exports to Mexico alone could supp er one million American jobs." (The stitute for International Economic< (IIE) did the study, which generated these numbers. Building on the over 500,000 jobs now tied to exports to Mexico, IIE projected that over one million Americans would be employed in jobs related to export trade with Mexico by 1995.) You could site the study if you want to say "would support" instead of "could support." You could also say, "in just over 2 years, U.S. exports to Mexico " instead of "By 1995" -- since over 2 years sounds closer than 1995. Whatever you guys want, but the sentence suggested by USTR is accurate. WHITE HOUSE COMMCTR URC-112 WED 09 SEP 92 15:44 PG.01 TIME OF TRANSMISSION TIME OF RECEIPT 0915207 WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM PRECEDENCE: IMMEDIATE PRIORITY RELEASER: Biglio ROUTINE DTG: 09/5/07 MESSAGE NO. 05 CLASSIFICATION UNCLAS PAGES 2 FROM MICHELE NIX (NAME) (PHONE NUMBER) (ROOM NO.) MESSAGE DESCRIPTION MIDDLETOWN, N.J. ACKS W FACT CHANGES TO (AGENCY) DELIVER TO DEPT/ROOM NO. PHONE NUMBER NORRISTOWN P.A. CHRISTINA MARTIN REMARKS: WHITE HOUSE COMMCTR URC-112 WED 09 SEP 92 15:45 PG.02 September 9, 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISTINA MARTIN FROM: MICHELE NIX SUBJECT: MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY ACKS and FACT CHANGES Here are the acknowledgements as they stand: Tom Kean (intros POTUS) Joe Kyrillos, candidate for 6th district (intros Kean) Mayor Rosemarie Peters (Republican) VFW Post Commander Neil Cassidy (will greet POTUS earlier in addition to being on stage) Chris Bob Franks, Republican State Committee Chair 5mmg Don DiFrancesco, State Senate President Chuck Haytaian [HI-tie-in], Assembly Speaker Republican members of the NJ legislature Members of Monmouth [MON-muth] County Freeholder Board (their county government) It's especially important that we mention the following: New Jersey Veterans -- There will be a group of veterans from New Jersey (members of this post and from surrounding areas). Some are members of NJ Veterans for Bush-Quayle. The veterans at this VFW post are being very kind to our advance team and are VERY enthusiastic about the President coming to visit. 82-year-old Bill Dennison is one of these and is mentioned in the speech. Advance assures me that he will be sitting with the group and they'll try to place him where he can wave (just in case POTUS asks where he is). Nottingham Little League Team -- They are the Eastern Regional Champs, second in the country. They will all be together wearing their uniform shirts. Their moms, dads, and every relative they have are coming to see them at this event with the President. Our Advance team has already told them they will be mentioned --so we need to now. He can say WHITE HOUSE COMMCTR WED 09 SEP 92 17:31 PG.01 TIME OF TRANSMISSION TIME OF RECEIPT WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM PRECEDENCE: IMMEDIATE PRIORITY REL EASER: Bhyler ROUTINE DTG: 0917307 MESSAGE NO. 08 CLASSIFICATION Unclassed PAGES / FROM Michele (NAME) Nix x7750 111½ (PHONE NUMBER) (ROOM NO.) MESSAGE DESCRIPTION New Jersey TO (AGENCY) DELIVER TO DEPT/ROOM NO. PHONE NUMBER were Town PA Christina Maston COLLEGEVILLE REMARKS: URGENT Photocopy-Preservation WHITE HOUSE COMMCTR WED 09 SEP 92 17:32 PG.02 September 9, 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISTINA MARTIN FROM: MICHELE NIX SUBJECT; ONE MORE FACT CHECK CHANGE AAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Page 2 language re NJ exports. Steve and Ken's change last night was wrong --- an exaggeration. Sentence should read: "In this state alone, more than a quarter-million jobs are tied to foreign investment and thousands more to exports." THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 8, 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY FROM: ROGER B. PORTER RBP SUBJECT: Presidential Remarks: Norristown, PA We have reviewed the attached remarks and have noted several suggested changes on the draft. Please let us know if you have any questions or if we may help in any other way. CC: Phillip D. Brady 2ᵗʰ : 11th 6 PEP 26 ENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 16:22 ; The White House- 202 456 7739;# 1 Document No. 348991ss CHARLIE WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 9/8/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 9/8 ASAP!! PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NORRISTOWN, PA. SUBJECT: WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9, 1992 ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT MCBRIDE BAKER MOORE SCOWCROFT MULLINS DARMAN PETERSMEYER BATES PORTER BRADY PROVOST BROMLEY ROSS CALIO SMITH DEMAREST TUTWILER FITZWATER ZOELLICK GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY MCGROARTY HORNER REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE , with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: Comments for BD' 7pm. PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 ENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 16:22 ; The White House- 202 456 7739;# 2 Provost/Aarhus Presidential Remarks Norristown, PA 12 SEP 8 P3: 50 September 9, 1992 Draft: 3:00 p.m. Thank you ( ), and good morning everyone, it's great to be back in Pennsylvania. I wanted to start this morning by saying welcome back -- but I know that the start of school can provoke mixed emotions. I'm sure many of you had a lot of fun this summer. Now you have to get used to new teachers and new classes, new routines. But if this ever gets you down, just remember, you could be getting beat over the head every day, you could be having your character assassinated on television, -- you could be running for President. 11 our world has been through enormous change the past few years. Today, I can stand before you and say something no President could ever say before. The Cold War is over -- freedom finished first. Now, the challenge before our nation -- is to win the peace. To guarantee that /America [in the 21st century ] is not just a military superpower, but also an export superpower, and an economic superpower. That's the central question - at this time of wrenching global change. I have made one promise to America -- not to scare people in this campaign, but to talk about real issues -- real answers SOLUTIONS -- to the important questions before our nation. CHALLENGES ENT. BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 16:22 ; The White House- 202 456 7739:# 3 2 That's why I am here this morning, to talk about how we can build for our children what they need and deserve -- the very best schools in the entire world./ Now I admit, education is not usually found on the front page of the newspaper, or at the top of the evening news -- but it is the solution for most of what you do see there. As President and as a parent, my loyalty lies with the I young people. Kids like the fifth graders -- who did such a fantastic job laying out our national education goals this morning. In the year 2,000, these fifth graders will graduate from high school. They will look much different. The schools from which they graduate wm be much different as well. Four years ago, I said I wanted to lead a revolution in American education. Today, I come before you to report -- the revolution is underway. D bepare this evolution amount then grown yo This month when X convened The credit is certainly not mine alone. The federal The Characters Education government has merely been a catalyst as it should be. The Summit with natural goals those students read are our the first education goals in our Sovernors. HAVE BEEN ALL FIFTY This nation's history. They are being embraced by governors -- Summit we to Republican and Democrat alike, by parents, by teachers, by Six the natural business and community leaders, and most important, by young cancation people like you -- in town after town, city after city, all gears. across America. I have come to Norristown -- because you are in the lead -- but you are not alone. Today 1,700 communities -- in 44 states -- have adopted the vision of what we call "America 2000." BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 16:23 ; The White House- 202 456 7739:# 4 3 Seventeen hundred communities -- representing ( ) young people -- have agreed to the adopt first our national education goals in American el a history. Seventeen hundred communities agreed to lines in the sand of the future that read -- "our children must be number one." The federal government should offer more than offer congratulations for these efforts, and we are matching our words with action. have You heard about our first goal -- making sure every student arrives at school ready to learn. Today -- for the first time - CAN GOT every eligible four-year-old who wants a Head Start on kindergarteng can get one II WHOSE PARENTS WANT DHEM TO PARTICIPATE education asked for record increases in We have S reorganized federal spending for math and science - - giving special emphasis to teacher training. That is to help consistent with goal number four -- math and science excellence. THE DREAM TEAM I was proud to watch the Olympics, and watch Charles Barkely slam dunk the entire Angolan basketball team. I By the year 2 000, I EVERY OPPONENT THEY FACED want our young people to be slam dunking the rest of the world in math and science. CHARLES BARKLEY PLAYS FOR PHOENIX Now. NOT PHILADELPHIA. Goal number five is to guarantee a skilled, literate work force. And I I am proud to say that in our colleges today --one out of every two students has a federal grant or loan -- that's a higher ratio than ever before in our history. Education is my number top one priority, and my budgets have have reflected I it. During my. four years, federal investments in OVER THE LAST ENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 16:23 ; The White House- 202 456 7739;# 5 here is it should 4 why we Autipind The education have increased at a more rapid rate than State and the wald my we an should local funding. had whin REVOLUTIONIZE esta stem But if you think that money alone will reinvent our schools that also -- think again. As a nation, only Switzerland spends more per student on elementary and secondary education. This doesn't mean WASTE we should not make new investments, it means we cannot spend our money on the old way of doing things. Our schools were invented for the age of the Model T. (young Ortpertams humor But the not We don't drive Model T's anymore, we don't live in log the a world cabins, so why are our schools the same? After all, America has changed. Today, the guy on the assembly line in a car plant must know far more about math than This why you his father ever did. our families look different, in most families, both parents work, and in many families, only mom or dad comes home at night. Our schools have not kept up with the enhaver new world around them. for anducation excellence the solid Talk to teachers, school board members, parents -- and achievement. they'll give you thousands of ideas of what new schools might look like. That is the point of our education revolution. Not to devise one solution in Washington and force it on you -- but to encourage the true genius of America -- grassroots creativity and problem solving. Right now, as we gather today, America is responding to this charge. Really, four revolutions are underway. ENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 16:24 ; The White House-> 202 456 7739;# 6 CLASSES 5 First, we are in the process of creating hundreds of what we call "Break-The-Mold" schools. These might be schools where S THAT students attend all year round. or where one schoolY concentrates on one subject area -- like arts or English. These break-the- mold schools may come in every size and substance -- but all share one characteristic -- they reject the status quo. Revolution number two has to do with what we teach in our schools. We must demand higher standards of young people. Math world class national education for what our kids should teachers are setting higher standards today N and wenneed the same know and be My for science, history, English, geography, civics and the arts. able to, have called for the development administration And I support the Idea of a, national examination system -- IS supporting voluntary call it an American achievement test, to let parents and the same national communities know what our children know. standard Something else I'm supporting, that's to help someone very special, someone very important to your future -- your teacher. (By the way, since this is the first day of school, I assume that none of you have received any tests back yet. so lets take advantage of this good feeling, to say thanks to all the teachers in the room. They are making a difference in your life, and we should salute them.) (Now when you go home tonight, you can tell your parents you should not be saw two things that were out of the ordinary. The President, and a crowd of kids applauding their teachers.) When the professionals in this audience decided on the know the noble profession of teaching, they did it because they love importance learning, and helping you live up to your potential. of SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 16:24 ; The White House- 202 456 7739;# 7 6 My guess is none of our teachers -- chose their job because they have a secret passion for paperwork, a or an incurable romance with the copying machine. But that's what too many of our teachers spend their time doing, and I want the government to get off teacher S backs. I don't want our teachers slaving over paperwork, I want them to be working to free our young people from the slavery of ignorance and apathy. That's V date repeateds asked The Congress to pase Cysilation that way would sur teachers and Schools name flexibility mi wing funds federal There's one final revolution underway -- very important, and in it mimics what Been around the world in recent years. cychange for more accomatability Freedom works. Freedom wins. Yet in our nation, only the for results achievid. privileged, have the freedom to choose where their kid goes to school. Let me tell give you an example of what I mean. Today in Chicago, there are 66 public high schools, and only 19 graduate more than half their students and, very frankly, even ? many of those graduates cannot read and write. Where do teachers to scHool SOME in Chicago send their kids? Well, almost half send them to 2 private schools. Listen to Starr Parker, a small business owner in Chicago. He says when it comes to education, "the rich have choice now. When I was on welfare, there was no way I could put my child in a good school. It's time we stop condemning the poor to a monopoly education system." Well, I agree with Starr Parker. Choice in education shouldn't be limited to just the prosperous and the privileged. 7 Every parent should be able to choose the school they want for their kids. ONE SCHOLARSHIPS My GI Bill For Kids would give thousand dollars to middle- AT and low-income families that they can use to spend on any school of their choice -- public, private, or religious. Here in Norristown, almost 4,000 kids -- over half the school population -- would be eligible for this new GI Bill. If teachers are worried about what choice might do to public schools, consider this. In this town alone, you would receive almost $4 million extra in federal funds. But this money wouldn't be controlled by federal bureaucrats, it would be controlled by parents, who could reward your creativity, your ingenuity, your commitment to results. so these are the four American alamy education revolutions. Their influences of can be profound. They mean that when these today's kids fifth graders come back to visit their (insert teachers name) class in eight years, they will marvel at how small the desks are, at how they have to stoop to use the water cooler. But as they look and listen to the school around them, they will say -- everything else has changed. 11 Now, as some of you may have heard, there is an election in about 55 days. so, before I leave you this morning, I would like to take just a moment, and contrast my education record -- with my opponents As a Bill played a role in the To his credit, Governor Clinton has been a leader in the national education reform movement -- and he deserves credit for that. But I will be judged by my record, and he should be judged the same. for his. Before he who for Persident he thayht public and private school were ideas. fare Arkansas enjoyed an increase in the number of high school Here's What he graduates in the 1980's -- but it was half the percentage with to Milmankes's increase in the 70's -- before Governor Clinton was elected. Poly (saste Williams: Arkansas spending on students has always lagged below the tha] Therrall national average. In the 70's, that spending increased, but in Nav, to unit 8.1 The endorse- What agmt the Clinton years, it dipped again. mont for m In the 70's, Arkansas teachers salaries grew faster than the cs 5/ 1 A rest of the nation. Again in the 80's, that process reversed in itself. Contract These are the facts. But it is not the Governor's record perfament that worries me so much, as the impact of the liberal leaders in This seque doesn? the Democratic Congress, and the Education Establishment in wnk. to which he now knowtows. why not Washington. skewn These are people who fear change -- who want to preserve the 3 status quo. On school choice for example, they say "let's change Latter his to just -- just a little bit." They want parents to choose their POKY schools, as long as they are all public. I say, let's change alot. Let parents choose religious schools if they want to. This fall, the voters will have to decide who's approach THEY you support. But I believe one thing is clear. In this campaign, Governor Clinton has made a habit of telling the teachers' unims his and against The me option that against private school choice really crates for many niver city, Low-ineom kids and their parents. Come on Bill, you can't have .7 30th to ways ! After All, you upted 80 to a private school. I) New let's look at his record in anknew. SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 16:26 ; The White House- 202 456 7739;#10 9 education establishment in Washington what they want to hear. I will continue to tell them -- what they need to hear. 11 IN We've heard a lot of talk of change is this election, and that's appropriate, because the American revolution is never ending. But the change we've seen around the world the past few years is really revolutioning. unusual, change is usually much more incremental, 1 I such more diffuse X want for Amenica's education system. That's the kind of change that is underway in American education today. Visiting schools, talking to parents, meeting with business leaders -- I am reminded of the words of Robert Kennedy -- spoken in another time, on another topic. Kennedy said, "few will have the greatness to bend history this is is itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of klever as gresting events, and in the total of these acts will be written the Jone Than history of this generation." 16301. Robert Kennedy was talking about the battle for racial equality. Today, the struggle is for a new equality -- to give these kids an equal chance in the new world economy. But while the topic has changed, but the message is the same. To the parents, teachers and community leaders participating in Norristown 2000, I say -- "thank you." You are changing a portion of events, and in your action, you are writing a better chapter, in the history of America's next generation. ENT BY:Xerox Tel lecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 16:26 ; The White House- 202 456 7739;#11 10 Thanks for listening. God Bless Pennsylvania. God Bless The United States of America. # # t (Askew/Nix) September 8, 1992 6:00 P.M. JERSEY PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY SEPTEMBER 9, 1992 2:35 P.M. Thank you, Tom ((Kean)), for that kind introduction. You know, Tom I've never asked, but every time I hear you talk, I always wonder are you sure you're not really from Texas? // I'm delighted to be back in the warm hospitality of the Garden State. You know, I was not far from here four years ago, almost to the day. I was campaigning for the Presidency and at the time, our world was a much-different place, largely because of one undeniable fact: A nuclear Sword of Damocles hung over our children's heads. Well, today, I return to this beautiful Garden State to say something no President could ever say before: The Cold War is over. And freedom finished first. // Thanks to the sustained effort of brave men and women like the veterans here today now our kids can go to sleep without the spectre of nuclear holocaust in their dreams. Thanks to folks like Bill Dennisson, who's 82 and here tonight. // 1 And thanks to folks like Desert Storm veteran Mike Ivanko III... who's not here tonight, because he's volunteering with the Hurricane Andrew relief efforts near Miami. // Does our children's peace of mind mean anything? You bet it does. And I'm proud to have contributed to it. And now America's challenge is straightforward. an economic superporte, am export superprower,t In the 21st Century, America must be a military superpower, Stet an export superpower and an economic superpower. In this election, you'll hear two versions of how to do that. Theirs is to look inward, and try to protect what we already have. Ours is to look outward -- to open new markets, to prepare our people to compete, to strengthen our social fabric - - to save and invest -- so we can win. It starts with a commitment to trade, by opening world markets to the fruits of American labor. No matter what my opponent says, American workers can still outwork and out-think anybody in the world. And New Jersey knows what that's worth -- better than just about anyone, in fact, this state understands that job growth is tied directly to foreign trade and foreign investment. LA this state To the tune of almost a quarter-million jobs and nearly 19 Just billion dollars, in fact, thanks to foreign companies doing once business here in your state. With corporate citizens like Schering Plough [SHEAR-ing PLOW and Hoffman-LaRoche [LA-Roak] shoring up the community, you 2 We tid to Parilyn milhow more to espate thuestment, and athels thereality of the you know that national economies are rapidly becoming one global economy Understanding that simple, profound fact led my me administration to negotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. NAFTA will create the world's largest free-trade zone -- a $6 trillion market, from the Yukon to the Yucatan -- and will create 300,000 American jobs, just in the short term. When my opponent was asked about the agreement -- I believe he was the moderate Bill Clinton at the time -- he said it sounded pretty good. Then along came big Labor, and the liberal Bill Clinton reconsidered and said, well, maybe it doesn't sound so good after all.// The current Bill Clinton says, "I'm reviewing it carefully, and when I have a definitive opinion I will say so." Well, Walter Lippman said leadership means guarding a nation's ideals. And Peter Drucker said leadership is action. But you know nowhere have I seen leadership defined as - - "Hey -- I'll get back to you later. "// And by the way, when Governor Clinton did get back to America on the issue of a global economy, he said he wanted to tax foreign investment. It sounds politically appealing, but it would endanger every one of those New Jersey jobs provided by foreign companies. 3 Hard to follow It ranked fourth from last per-capita in the I toxic chemicals 47th in it releases into surface water and in the bottom 42nd ten in place toxic chemicals released to the air 0 42nd They was It easily ranked in the bottom ten in its percentage of polluted rivers and streams 43rd And in the bottom ten in per-capita spending on cleaning the air. That's the record, according to the Institute of Southern Studies in Durham, North Carolina move And then there's the rumor that night-fishing's getting more thy and more popular in Arkansas these days because it's so easy up to spot the fish -- they glow in the dark. // You know my opponent reminds me of a tired old fellow who's looking in his medicine cabinet, trying to choose among a bunch of dusty old prescriptions that expired years ago. Well, folks old medicine won't cure our ills. Tax-and- spend won't solve our problems. It has no potency at all.// But Hmay Kill the peb patient I've seen it happen so many times before. We 've had some challenging times but let's not retreat into the past, with tired, T expired remedies. Let's press forward into a new century of global economics where America can compete with the best world- class goods and services abroad and a secure and good life at home. God bless New Jersey and God bless the United States of America. What if Le does to America what he 8 did to Arkarsas? why would want Yo lethins Now what about my opponent? Well, he's been in the public sector practically all his professional life. Not long after his work on the McGovern at age 26 campaign, he ran for office in his tender youth and he's been at it ever since. The only time he hasn't been in office was four years he spent as a lawyer. And guess what? He spent those four years trying to figure out how he could get back on the public payroll. And now Governor Clinton says he respects the small businessman. That's like a guy saying he loves to sail, but hates the water. // And it's reflected in his policies. Last week when Tom Brokaw interviewed him, the first words my opporents out of the Governor mouth were about advocating a tax increase. Specifically, he means $150 billion --- just for starters. And he proposes $220 billion in new government spending -- although Newsweek magazine says it might cost three times as much as he claims. They called les Clintons plan, and I quote, "Economic fantary Of course, he says he only wants to tax the rich more. But you know, there aren't enough rich people in America to cough up the cash he wants to spend. I ask New Jersey -- does this sound familiar? I wish I could bring every American voter to New Jersey to see first-hand what a liberal governor and a liberal legislature in collusion can do to wreck an economy. When Governor Florio Flurio SLU Spene more Space here t 5 less on trale path was in cahoots with the Democratic legislature last session, together they drove this state into the ground. // You know the drill all too well. They sound one way when they campaign But it's tax and spend, tax and spend more as soon as the votes are in the coffer. // Remember Governor Kean's motto for this state? Well today, every New Jerseyan knows all too well a rubber-check legislature and a rubber-stamp executive are not -- "perfect together. "// The solution to our economic challenge isn't raising taxes. It's creating more jobs. I know that tourism is a big part of New Jersey's economy. And I know it creates thousands of jobs. And I also know that people don't come to New Jersey to see sludge and medical waste. (If they want to see those things they can go to Arkansas.) Well, I meant it when I came to the Jersey shore in '88 and promised to help clean up your beautiful beaches. First, I promised to end ocean dumping of sewage sludge. We went right to work on it, and last June, the last barge that will ever dump sludge in this ocean sailed from New York Harbor. // Ocean dumping is no more, and now, when tourists look out over the Jersey shore, they won't see sludge barges. They'll see sailboats. // Second, I wanted to clean up the sewage coming from New York City and points beyond. We've invested two billion dollars a year to build new sewage treatment plants, and Tom Kean's 6 Wastewater Treatment Trust has made great progress here in New Jersey. True' New York has been less responsive, so I put $70 million in the Federal budget, both last year and this year, to get them moving. We're going to force them to build those plants so you don't have to put up with the City's sewage washing up on your shores anymore. And ncw, when people look out over the Jersey shore they won't see sewage. They'll see swimmers. // And we're finally getting the garbage out of the water. Goes We've given the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the on resources to collect the refuse from Fresh Kills landfill in New too York. and floatables from careless boaters that end up on long New Jersey's beaches. And when New Jerseyites look out over the Jersey shore they won't see trash. They'll see tourists, spending money and having a ball on the beautiful New Jersey shore. // That's what government can do when it confronts real problems with real policies based on real ideas -- not old formulas from the past. Now, while my administration's helping deliver results on the Jersey shore, my opponent's talking a good game. But look at his record on the environment back in his home state. Arkansas ranked a big five-oh -- dead last among the states -- for the quality of state environmental initiatives. That's not all. menture the Scrence here 7 Corgren would read tis We can't really sustain the which is So there's one choice, America. When he takes a stand at might be all, Governor Clinton stands for high trade walls around our borders -- keeping out high-wage jobs. // stat And I stand for trade. Strong, free, fair trade. the He doesnt wallies to reep the special mk protectional special interests happy And There's a clear choice when it comes to getting the economy going again, too. stet I spent half my career in the public sector, and half J in the private sector creating jobs and meeting a payroll and I had the ulcers to prove it. / / I think that's a pretty good qualification for being President. And what I learned as a businessman is that it's as plain as day that higher taxes don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. I believe that government is already too big -- and spends too much of your money. // I That's why I've proposed freezing federal discretionary spending, and a plan to cap the growth of mandatory federal Thitcap spending without ever touching Social Security. It would save $300 billion over five years. So far, Congress has balked at making these tough choices. So now I have a new idea. I want to give you -- the taxpayer -- the option of taking ten percent of your income tax -- and using it for one purpose alone to reduce the budget deficit. // And I'll cut taxes -- across the board. I've already vetoed one Democratic tax increase, and I'll veto another if I have to.// Link to He Conv. callect 4 Blanguage on spending VOICE-OVER TO GO UNDER GRAPHIC "CURT SMITH" "CURT SMITH IS AN AUTHOR, POLITICAL AND BASEBALL WRITER, PUBLIC SPEAKER, AND PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHWRITER. WHAT FOLLOWS IS A VIDEO BIOGRAPHY." Also: "MARGARET THATCHER" OK u/chay-es # Document No. 348968ss WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM SEP 9 A9: 51 DATE: 9/8/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 9/8 6:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT SUBJECT: MIDDLETOWN, N.J. - - WED. 9/9/92 ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT MCBRIDE BAKER MOORE SCOWCROFT MULLINS DARMAN PETERSMEYER BATES PORTER BRADY PROVOST BROMLEY ROSS CALIO SMITH DEMAREST TUTWILER FITZWATER ZOELLICK GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY MCGROARTY HORNER BOSKIN \ REMARKS: X- 6218 Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 6:00 p.m., TODAY, TUES SEPT. 8, with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 (Askew/Nix) September 8, 1992 2 SEP 8 P2: 46 2:45 P.M. JERSEY PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY SEPTEMBER 9, 1992 ( (TIME??) ((Acknowledgements, humor.) ) Four years ago, almost to the day, I was here in New Jersey, campaigning for the Presidency. At the time, our world was much different. A nuclear Sword of Damocles hung over our children's heads. Today, I return to this beautiful Garden State to say something no President could ever say before: The Cold War is over. And freedom finished first. Now our kids can go to sleep now without the specter of nuclear holocaust in their dreams. Does that mean anything? You bet it does. Now America's challenge is straightforward. In the 21st century, America must remain a military superpower, an export superpower and an economic superpower. In this election, you'll hear two versions of how to do that. Theirs is to look inward, and protect what we already have. Ours is to look outward -- to open new markets, prepare our people to compete, to strengthen the American family -- to save and invest -- so we can win. It starts with a commitment to trade, by opening world markets to the fruits of American labor. 1 New Jersey knows what that means -- better than just about anyone, in fact. This state understands that job growth is tied directly to foreign trade and foreign investment -- to the tune of ( (X jobs and X dollars as result of foreign investment in NJ)). New Jersey is home to ((biggest foreign companies)) because you went out and fought to bring them here. You understand that the world's economies are rapidly becoming one global economy. Understanding that simple, profound fact led my administration to negotiate the North American Free Trade Act. NAFTA would create one of the world's largest free-trade zones - - a $6 trillion market, from the Yukon to the Yucatan -- and would create 300,000 American jobs just in the short term. When my opponent was asked about the treaty, he said, "I'm reviewing it carefully, and when I have a definitive opinion I will say so." Well, ((Thomas Jefferson said, "Leadership is ... ")). And Peter Drucker said, "Leadership is action." Good IN But you know nowhere do I see leadership defined as -- "I'll get back to you later. " And by the way, when Governor Clinton did get back to America on the issue of a global economy, he said he wanted to tax foreign investment. It sounds politically appealing, but it would endanger every one of those New Jersey jobs provided by a foreign company. 2 So there's one choice, America. I stand for trade. Strong, free international trade. Governor Clinton stands for protectionism -- when he takes a stand at all. There's a clear choice when it comes to getting the economy going again, too. I spent half my career in the public sector, and half in the private sector creating jobs and meeting a payroll and I have the ulcers to prove it. I think that's a pretty good qualification for being President. And what I learned as a businessman is that it's as plain as day that higher taxes don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. So I believe that government is already too big == and spends too much of your money. That's why I've put forward a freeze on federal discretionary spending, plus a plan to control the growth of mandatory federal spending without ever touching Social Security. It would save $300 billion over five years. So far, Congress has balked at making these tough choices. So now I have a new idea. I want to give you -- the taxpayer -- the option of taking ten percent of your income tax -- and using it for one purpose alone to reduce the budget deficit. And then -- I'll cut taxes -- across the board. Now what about my opponent? Well, he's been in the public sector all of his professional life except for four years he spent as a lawyer. Get this -- 3 every day during those four years, he was running for office so he could get back on the public payroll. And now Governor Clinton says he respects the small businessman. That's like the guy who says he loves to sail, but has never seen a boat. will And it's reflected in his politics. Last week when Tom Brokaw interviewed him, the first words out of the Governor's mouth were, "I advocate a tax increase." Specifically, he means $150 billion -- for starters. And he proposes $220 billion in new government spending, although the experts admit it may be three times as high as that. Now, he says he only wants to tax the rich more. Except there aren't enough rich people in America to cough up the cash he wants to spend. You tell me what's going to happen. I ask New Jersey -- does this sound familiar? ( (Remember a candidate for Governor of this state, who said he would never raise taxes? Well, guess who BIll Clinton made a beeline toward after his convention. Like a moth to the flame - - he went to see Governor Jim Florio.) ) I wish I could bring every American voter to New Jersey to see first-hand what a governor and legislature in collusion can do to wreck an economy. Remember Governor Kean's motto for this state? Well every New Jerseyite knows all too well that a rubber-check 4 legislature and a rubber-stamp executive are not -- "perfect together." of course the answer isn't more taxes. It's more jobs. I know that tourism is a big part of New Jersey's economy. And I know it creates thousands of jobs. And I also that people don't come to New Jersey to see sludge and medical waste. (If they want to see those things.. they can go to Arkansas. And if they want to breathe air that meets California's environmental standards while they're there, they'll have to wear gas masks.) Well, I meant it when I came to the Jersey shore in '88 and promised to change the attitude of neglect that had polluted your beautiful beaches. First, we promised to end ocean dumping of sewage sludge. We went right to work on it, and last June, the last barge that will ever dump sludge in this ocean sailed from New York Harbor. Ocean dumping is no more, and now, when tourists look out over the Jersey shore, they won't see sludge barges. They'll see sailboats. Second, we wanted to clean up the sewage coming from New York City and points beyond. We've invested two billion dollars a year at the Federal level to build new sewage treatment plants, and Tom Kean' Wastewater Treatment Trust has made great progress here in New Jersey. New York has been less responsive, so I put $70 million in the Federal budget, both last year and this year, to get them 5 moving so you don't have to put up with the City's sewage washing up on your shores anymore. And when people look out over the Jersey shore they won't see sewage. They'll see swimmers. And third, we're finally getting the garbage out of the water. We've given the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the resources to collect the refuse from Fresh Kills landfill in New York and floatables from careless boaters that end up on New Jersey's beaches. And when New Jerseyites look out over the Jersey shore they won't see trash. They'll see tourists. That's what government can do when it confronts real problems with real policies based on real ideas -- not old formulas from the past. My opponent reminds me of a tired old fellow who's looking in his medicine cabinet at a bunch of prescriptions that expired years ago. Well, folks old medicine won't cure our ills. Tax-and- spend won't solve our problems. It has no potency. America today needs realism in its government above all else. And then we need bold resolve. I believe that you tell the American people the hard facts, and then we'll all get to work and do something about changing them for the better. I've seen it happen so many times before. I know four years can change things. For the better and for the worse. We've had some challenging times but let's not retreat into the past, with tired, expired remedies. 6 Let's press forward into a new century of global economics... where America can compete with the best world- class goods and services abroad and a secure and good life at home. Let's complete to nin, not vetreat and lose, God bless New Jersey and God bless the United States of America. 7 Document No. 348968ss WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 9/8/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 9/8 6:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, N.J. - WED. 9/9/92 SUBJECT: ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT MCBRIDE BAKER x MOORE SCOWCROFT X MULLINS DARMAN rody to DMV PETERSMEYER BATES PORTER BRADY X PROVOST BROMLEY ROSS CALIO SMITH To over DEMAREST TUTWILER FITZWATER X ZOELLICK GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY MCGROARTY HORNER BOSKIN N/C REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 6:00 p.m., TODAY, TUES. SEPT. 8, with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: called 3:45 See Kaufman's point PHILLIP D. BRADY P. 4- very can portant Assistant to the President 4:40 and Staff Secretary 5:40 half Ext. 2702 (Askew/Nix) September 8, 1992 2:45 P.M. 2 SEP 8 P2: 46 JERSEY PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY SEPTEMBER 9, 1992 ((TIME??) ((Acknowledgements, humor.) ) Four years ago, almost to the day, I was here in New Jersey, campaigning for the Presidency. At the time, our world was much different. A nuclear Sword of Damocles hung over our children's heads. Today, I return to this beautiful Garden State to say something no President could ever say before: The Cold War is over. And freedom finished first. Now our kids can go to sleep now without the specter of nuclear holocaust in their dreams. Does that mean anything? You bet it does. Now America's challenge is straightforward. In the 21st century, America must remain a military superpower, an export superpower and an economic superpower. In this election, you'll hear two versions of how to do that. Theirs is to look inward, and protect what we already have. Ours is to look outward -- to open new markets, prepare our people to compete, to strengthen the American family -- to save and invest -- so we can win. It starts with a commitment to trade, by opening world markets to the fruits of American labor. 1 New Jersey knows what that means -- better than just about anyone, in fact. This state understands that job growth is tied directly to foreign trade and foreign investment -- to the tune of ((X jobs and X dollars as result of foreign investment in NJ) ) New Jersey is home to ((biggest foreign companies) ) because you went out and fought to bring them here. You understand that the world's economies are rapidly becoming one global economy. Understanding that simple, profound fact led my administration to negotiate the North American Free Trade Act. NAFTA would create one of the world's largest free-trade zones - - a $6 trillion market, from the Yukon to the Yucatan -- and would create 300,000 American jobs just in the short term. When my opponent was asked about the treaty, he said, "I'm reviewing it carefully, and when I have a definitive opinion I will say so." Well, ( (Thomas Jefferson said, "Leadership is ... ")) And Peter Drucker said, "Leadership is action. " But you know nowhere do I see leadership defined as -- "I'll get back to you later.' " And by the way, when Governor Clinton did get back to America on the issue of a global economy, he said he wanted to tax foreign investment. It sounds politically appealing, but it would endanger every one of those New Jersey jobs provided by a foreign company. 2 So there's one choice, America. I stand for trade. Strong, free international trade. Governor Clinton stands for protectionism -- when he takes a stand at all. There's a clear choice when it comes to getting the economy going again, too. I spent half my career in the public sector, and half in the private sector creating jobs and meeting a payroll and I have the ulcers to prove it. I think that's a pretty good qualification for being President. And what I learned as a businessman is that it's as plain as day that higher taxes don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. So I believe that government is already too big -- and spends too much of your money. That's why I've put forward a freeze on federal discretionary spending, plus a plan to control the growth of mandatory federal spending without ever touching Social Security. It would save $300 billion over five years. So far, Congress has balked at making these tough choices. So now I have a new idea. I want to give you -- the taxpayer -- the option of taking ten percent of your income tax -- and using it for one purpose alone to reduce the budget deficit. And then -- I'll cut taxes -- across the board. Now what about my opponent? Well, he's been in the public sector all of his professional life except for four years he spent as a lawyer. Get this -- 3 every day during those four years, he was running for office so he could get back on the public payroll. And now Governor Clinton says he respects the small businessman. That's like the guy who says he loves to sail, but has never seen a boat. And it's reflected in his politics. Last week when Tom Brokaw interviewed him, the first words out of the Governor's mouth were, "I advocate a tax increase." " Specifically, he means $150 billion -- for starters. And he proposes $220 billion in new government spending, although the experts admit it may be three times as high as that. Now, he says he only wants to tax the rich more. Except there aren't enough rich people in America to cough up the cash he wants to spend. You tell me what's going to happen. I ask New Jersey -- does this sound familiar? ( (Remember a candidate for Governor of this state, who said he would never raise taxes? Well, guess who BIll Clinton made a beeline toward after his convention. Like a moth to the flame - - he went to see Governor Jim Florio.) ) I wish I could bring every American voter to New Jersey to see first-hand what a governor and legislature in collusion can do to wreck an economy. Remember Governor Kean's motto for this state? Well every New Jerseyite knows all too well that a rubber-check NOTE: New Legis. is GOP. 4 legislature and a rubber-stamp executive are not -- "perfect together." of course the answer isn't more taxes. It's more jobs. I know that tourism is a big part of New Jersey's economy. And I know it creates thousands of jobs. And I also that people don't come to New Jersey to see sludge and medical waste. (If they want to see those things they can go to Arkansas. And if they want to breathe air that meets California's environmental standards while they're there, they'll have to wear gas masks.) Well, I meant it when I came to the Jersey shore in '88 and promised to change the attitude of neglect that had polluted your beautiful beaches. First, we promised to end ocean dumping of sewage sludge. We went right to work on it, and last June, the last barge that will ever dump sludge in this ocean sailed from New York Harbor. Ocean dumping is no more, and now, when tourists look out over the Jersey shore, they won't see sludge barges. They'll see sailboats. Second, we wanted to clean up the sewage coming from New York City and points beyond. We've invested two billion dollars a year at the Federal level to build new sewage treatment plants, and Tom Kean's Wastewater Treatment Trust has made great progress here in New Jersey. New York has been less responsive, so I put $70 million in the Federal budget, both last year and this year, to get them 5 moving so you don't have to put up with the City's sewage washing up on your shores anymore. And when people look out over the Jersey shore they won't see sewage. They'll see swimmers. And third, we're finally getting the garbage out of the water. We've given the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the resources to collect the refuse from Fresh Kills landfill in New York and floatables from careless boaters that end up on New Jersey's beaches. And when New Jerseyites look out over the Jersey shore they won't see trash. They'll see tourists. That's what government can do when it confronts real problems with real policies based on real ideas -- not old formulas from the past. My opponent reminds me of a tired old fellow who's looking in his medicine cabinet at a bunch of prescriptions that expired years ago. Well, folks old medicine won't cure our ills. Tax-and- spend won't solve our problems. It has no potency. America today needs realism in its government above all else. And then we need bold resolve. I believe that you tell the American people the hard facts, and then we'll all get to work and do something about changing them for the better. I've seen it happen so many times before. I know four years can change things. For the better and for the worse. We've had some challenging times but let's not retreat into the past, with tired, expired remedies. 6 Let's press forward into a new century of global economics where America can compete with the best world- class goods and services abroad and a secure and good life at home. God bless New Jersey and God bless the United States of America. 7 (Frank as Pallone) plays Marrich -outrider CROSS 05.7 Joe Kyrillos. Tabe change.) "He's no different" 21 st in Congren in PAC moneyreeened. Flipflopped on line vero. item Franked mail. 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We've given the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the resources to collect the refuse from Fresh Kills landfill in New York and floatables from careless boaters that end up on New Jersey's beaches. And when New Jerseyites look out over the Jersey shore they won't see trash. They'll see tourists. That's what government can do when it confronts real problems with real policies based on real ideas -- not old formulas from the past. My opponent reminds me of a tired old fellow who's looking in his medicine cabinet at a bunch of prescriptions that expired years ago. Not a great was Well, folks old medicine won't cure our ills. Tax-and- spend won't solve our problems. It has no potency. America today needs realism in its government above all else. And then we need bold resolve. I believe that you tell the American people the hard facts, and then we'll all get to work and do something about changing them for the better. 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(Askew/Nix) September 8, 1992 2:45 P.M. 2 SEP 8 P2: 46 JERSEY PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY SEPTEMBER 9, 1992 ((TIME??) ((Acknowledgements, humor.) ) Four years ago, almost to the day, I was here in New Jersey, campaigning for the Presidency. At the time, our world was much different. A nuclear Sword of Damocles hung over our children's heads. Today, I return to this beautiful Garden State to say something no President could ever say before: The Cold War is over. And freedom finished first. Now our kids can go to sleep now without the specter of nuclear holocaust in their dreams. Does that mean anything? You bet it does. Now America's challenge is straightforward. In the 21st C century, America must remain a military superpower, an export superpower and an economic superpower. In this election, you'll hear two versions of how to do that. Theirs is to look inward, and protect what we already have. Ours is to look outward -- to open new markets, prepare our people to compete, to strengthen the American family -- to save and invest -- so we can win. It starts with a commitment to trade, by opening world markets to the fruits of American labor. 1 New Jersey knows what that means -- better than just about anyone, in fact. This state understands that job growth is tied directly to foreign trade and foreign investment -- to the tune of ( (X jobs and X dollars as result of foreign investment in NJ)). New Jersey is home to ((biggest foreign companies)) because you went out and fought to bring them here. You understand that the world's economies are rapidly becoming one global economy. Understanding that simple, profound fact led my administration to negotiate the North American Free Trade Act. NAFTA would create one of the world's largest free-trade zones - - a $6 trillion market, from the Yukon to the Yucatan -- and would create 300,000 American jobs just in the short term. When my opponent was asked about the treaty, he said, "I'm reviewing it carefully, and when I have a definitive opinion I will say so." Well, ((Thomas Jefferson said, "Leadership is ")). And Peter Drucker said, "Leadership is action. " But you know nowhere do I see leadership defined as -- "I'll get back to you later." And by the way, when Governor Clinton did get back to America on the issue of a global economy, he said he wanted to tax foreign investment. It sounds politically appealing, but it would endanger every one of those New Jersey jobs provided by a foreign company. 2 putting high tax walls around America that will keep at high wage jobs So there's one choice, America. I stand for trade. Strong, free international trade. Governor Clinton stands for protectionism when he takes a stand at all. There's a clear choice when it comes to getting the economy going again, too. I spent half my career in the public sector, and half in the private sector creating jobs and meeting a payroll and I have the ulcers to prove it. I think that's a pretty good qualification for being President. And what I learned as a businessman is that it's as plain as day that higher taxes don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. So I believe that government is already too big -- and spends too much of your money. That's why I've put forward a freeze on federal discretionary spending, plus a plan to control the growth of mandatory federal spending without ever touching Social Security. It would save $300 billion over five years. So far, Congress has balked at making these tough choices. So now I have a new idea. I want to give you -- the taxpayer -- the option of taking ten percent of your income tax -- and using it for one purpose alone to reduce the budget deficit. Ind And then will cut taxes across the board. I have already vetood Now one Democratic tax indvease, ad I will vets another if I have what about my opponent? to. Well, he's been in the public sector all of his professional life except for four years he spent as a lawyer. Get this -- 3 every day during those four years, he was running for office so he could get back on the public payroll. And now Governor Clinton says he respects the small businessman. That's like the guy who says he loves to sail, but has never seen a boat. And it's reflected in his politics. Last week when Tom Brokaw interviewed him, the first words out of the Governor's mouth were, "I advocate a tax increase." Specifically, he means $150 billion -- for starters. And he proposes $220 billion in new government spending, although the experts admit it may be three times as high as that. Now, he says he only wants to tax the rich more. Except there aren't enough rich people in America to cough up the cash he wants to spend. The Governor of Arkansas shaves You tell me what's going to happen. Governor the biggest the same political philosophy tax as another raiser I ask New Jersey -- does this sound familiar? New Jersey history (Remember a candidate for Governor of this state, who said he would never raise taxes? Well, guess who BIll Clinton made a beeline toward after his convention. Like a moth to the flame - - he went to see Governor Jim Florio. )) I wish I could bring every American voter to New Jersey to Tiberal 15eval see first-hand what a governor and legislature in collusion can do to wreck an economy. Here in New Jersey, you've changed the Logislative to the Republican column and they at taxes. They even nerrode Governor Florid's Remember Governor Kean's motto for this state? Well veko every New Jerseyite knows all too well that a rubber-check to do it Give me a Regiblican awass the and at The Federal as well. 4 Cayress b We will cart taxes level $ legislature and a rubber-stamp executive are not -- "perfect together." of course the answer isn't more taxes. It's more jobs. I know that tourism is a big part of New Jersey's economy. know And I know it creates thousands of jobs. And I also that people don't come to New Jersey to see sludge and medical waste. (If they want to see those things. they can go to Arkansas. And if they want to breathe air that meets California's environmental standards while they re there, they' 11 have to wear gas masks Well, I meant it when I came to the Jersey shore in '88 and promised to change the attitude of neglect that had polluted your beautiful beaches. help up your) First, we promised to end ocean dumping of sewage sludge. We went right to work on it, and last June, the last barge that will ever dump sludge in this ocean sailed from New York Harbor. Ocean dumping is no more, and now, when tourists look out over the Jersey shore, they won't see sludge barges. They'll see sailboats. Second, we wanted to clean up the sewage coming from New York City and points beyond. We've invested two billion dollars a year at the Federal level to build new sewage treatment plants, and Tom Kean's Wastewater Treatment Trust has made great progress here in New Jersey. New York has been less responsive, so I put $70 million in the Federal budget, both last year and this year, to get them 5 Ws're going to force New York to build these plants- moving so you don't have to put up with the City's sewage washing up on your shores anymore. And when people look out over the Jersey shore... they won't see sewage. They'll see swimmers. And third, we're finally 2 getting the garbage out of the water. We've given the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the resources to collect the refuse from Fresh Kills landfill in New York... and floatables from careless boaters. that end up on New Jersey's beaches. And when New Jerseyites look out over the Jersey shore... they won't see trash. They'll see tourists. That's what government can do when it confronts real problems with real policies based on real ideas -- not old formulas from the past. My opponent reminds me of a tired old fellow who's looking in his medicine cabinet at a bunch of prescriptions that expired years ago. Well, folks... old medicine won't cure our ills. Tax-and- spend won't solve our problems. It has no potency 2(7) America today needs realism in its government above all else. And then we need bold resolve I believe that you tell the American people the hard facts, and then we'll all get to work and do something about changing them for the better. I've seen it happen so many times before. I know four years can change things. For the better. and for the worse. We've had some challenging times but let's not retreat into the past, with tired, expired remedies. 6 Let's press forward into a new century of global economics where America can compete with the best world- class goods and services abroad and a secure and good life at home. God bless New Jersey and God bless the United States of America. 7 Document No. 348968ss WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 9/8/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 9/8 6:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, N.J. - WED. 9/9/92 SUBJECT: ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT MCBRIDE BAKER MOORE SCOWCROFT MULLINS DARMAN PETERSMEYER BATES PORTER BRADY PROVOST BROMLEY ROSS CALIO SMITH DEMAREST TUTWILER FITZWATER ZOELLICK GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY MCGROARTY HORNER BOSKIN REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 6:00 p.m., TODAY, TUES. SEPT. 8, with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 (Askew/Nix) September 8, 1992 2:45 P.M. 2 SEP 8 P2: 46 JERSEY PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY SEPTEMBER 9, 1992 ( (TIME??) ( (Acknowledgements, humor.) ) Four years ago, almost to the day, I was here in New Jersey, campaigning for the Presidency. At the time, our world was much different. A nuclear Sword of Damocles hung over our children's heads. Today, I return to this beautiful Garden State to say something no President could ever say before: The Cold War is over. And freedom finished first. Now our kids can go to sleep now without the specter of nuclear holocaust in their dreams. Does that mean anything? You bet it does. Now America's challenge is straightforward. In the 21st century, America must remain a military superpower, an export superpower and an economic superpower. In this election, you'll hear two versions of how to do that. Theirs is to look inward, and protect what we already have. Ours is to look outward -- to open new markets, prepare our people to compete, to strengthen the American family -- to save and invest -- so we can win. It starts with a commitment to trade, by opening world markets to the fruits of American labor No matkrwhat My appoint says, werker American can 1 attack and conternate - GYO ther in the world." thatthe workhungerfor our products New Jersey knows what that means better than just about anyone, in fact This state understands that job growth is tied directly to foreign trade and foreign investment -- to the tune of ( (X jobs and X dollars as result of foreign investment in NJ) ) . New Jersey is home to ((biggest foreign companies)) because you went out and fought to bring them here. You understand that the world's economies are rapidly becoming one global economy. Understanding that simple, profound fact led my administration to negotiate the North American Free Trade Act. NAFTA would create one of the world's largest free-trade zones - - a $6 trillion market, from the Yukon to the Yucatan -- and would create 300,000 American jobs just in the short term. Discrent moderate P.C.3new B.C. When my opponent was asked about the treaty, he said, "I'm reviewing it carefully, and when I have a definitive opinion I will say so." Well, ( (Thomas Jefferson said, "Leadership is ... ")). And Peter Drucker said, "Leadership is action." But you know nowhere do I see leadership defined as -- "I'll get back to you later." And by the way, when Governor Clinton did get back to America on the issue of a global economy, he said he wanted to tax foreign investment. It sounds politically appealing, but it would endanger every one of those New Jersey jobs provided by a foreign company. 2 So there's one choice, America. I stand for trade. Strong, name free international trade. Governor Clinton stands for protectionism -- when he takes a stand at all. There's a clear choice when it comes to getting the economy going again, too. I spent half my career in the public sector, and half in the private sector creating jobs and meeting a payroll and I hud have the ulcers to prove it. I think that's a pretty good qualification for being President. And what I learned as a businessman is that it's as plain as day that higher taxes don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. So I believe that government is already too big -- and spends too much of your money. That's why I've put forward a freeze on federal discretionary spending, plus a plan to control the growth of mandatory federal spending without ever touching Social Security. It would save $300 billion over five years. So far, Congress has balked at making these tough choices. So now I have a new idea. I want to give you -- the taxpayer -- the option of taking ten percent of your income tax -- and using it for one purpose alone to reduce the budget deficit. And then -- I'll cut taxes -- across the board. (appluwe) Now what about my opponent? Well, he's been in the public sector all of his professional life except for four years he spent as a lawyer. Get this -- 3 every day during those four years, he was running for office so he could get back on the public payroll. And now Governor Clinton says he respects the small businessman. That's like the guy who says he loves to sail, but has never seen a boat. Policies And it's reflected in his politics. Last week when Tom Brokaw interviewed him, the first words out of the Governor's mouth were, "I advocate a tax increase." Specifically, he means $150 billion -- for starters. And he proposes $220 billion in new government spending, although the (Newsrth experts admit it may be three times as high as that. Now, he says he only wants to tax the rich more. Except there aren't enough rich people in America to cough up the cash he wants to spend. You tell me what's going to happen. I ask New Jersey -- does this sound familiar? ( (Remember a candidate for Governor of this state, who said he would never raise taxes? Well, guess who BIll Clinton made a beeline toward after his convention. Like a moth to the flame - - he went to see Governor Jim Florio. )) I wish I could bring every American voter to New Jersey to see first-hand what a governor and legislature in collusion can do to wreck an economy. Remember Governor Kean's motto for this state? Well every New Jersey ite knows all too well that a rubber-check an 4 to an economic challenger legislature and a rubber-stamp executive are not -- "perfect together." (Keer life) of course the answer isn't more taxes. It's more jobs. I know that tourism is a big part of New Jersey's economy. And I know it creates thousands of jobs. And I also that people don't come to New Jersey to see sludge and medical waste. (If they want to see those things they can go to Arkansas. And if they want to breathe air that meets California's environmental standards while they're there, they'll have to wear gas masks.) Well, I meant it when I came to the Jersey shore in '88 and promised to change the attitude of neglect that had polluted your beautiful beaches. First, we promised to end ocean dumping of sewage sludge. We went right to work on it, and last June, the last barge that will ever dump sludge in this ocean sailed from New York Harbor. Ocean dumping is no more, and now, when tourists look out over the sailboats. Jersey shore, they won't see sludge barges. They'll see (pup) Second, we wanted to clean up the sewage coming from New York City and points beyond. We've invested two billion dollars a year at the Federal level to build new sewage treatment plants, and Tom Kean's Wastewater Treatment Trust has made great progress here in New Jersey. New York has been less responsive, so I put $70 million in the Federal budget, both last year and this year, to get them 5 moving so you don't have to put up with the City's sewage washing up on your shores anymore. And when people look out over the Jersey shore they won't see sewage. They'll see swimmers. And third we're finally getting the garbage out of the water. We've given the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the resources to collect the refuse from Fresh Kills landfill in New York and floatables from careless boaters that end up on New Jersey's beaches. And when New Jerseyites look out over the Jersey shore they won't see trash. They'll see tourists. That's what government can do when it confronts real problems with real policies based on real ideas -- not old formulas from the past. My opponent reminds me of a tired old fellow who's looking in his medicine cabinet at a bunch of prescriptions that expired years ago. Well, folks old medicine won't cure our ills. Tax-and- spend won't solve our problems. It has no potency. America today needs realism in its government above all else. And then we need bold resolve. I believe that you tell the American people the hard facts, and then we'll all get to work and do something about changing them for the better. I've seen it happen so many times before. I know four years can change things. For the better and for the worse. We've had some challenging times but let's not retreat into the past, with tired, expired remedies. 6 Let's press forward into a new century of global economics where America can compete with the best world- class goods and services abroad and a secure and good life at home. God bless New Jersey and God bless the United States of America. 7 Ross P.7 add after last sent. in 1st 4 "LeA's compete to wih, not retreat and lose." SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 5:20PM ; OPD-> 2024566218:# 1 Document No. 348968ss WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 9/8/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 9/8 6:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, N.J. - WED. 9/9/92 SUBJECT: ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT MCBRIDE BAKER MOORE SCOWCROFT MULLINS DARMAN PETERSMEYER BATES PORTER BRADY PROVOST BROMLEY ROSS CALIO SMITH DEMAREST TUTWILER FITZWATER ZOELLICK GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDA MCGROARTY HORNER BOSKIN REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 6:00 p.m., TODAY, TUES. SEPT. 8, with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: see comments. PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 5:21PM ; OPD-> 2024566218:# 2 New Jersey knows what that means -- better than just about anyone, in fact. This state understands that job growth is tied directly to foreign trade and foreign investment -- to the tune of ((X jobs and X dollars as result of foreign investment in NJ)). DUC can provide this am. 09/09. New Jersey is home to ((biggest foreign companies)) because you went out and fought to bring them here. You understand that the world's economies are rapidly becoming one global economy. (Treasury Understanding that simple, profound fact led my (Agreement. administration to negotiate the North American Free Trade NAFTA would create one of the world's largest free-trade zones - - a $6 trillion market, from the Yukon to the Yucatan -- and would create 300,000 American jobs just in the short term. When my opponent was asked about the treaty, he said, "I'm reviewing it carefully, and when I have a definitive opinion I will say so." Well, ((Thomas Jefferson said, "Leadership is ... ")). And Peter Drucker said, "Leadership is action." But you know nowhere do I see leadership defined as -- "I'll get back to you later." And by the way, when Governor Clinton did get back to America on the issue of a global economy, he said he wanted to tax foreign investment. It sounds politically appealing, but it would endanger every one of those New Jersey jobs provided by a foreign company. 2 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 5:21PM ; OPD-> 2024566218:# 3 So there's one choice, America. I stand for trade. Strong, free international trade. Governor Clinton stands for protectionism -- when he takes a stand at all. There's a clear choice when it comes to getting the economy going again, too. I spent half my career in the public sector, and half in the private sector... creating jobs and meeting a payroll.. and I have the ulcers to prove it. I think that's a pretty good qualification for being President. And what I learned as a businessman is that it's as plain as day that higher taxes don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. So I believe that government is already too big == and spends too much of your money. That's why I've put forward a freeze on federal discretionary spending, plus a plan to control the growth of mandatory federal spending without ever touching Social Security. It would save $300 billion over five years. So far, Congress has balked at making these tough choices. So now I have a new idea. I want to give you -- the taxpayer -- the option of taking ten percent of your income tax -- and using it for one purpose alone... to reduce the budget deficit. And then -- I'll cut taxes -- across the board. Now... what about my opponent? Well, he's been in the public sector all of his professional life... except for four years he spent as a lawyer. Get this -- 3 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 5:22PM ; OPD-> 2024566218:# 4 every day during those four years, he was running for office so he could get back on the public payroll. And now Governor Clinton says he respects the small businessman. That's like the guy who says he loves to sail, but has never seen a boat. And it's reflected in his politics. Last week when Tom Brokaw interviewed him, the first words out of the Governor's mouth were, "I advocate a tax increase." Specifically, he means $150 billion -- for starters. And he proposes $220 billion in new government spending, although the experts admit it may be three times as high as that. Now, he says he only wants to tax the rich more. - Except there aren't enough rich people in America to cough up the cash he wants to spend. You tell me what's going to happen. Y ask New Jersey - does this sound familiar? ( (Remember a candidate for Governor of this state, who said he would never raise taxes? Well, guess who BIll Clinton made a beeline toward after his convention. Like a moth to the flame - - he went to see Governor Jim Floric.)) I wish I could bring every American voter to New Jersey to see first-hand what a governor and legislature in collusion can do to wreck an economy. Remember Governor Kean's motto for this state? Well.. every New Jerseyite knows all too well... that a rubber-check 4 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 5:22PM ; OPD-> 2024566218:# 5 legislature and a rubber-stamp executive are not -- "perfect together." of course the answer isn't more taxes. It's more jobs. I know that tourism is a big part of New Jersey's economy. And I know it creates thousands of jobs. And I alsouthat people (Trensury) don't come to New Jersey to see sludge and medical waste. could ICEL 5g (If they want to see those things... they can go to Arkansas. Pls. And if they want to breathe air that meets California's delete environmental standards while they're there, they'll have to wear chap gas masks.) Well, I meant it when I came to the Jersey shore in '88 and (PTA) promised to change the attitude of neglect that had polluted your beautiful beaches. alily an waste such the First, we promised to end ocean dumping of sewage sludge. that we halted We went right to work on it, and last June, the last barge that will ever dump sludge in this ocean sailed from New York Harbor. Ocean dumping is no more, and now, when tourists look out over the Jersey shore, they won't see sludge barges. They'll see sailboats. blems assent Second, we wanted to clean up the sewage coming from New into York city and points beyond. We've invested two billion dollars year at the Federal level to build new sewage treatment plants, and Tom Kean's Wastewater Treatment Trust has made great progress here in New Jersey. New York has been less responsive, so I put $70 million in the Federal budget, both last year and this year, to get them 5 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 5:23PM ; OPD-> 2024566218:# 6 moving so you don't have to put up with the City's sewage washing up on your shores anymore. And when people look out over the Jersey shore... they won't see sewage. They'll see swimmers. And third, we're finally getting the garbage out of the water. We've given the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the resources to collect the refuse from Fresh Kills landfill in New York... and floatables from careless boaters. that end up on New Jersey's beaches. And when New Jerseyites look out over the Jersey shore... they won't see trash. They'll see tourists. That's what government can do when it confronts real problems with real policies based on real ideas -- not old formulas from the past. My opponent reminds me of a tired old fellow who's looking in his medicine cabinet at a bunch of prescriptions that expired years ago. Well, folks old medicine won't cure our ills. Tax-and- spend won't solve our problems. It has no potency. America today needs realism in its government above all else. And then we need bold resolve. I believe that you tell the American people the hard facts, and then we'll all get to work and do something about changing them for the better. I've seen it happen so many times before. I know four years can change things. For the better... and for the worse. We've had some challenging times but let's not retreat into the past, with tired, expired remedies. 6 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 5:23PM ; OPD-> 2024566218:# 7 Let's press forward... into a new century of global economics... where America can compete with the best... world- class goods and services abroad... and a secure and good life at home. God bless New Jersey... and God bless the United States of America. 7 6743 Document No. 348968ss WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM 92 SEP 8 P6. 26 DATE: 9/8/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 9/8 6:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT SUBJECT: MIDDLETOWN, N.J. - WED. 9/9/92 ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT MCBRIDE BAKER MOORE SCOWCROFT MULLINS DARMAN PETERSMEYER BATES PORTER BRADY PROVOST BROMLEY ROSS CALIO SMITH DEMAREST TUTWILER FITZWATER ZOELLICK GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY MCGROARTY HORNER BOSKIN > REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 6:00 p.m., TODAY, TUES. SEPT. 8, with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: September 8, 1992 TO: DAN MCGROARTY The NSC staff concurs with the attached, with PHILLIP D. BRADY comments as noted. Assistant to the President Needomore Coherence Trother and (Travention, to be pulled Bumary) and Staff Secretary Brent Scowcroft Ext. 2702 CC: Phillip Brady (Askew/Nix) September 8, 1992 2 SEP 8 P2: 46 2:45 P.M. JERSEY PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY SEPTEMBER 9, 1992 ((TIME??) ((Acknowledgements, humor.)) Four years ago, almost to the day, I was here in New Jersey, campaigning for the Presidency. At the time, our world was much different. A nuclear Sword of Damocles hung over our children's heads. Today, I return to this beautiful Garden State to say something no President could ever say before: The Cold War is over. And freedom finished first. Now our kids can go to sleep now without the specter of nuclear holocaust in their dreams. Does that mean anything? You bet it does. Now America's challenge is straightforward. In the 21st century, America must remain a military superpower, an export superpower and an economic superpower. In this election, you'll hear two versions of how to do that. Theirs is to look inward, and protect what we already have. Ours is to look outward -- to open new markets, prepare our people to compete, to strengthen the American family -- to save and invest -- so we can win. It starts with a commitment to trade, by opening world markets to the fruits of American labor. 1 New Jersey knows what that means -- better than just about anyone, in fact. This state understands that job growth is tied directly to foreign trade and foreign investment -- to the tune of ((X jobs and X dollars as result of foreign investment in NJ) ) New Jersey is home to ((biggest foreign companies)) because you went out and fought to bring them here. You understand that the world's economies are rapidly becoming one global economy. Understanding that simple, profound fact led my administration to negotiate the North American Free Trade Act. NAFTA would create one of the world's largest free-trade zones - - a $6 trillion market, from the Yukon to the Yucatan -- and Have we used thes would create 300,000 American jobs just in the short term. Institute wefore? When my opponent was asked about the treaty, he said, "I'm the Internat Freviewing it carefully, and when I have a definitive opinion I ray will say so. " Dies This net Well, ((Thomas Jefferson said, "Leadership is heally ... ")). And Peter Drucker said, "Leadership is action." Transes But you know nowhere do I see leadership defined as -- argmat? effective "I'll get back to you later." And by the way, when Governor Clinton did get back to America on the issue of a global economy, he said he wanted to tax foreign investment. It sounds politically appealing, but it would endanger every one of those New Jersey jobs provided by a foreign company. the 2 want The to real So there's one choice, America. I stand for trade. Strong, free international trade. Governor Clinton stands for Com we protectionism -- when he takes a stand at all. laths? There's a clear choice when it comes to getting the economy focele? going again, too. I spent half my career in the public sector, and half in the private sector creating jobs and meeting a payroll and I have the ulcers to prove it. I think that's a pretty good qualification for being President. (alces?) And what I learned as a businessman is that it's as plain as day that higher taxes don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. So I believe that government is already too big -= and spends too much of your money. That's why I've put forward a freeze on federal discretionary spending, plus a plan to control the growth of mandatory federal spending without ever touching Social Security. It would save $300 billion over five years. So far, Congress has balked at making these tough choices. So now I have a new idea. I want to give you -- the taxpayer -- the option of taking ten percent of your income tax -- and using it for one purpose alone to reduce the budget deficit. And then -- I'll cut taxes -- across the board. Now what about my opponent? Well, he's been in the public sector all of his professional life except for four years he spent as a lawyer. Get this -- 3 every day during those four years, he was running for office so he could get back on the public payroll. And now Governor Clinton says he respects the small businessman. That's like the guy who says he loves to sail, but has never seen a boat. And it's reflected in his politics. Last week when Tom Brokaw interviewed him, the first words out of the Governor's mouth were, "I advocate a tax increase." Specifically, he means $150 billion -- for starters. And he proposes $220 billion in new government spending, although the experts admit it may be three times as high as that. Now, he says he only wants to tax the rich more. Except there aren't enough rich people, in America to cough up the cash he wants to spend. You tell me what's going to happen. I ask New Jersey -- does this sound familiar? ( (Remember a candidate for Governor of this state, who said he would never raise taxes? Well, guess who BIll Clinton made a beeline toward after his convention. Like a moth to the flame - - he went to see Governor Jim Florio.) ) I wish I could bring every American voter to New Jersey to see first-hand what a governor and legislature in collusion can do to wreck an economy. Remember Governor Kean's motto for this state? Well every New Jerseyite knows all too well that a rubber-check 4 legislature and a rubber-stamp executive are not -- "perfect together." of course the answer isn't more taxes. It's more jobs. I know that tourism is a big part of New Jersey's economy. And I know it creates thousands of jobs. And I also that people don't come to New Jersey to see sludge and medical waste. (If they want to see those things they can go to Arkansas. And if they want to breathe air that meets California's environmental standards while they're there, they'll have to wear gas masks.) Well, I meant it when I came to the Jersey shore in '88 and promised to change the attitude of neglect that had polluted your beautiful beaches. First, we promised to end ocean dumping of sewage sludge. We went right to work on it, and last June, the last barge that will ever dump sludge in this ocean sailed from New York Harbor. Ocean dumping is no more, and now, when tourists look out over the Jersey shore, they won't see sludge barges. They'll see sailboats. Second, we wanted to clean up the sewage coming from New York City and points beyond. We've invested two billion dollars a year at the Federal level to build new sewage treatment plants, and Tom Kean's Wastewater Treatment Trust has made great progress here in New Jersey. New York has been less responsive, so I put $70 million in the Federal budget, both last year and this year, to get them 5 moving so you don't have to put up with the City's sewage washing up on your shores anymore. And when people look out over the Jersey shore they won't see sewage. They'll see swimmers. And third, we're finally getting the garbage out of the water. We've given the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the resources to collect the refuse from Fresh Kills landfill in New York and floatables from careless boaters that end up on New Jersey's beaches. And when New Jerseyites look out over the Jersey shore they won't see trash. They'll see tourists. That's what government can do when it confronts real problems with real policies based on real ideas -- not old formulas from the past. My opponent reminds me of a tired old fellow who's looking in his medicine cabinet at a bunch of prescriptions that expired years ago. Well, folks old medicine won't cure our ills. Tax-and- spend won't solve our problems. It has no potency. America today needs realism in its government above all else. And then we need bold resolve. I believe that you tell the American people the hard facts, and then we'll all get to work and do something about changing them for the better. I've seen it happen so many times before. I know four years can change things. For the better and for the worse. We've had some challenging times but let's not retreat into the past, with tired, expired remedies. 6 Let's press forward into a new century of global economics where America can compete with the best world- class goods and services abroad and a secure and good life at home. God bless New Jersey and God bless the United States of America. 7 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:49 ; The White House- 202 456 7739;# 1 Document No. 348968sa WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM P5: 40 DATE: 9/8/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 9/8 6:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT SUBJECT: MIDDLETOWN, N.J. - WED. 9/9/92 ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT MCBRIDE BAKER MOORE SCOWCROFT MULLING DARMAN PETERSMEYER BATES PORTER BRADY PROVOST BROMLEY ROSS CALIO SMITH DEMAREST TUTWILER FITZWATER ZOELLICK GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY MCGROARTY HORNER BOSKIN REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 6:00 p.m., TODAY, TUES. SEPT. 8, with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:49 ; The White House- 202 456 7739:# 2 (Askew/Nix) September 8, 1992 2 SEP 8 P2: 46 2:45 P.M. JERSEY PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY SEPTEMBER 9, 1992 (TIME??) ((Acknowledgements, humor.)) Four years ago, almost to the day, I was here in New Jersey, campaigning for the Presidency. THAT At the time, our world was much different. A nuclear Sword of Damocles hung over our children's heads. Today, I return to this beautiful Garden State to say something no President could ever say before: The Cold War is over. And freedom finished first. Now our kids can go to sleep new without the specter of nuclear holocaust in their dreams. Does that mean anything? You bet it does. Now America's challenge is straightforward. In the 21st century, America must remain a military superpower, an export superpower and an economic superpower. TRM TO In this election, you'll hear two versions of how to do that. Theirs is to look inward, and protect what we already have. Ours is to look outward -- to open new markets, prepare our people to compete, to strengthen the American family -- to save and invest -- so we can win. It starts with a commitment to trade, by opening world markets to the fruits of American labor. 1 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:50 ; The White House- 202 456 7739;# 3 How IMPORTANT TRADE IS TO OUR NATION'S ECONOMY New Jersey knows what that means meaned better than just about ITS RESIDENTS anyone, in fact. This state understands that job growth is tied directly to foreign trade and foreign investment -- to the tune of ((X jobs and X dollars as result of foreign investment in NJ) New Jersey is home to ((biggest foreign companies)) because you went out and fought to bring them here. You understand that NATIONAL SUBSUMED By A the world' economies are rapidly becomingV global economy. Understanding that simple, profound fact led my administration to negotiate the North American Free Trade Act. WILL NAFTA would create one of the world's largest free-trade zones - - a $6 trillion market, from the Yukon to the Yucatan -- and WILL would create 300,000 American jobs just in the short term. When my opponent was asked about the treaty, he said, "I'm reviewing it carefully, and when I have a definitive opinion I will say so." Well, ((Thomas Jefferson said, "Leadership is ... ")). And Peter Drucker said, "Leadership is action." But you know... nowhere do I see leadership defined as -- "I'll get back to you later." And by the way, when Governor Clinton did get back to America on the issue of a global economy, he said he wanted to tax foreign investment. It sounds politically appealing, but it would endanger every one of those New Jersey jobs provided by IESO foreign company. 2 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:50 ; The White House- 202 456 7739;# 4 So there's one choice, America. I I stand for trade. strong, AND FAIR free Vinternational trade. Governor Clinton stands for protectionism If when he takes a stand at all. 817. There's a clear choice when it comes to getting the economy going again, too. I spent half my career in the public sector, and half in the private sector... creating jobs and meeting a payroll... and I have the ulcers to prove it. I think that's a pretty good qualification for being President. And what I learned as a businessman is that it's as plain as day that higher taxes don't create jobs. They destrov jobs. so TKI $ believe governmernment is already too big -= and spends too much of your money. PROPOSED That's why I've put forward I a freeze on federal ING I AND discretionary spending, plus a plan to control the growth of mandatory federal spending without ever touching Social Security. It would save $300 billion over five years. KRAY so far, Congress has balked at making these tough choices. so now I have a new idea. LI want to give you -- the taxpayer -- the option of taking ten percent of your income tax -- and using it for one purpose alone to reduce the budget deficit. And then -- I'll cut taxes -- across the board. Now... what about my opponent? Well, he's been in the public sector all of his professional life except for four years he spent as a lawyer. Get this -- 3 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:51 ; The White House- 202 456 7739:# 5 every day during those four years, he was running for office so he could get back on the public payroll. And now Governor Clinton says he respects the small A SAYING businessman. That's like the guy who says he loves to sail, but has never seen a boat. And it's reflected in his politics. Last week when Tom Brokaw interviewed him, the first words out of the Governor's mouth were, "I advocate a tax increase." Specifically, he means $150 billion -- for starters. And he proposes $220 billion in new government spending, although the experts admit it may be three times as high as that. Now, he says he only wants to tax the rich more. Except there aren't enough rich people in America to cough up the cash he wants to spend. You tell me what's going to happen. I ask New Jersey -- does this sound familiar? ( (Remember a candidate for Governor of this state, who said he would never raise taxes? Well, guess who BIll Clinton made a beeline toward after his convention. Like a moth to the flame - CONSULT WITH - he went to Governor Jim Florio.) THE DEMOCRAT I wish I could bring every American voter to New Jersey to see first-hand what a governor and legislature in collusion can do to wreck an economy. Remember Governor Kean's motto for this state? Well every New Jerseyite knows all too well that a rubber-check 4 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:51 The White House- 202 456 7739:# 6 legislature and a rubber-stamp executive are not -- "perfect together." SOLUTION RAISING CREATING of course the answer isn't nove taxes. It's more jobs. I know that tourism is a big part of New Jersey's economy. KNOW And I know it creates thousands of jobs. And I alsoythat people don't come to New Jersey to see sludge and medical waste. (If they want to see those things... they can go to Arkansas. And if they want to breathe air that meets California's environmental standards while they're there, they'll have to wear gas masks.) well, I meant it when I came to the Jersey shore in '88 and promised to change the attitude of neglect that had polluted your beautiful beaches. I First, we promised to end ocean dumping of sewage sludge. We went right to work on it, and last June, the last barge that will ever dump sludge in this ocean sailed from New York Harbor. ocean dumping is no more, and now, when tourists look out over the Jersey shore, they won't see sludge barges. They'll see sailboats. I Second, we wanted to clean up the sewage coming from New York City and points beyond. We've invested two billion dollars a year at the Federal level to build new sewage treatment plant and Tom Kean's Wastewater Treatment Trust has made great progre here in New Jersey. New York has been less responsive, so I put $70 million 1 the Federal budget, both last year and this year, to get them 5 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 : 15:51 ; The White House-> 202 456 7739:# 7 moving so you don't have to put up with the City's sewage washing Now up on your shores anymore. And when people look out over the Jersey shore they won't see sewage. They'll see swimmers. And third, we're finally getting the garbage out of the water. We've given the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the resources to collect the refuse from Fresh Kills landfill in New York and floatables from careless boaters that end up on New Jersey's beaches. And when New Jerseyites look out over the Jersey shore they won't see trash. They'll see tourists. That's what government can do when it confronts real problems with real policies based on real ideas -- not old formulas from the past. TRYING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN My opponent reminds me of a tired old fellow who's looking in his medicine cabinet at a bunch of prescriptions that expired years ago. Well, folks old medicine won't cure our ills. Tax-and- who spend won't solve our problems. It has no potency CARE America today needs realism in its government above all else. And then we need bold resolve. I believe that you tell the American people the hard facts, and then we'll all get to work and do something about changing them for the better. I've seen it happen so many times before. I know four years can change things. For the better. and for the worse. We've had some challenging times but let's not retreat into the past, with tired, expired remedies. 6 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:52 ; The White House-> 202 456 7739:# 8 Let's press forward into a new century of global economics where America can compete with the best world- REWARDING class goods and services abroad and a secure and good life at home. God bless New Jersey and God bless the United States of America. 7 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:55 ; The White House- 2024566218;# 1 of w/cnage Document No. 348968ss WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 9/8/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY TODAY, 9/8 6:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT SUBJECT: MIDDLETOWN, N.J. - WED. 9/9/92 ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT MCBRIDE BAKER MOORE SCOWCROFT MULLINS DARMAN PETERSMEYER BATES PORTER BRADY PROVOST BROMLEY ROSS CALIO SMITH DEMAREST TUTWILER FITZWATER ZOELLICK GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY MCGROARTY HORNER BOSKIN REMARKS: X- 6218 Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 6:00 p.m., TODAY, TUES SEPT. 8, with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:56 ; The White House-> 2024566218:# 2 (Askew/Nix) September 8, 1992 2:45 P.M. 2 SEP 8 P2: 46 JERSEY PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VFW HALL EVENT MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY SEPTEMBER 9, 1992 (TIME??) ((Acknowledgements, humor.)) Four years ago, almost to the day, I was here in New Jersey, campaigning for the Presidency. At the time, our world was much different. A nuclear Sword of Damocles hung over our children's heads. Today, I return to this beautiful Garden State to say something no President could ever say before: The Cold War is over. And freedom finished first. Now our kids can go to sleep now without the specter of nuclear holocaust in their dreams. Does that mean anything? You bet it does. Now America's challenge is straightforward. In the 21st century, America must remain a military superpower, an export superpower and an economic superpower. In this election, you'll hear two versions of how to do that. Theirs is to look inward, and protect what we already have. Ours is to look outward -- to open new markets, prepare our people to compete, to strengthen the American family -- to save and invest - so we can win. It starts with a commitment to trade, by opening world markets to the fruits of American labor. 1 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:56 ; The White House- 2024566218:# 3 New Jersey knows what that means -- better than just about anyone, in fact. This state understands that job growth is tied directly to foreign trade and foreign investment -- to the tune of ((X jobs and X dollars as result of foreign investment in NJ)). New Jersey is home to ((biggest foreign companies)) because you went out and fought to bring them here. You understand that the world's economies are rapidly becoming one global economy. Understanding that simple, profound fact led my administration to negotiate the North American Free Trade Act. NAFTA would create one of the world's largest free-trade zones - - a $6 trillion market, from the Yukon to the Yucatan -- and would create 300,000 American jobs just in the short term. When my opponent was asked about the treaty, he said, "I'm reviewing it carefully, and when I have a definitive opinion I will say so." Well, ((Thomas Jefferson said, "Leadership is ... ")). And Peter Drucker said, "Leadership is action." Good But you know nowhere do I see leadership defined as - "I'll get back to you later." And by the way, when Governor Clinton did get back to America on the issue of a global economy, he said he wanted to tax foreign investment. It sounds politically appealing, but it would endanger every one of those New Jersey jobs provided by a foreign company. 2 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:57 ; The White House- 2024566218:# 4 so there's one choice, America. I stand for trade. Strong, free international trade. Governor Clinton stands for protectionism -- when he takes a stand at all. There's a clear choice when it comes to getting the economy going again, too. I spent half my career in the public sector, and half in the private sector.. creating jobs and meeting a payroll and I have the ulcers to prove it. I think that's a pretty good qualification for being President. And what I learned as a businessman is that it's as plain as day that higher taxes don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. so I believe that government is already too bid -= and spends too much of your money. That's why I've put forward a freeze on federal discretionary spending, plus a plan to control the growth of mandatory federal spending without ever touching Social Security. It would save $300 billion over five years. so far, Congress has balked at making these tough choices. So now I have a new idea. I want to give you -- the taxpayer --- the option of taking ten percent of your income tax -- and using it for one purpose alone. to reduce the budget deficit. And then -- I'll out taxes --- across the board. Now what about my opponent? Well, he's been in the public sector all of his professional life except for four years he spent as a lawyer. Get this -- 3 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9-- 8-92 ; 15:57 ; The White House- 2024566218:# 5 every day during those four years, he was running for office so he could get back on the public payroll. And now Governor Clinton says he respects the small businessman. That's like the guy who says he loves to sail, but has never seen a boat. will And it's reflected in his politics. Last week when Tom Brokaw interviewed him, the first words out of the Governor's mouth were, "I advocate a tax increase." Specifically, he means $150 billion -- for starters. And he proposes $220 billion in new government spending, although the experts admit it may be three times as high as that. Now, he says he only wants to tax the rich more. Except there aren't enough rich people in America to cough up the cash he wants to spend. You tell me what's going to happen. I ask New Jersey -- does this sound familiar? ( (Remember a candidate for Governor of this state, who said he would never raise taxes? Well, guess who BIll Clinton made a beeline toward after his convention. Like a moth to the flame - - he went to see Governor Jim Floric.)) I wish I could bring every American voter to New Jersey to see first-hand what a governor and legislature in collusion can do to wreck an economy. Remember Governor Kean's motto for this state? Well every New Jerseyite knows all too well that a rubber-check 4 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:58 ; The White House- 20245662181# 6 legislature and a rubber-stamp executive are not -- "perfect together." of course the answer isn't more taxes. It's more jobs. I know that tourism is a big part of New Jersey's economy. And I know it creates thousands of jobs. And I also that people don't come to New Jersey to see sludge and medical waste. (If they want to see those things... they can go to Arkansas. And if they want to breathe air that meets California's environmental standards while they're there, they'll have to wear gas masks.) Well, I meant it when I came to the Jersey shore in '88 and promised to change the attitude of neglect that had polluted your beautiful beaches. First, we promised to end ocean dumping of sewage sludge. We went right to work on it, and last June, the last barge that will ever dump sludge in this ocean sailed from New York Harbor. Ocean dumping is no more, and now, when tourists look out over the Jersey shore, they won't see sludge barges. They'll see sailboats. Second, we wanted to clean up the sewage coming from New York city and points beyond. We've invested two billion dollars a year at the Federal level to build new sewage treatment plants, and Tom Kean's Wastewater Treatment Trust has made great progress here in New Jersey. New York has been less responsive, SO I put $70 million in the Federal budget, both last year and this year, to get them 5 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:58 ; The White House-> 2024566218:# 7 moving so you don't have to put up with the City's sewage washing up on your shores anymore. And when people look out over the Jersey shore... they won't see sewage. They'll see swimmers. And third, we're finally getting the garbage out of the water. We've given the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the resources to collect the refuse from Fresh Kills landfill in New York and floatables from careless boaters that end up on New Jersey's beaches. And when New Jerseyites look out over the Jersey shore they won't see trash. They'll see tourists. That's what government can do when it confronts real problems.. with real policies based on real ideas -- not old formulas from the past. My opponent reminds me of a tired old fellow who's looking in his medicine cabinet at a bunch of prescriptions that expired years ago. Well, folks old medicine won't cure our ills. Tax-and- spend won't solve our problems. It has no potency. America today needs realism in its government above all else. And then we need bold resolve. I believe that you tell the American people the hard facts, and then we'll all get to work and do something about changing them for the better. I've seen it happen so many times before. I know four years can change things. For the better... and for the worse. We've had some challenging times but let's not retreat into the past, with tired, expired remedies. 6 SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9- 8-92 ; 15:59 ; The White House-> 2024566218:# 8 Let's press forward. into a new century of global sconomics... where America can compete with the best... world- class goods and services abroad. and a secure and good life at home. Let's compute to with, not retreat andlose and God bless New Jersey and God bless the United States of America. 7 THE WHITE HOUSE office of the Press Secretary (Middletown, New Jersey) For Immediate Release September 9, 1992 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN BUSH-QUAYLE RALLY '92 Middletown Township VFW Hall Middletown, New Jersey 3:04 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Thank you, Governor. Listen, thank you for this welcome. And what an honor it is to be introduced by Governor Tom Kean, great New Jerseyan, great friend. Thank you, Governor Kean, for heading our campaign. I know that guarantees success. Now, hello to everybody. A thousand apologies for being, what, 15 minutes late. (Laughter.) And I'm delighted to be back, back in New Jersey. And allow me to quickly thank most host, Mayor Rosemary Peters; the Vets, Neal Cassidy, Al Thomas, Ben Ferrera and all the New Jersey veterans in the audience as well as the Nottingham Little League -- what a job they did. (Applause.) And I look forward to seeing Joe Kyrillos in Washington soon -- (applause) -- where he'll join Congressman Chris Smith. THE AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! THE PRESIDENT: Four. And let me acknowledge some New Jersey talent -- Bob Franks, Don Francesco, Chuck Atan, members of the New Jersey legislature and members of the Monmouth County Free Holder Board. All good Republicans. And I was not far from here, as the Governor said, almost exactly four years ago to the day. And I was campaigning for the presidency. And our world was very different, largely because of one undeniable fact: A nuclear Sword of Damocles hung over our children's head. Well, today, I return to this beautiful Garden state to say something no president could ever say before: The cold War is over and freedom won. (Applause.) Thanks to the sustained effort of brave men and women like the veterans here today, now our kids can go to sleep without nuclear holocaust haunting their dreams. That is real progress for mankind, and I'm proud to have been a part of it. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: Where was Bill? Where was Bill? THE PRESIDENT: We'll let him answer that one. (Laughter.) Thanks to folks like veteran Bill Denisson, who's 82 and came here tonight just to hear a young guy like me. He deserves credit. Does our children's peace of mind mean anything? And you bet it does. And we should be proud that together we have made it happen. (Applause.) And now, America's challenge is straightforward. In the 21st century, America must be a military superpower, an export superpower and an economic superpower. And in this election, as the Governor said, you're going to hear two versions of how to do that. Theirs is to look MORE - 2 - inward and try to protect what we already have. And ours is to look outward, to open new markets, to prepare our people to compete, to strengthen our families, our social fabric, to save and invest, so that we can win. And my agenda starts with a commitment to trade, by opening world markets to the fruits of American labor. My opponent says, American workers can still -- my opponent says turn inward. And I say American workers can still outwork, outthink and outcreate anybody in the entire world. (Applause.) And New Jersey, this great state, knows what that's worth, better than just about anyone. In this state alone, more than a quarter-million jobs are tied to foreign investment and a thousand more to exports. Understanding the reality of this global economy led me to negotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. And that agreement will create the world's largest free-trade zone, a $6 trillion market, from the Yukon to the Yucatan, and will create 300,000 American jobs. And that is just in the short run. (Applause.) And Governor Clinton -- Governor Clinton used to support it. Now he says, "I'm reviewing it carefully, and when I have a definite opinion, I'll say so." Well, Walter Lippmann said leadership -- leadership means guarding, and I quote, "a nation's ideals." And Peter Drucker said, quote, "Leadership is action." But, you know, nowhere have I seen leadership defined as: Hey, I'll get back to you later. You can't do that when you're in the oval Office. You've got to make a decision. (Applause.) And there's a clear choice when it comes to getting the economy going again, too. I spent half my career in the public sector, and the other half working for a living in the private sector, running a small business. And I had ulcers to prove it. And I think meeting a payroll is a good qualification for being President of the United states. Holding a job in the private sector is a good qualification. And what I learned as a businessman is that it's as plain as day that higher taxes do not create jobs, they destroy jobs. (Applause.) And I'll tell you something else I disagree with my opponent about: I believe that government is already too big and spends too much of your money. (Applause.) And that's why I've proposed freezing discretionary spending, and a plan to cap the growth of the mandatory spending without touching Social Security. We're not going to mess with social Security, we're going to control the growth of other spending. And that cap would save almost $300 billion over five years -- $300 billion. I need your help for that program. (Applause.) You heard Joe talk about -- Joe Kyrillos - so far Congress has balked at making these tough choices. And I want to give you, the taxpayer, the option of taking 10 percent of your income tax, and using it for one purpose alone, to reduce the budget deficit. Let's get the crushing weight of debt off the backs of these young people here today. (Applause.) And we can take those savings and cut taxes across the board. And I've already vetoed one Democratic tax increase, and I'll veto another if I have to. I've got a pen right here in my coat to do just that. No more tax increases. (Applause.) Now, what about my opponent? What about my opponent? & Clean the Housel Clean the House! THE PRESIDENT: We've got to clean the House -- I'm getting to that, now, just a minute. Well, my opponent's been in the public sector practically all his professional life. He caught the bug during his work on the McGovern campaign, and he's been at it ever since. And, in fact, he's either been in public MORE - 3 - office, or trying to get into public office, ever since he was 27 years old. And just yesterday, Governor Clinton said, "No government can ever replace the marketplace." Well, now, he sounds like he respects and understands the small businessperson. But that's like a guy saying he loves to sail, but he's never been near the water. You've got to understand how it works. It's reflected in his policies, too. Last week, when Tom Brokaw interviewed both of us and interviewed him, the first words out of the opponent's mouth were -- after he said good evening -- he did say that. Then he started talking about raising your taxes. We do not need to raise taxes in this country. (Applause.) I found out the hard way. I want along with one Democratic tax increase and I'm not going to do it again -- ever, ever. (Applause.) He specifically means $150 billion in taxes -- that's his proposal. And then he proposes $220 billion in new government spending, although Newsweek Magazine says it might cost three times as much as he claims. They called Governor Clinton's plan an "economic fantasy." And they are right. (Applause.) of course, he says he only wants to tax the rich. But you know there aren't enough rich folks to pay for his programs. And he endorsed the $100-billion tax increase passed by the congressional Democrats this year. And he's for it. And I'm against it. And who do you think is right? (Applause.) I ask New Jersey -- does this saxophone song sound familiar -- tax and spend? And I wish I could bring every American voter to New Jersey to see firsthand what a liberal governor and a liberal legislature can do to wreck an economy. Thank God we've got some Republicans in there now. (Applause.) When Governor Florio was in cahoots with the Democratic legislature, they acted like every day was April 15th. I remembered Governor Kean's motto for this state. Well, today, every New Jerseyan knows all too well: A rubber-check legislature and a rubber-stamp executive are not perfect together. (Applause.) We need tax incentives to get this economy moving. And by the way, if you'll give us Joe Kyrillos and a few more like him, I'd be using my pen not to veto tax hikes, but to sign tax cuts into law. That's what we need. (Applause.) The solution to our challenge isn't raising taxes. It's creating more jobs. And I know that tourism, for example, is a big part of your great economy. And I know it creates thousands of jobs. And so, as the Governor said, I came here in 1988 and promised to clean up -- help clean up your beautiful beaches. And I meant it. And first, I promised to end ocean dumping of sewage sludge. well, the last barge to ever dump sludge in your ocean sailed from New Harbor last June. No more. (Applause.) When tourists look out over the shore, they won't see sludge barges, they'll see sailboats. And second, I want to clean up the sewage coming from New York City and points beyond. We're going to compel New York to build. those sewage plants so you don't have to put up with their sewage washing up on your shores and ruining your beaches and vacations. (Applause.) And we're finally getting the garbage out of the water. And that's what the government can do when it confronts real problems, with real policies, based on real ideas, not an old formula from the past. MORE - 4 - And now, while administration -- my administration's out helping deliver results on the Jersey shore, my opponent is talking a good game. But let me just give you his record on the environment back in his home state. According to the Institute of Southern Studies, Arkansas ranked dead last for environmental initiatives. And in the amount of toxics they dump into surface water, per capita, they were 47th. Now, they did better in the amount they pump into the air, they jumped all the way up to 42nd worst. And they were way up there at 42 in the percentage of rivers and streams that are polluted, too. And there's a rumor down there that night fishing is getting more and more popular in Arkansas because it's so easy to spot. the fish: They glow at night. They light up. (Laughter and applause.) Yes, the Governor wants to do for America what he did to Arkansas. Why would you want to let him do that? You know, my opponent reminds me of a tired guy looking in his medicine cabinet, trying to choose among a bunch of old prescriptions that expired years ago. old medicine will not cure our ills. Tax-and-spend will not solve our problems, it might kill off the patient. And let's not retreat into the past, with tired, expired remedies. Let's press forward, into a new century of global economics, where America can compete with the best, and win a secure and good life at home. May I thank the veterans who've provided us this wonderful hospitality. God bless those that served our country here, each and every one of you. (Applause.) And may God bless the United states, a nation that is on the rise, not on the decline. (Applause.) Don't listen to the pessimists. May God bless the United States of America. (Applause.) Thank you very much. (Applause.) END 3:19 P.M. EDT

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