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Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 09/11/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: ASAP
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COALITION, VIRGINIA BEACH,
SUBJECT:
VIRGINIA - 09/11
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
X
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
X
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER N/C
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
X PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS N/C
CALIO
N/C
SMITH N/C
DEMAREST to OMcr
TUTWILER
see p.7
FITZWATER
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ZOELLICK
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY N/C
MCGROARTY
GROOMES
HORNER
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Dan McGroarty AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
called 8:40
PHILLIP D. BRADY
9:55
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
10: 10:30 30
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 10, 1992
A12: 26
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
STEVE PROVOST
SP
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COALITION
Tomorrow afternoon you will deliver remarks (16
mins./teleprompted) to a crowd of 11,000 Christian activists at
the second annual Road To Victory Conference, sponsored by the
National Christian Coalition and Rev. Pat Robertson.
Your remarks showcase your Agenda For American Renewal --
discussing how the six components will help reach the goal of a
$10 trillion economy by the beginning of the next century. The
message of the day is that this campaign will be decided not by
scare tactics -- but on the merit of serious ideas like the ones
you present in your Agenda.
(Smith/Gershowitz)
Draft Two
September 11, 1992
ROBERTSON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: EVANGELICALS
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1992
Thank you Pat Robertson -- and I want to salute your
leadership. May I also salute Dede Robertson -- and your sons,
Tim and Gordon. Reverend Sweet -- thank you for that invocation.
Members of the Board of the Christian Coalition. Dan Burton.
Dennis Hastert. Senators Mark Earley and Ken Stolle. The rest
of the Beach Boys. //
((It is said of some groups that "They haven't got a
prayer. " Tonight I am pleased to be with an audience about whom
that will never be said.)) //
I am delighted to be in the heart of America's evangelical
community. ((It's always good to know that if it takes divine
intervention to save my speech -- help is close at hand.) ) //
You know, you and I are have been accused recently of
focussing our debate and our energies on a narrow topic -- the
American family.
Well, I think it is our critics who are being narrow,
because in my mind -- and I'm sure yours -- the family is the
root of all good. The center of everything that is right about
America.
I talk about the American family, because of something I
learn every day in the Oval Office. When confronting the
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problems of America, it does no good to attack symptoms -- you
have to go after root causes.
Ask any mayor, any governor, any teacher and, yes, any
preacher -- they'll tell you the same thing. The one sure way to
make America more safe and secure -- is to make our families more
safe and secure. //
What are the pressures on families today? You know them
better than I do. Schools with low academic standards -- that
undermine our kids traditional values. The coarseness of our
culture -- as reflected on TV. Drugs and violence. But today,
the single greatest threat to the American family -- is a weak
economy.
Today, family budgets are stretched by rising health care
costs. Low-income families are hurt, when welfare encourages
dependency, not personal responsibility. And when a Mom or Dad
loses a job -- the impact is felt first right at home.
So if we care about the family -- and we all do -- we have
to figure out a way to make sure that America in the 21st century
is more than a military superpower -- but that we are also an
export superpower, and an economic superpower.
That's why yesterday in Detroit, I laid out my "Agenda for
American Renewal." A comprehensive plan to make America the
world's first $10 trillion dollar economy by the first years of
the 21st Century. With that kind of dynamic growth, we will be
able to address our problems here at home -- and make the
American family stronger. //
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Bill for Kids. It would give thousand dollar scholarships to
parents -- so that they can choose the school they want their
child to attend.
My opponent says he supports a variety of choice in
education. But if you'll look real close -- he wants parents to
choose between public schools, public schools, public schools. I
don't think that's right. Whether it's the public school across
town or the private or religious school right across the street,
I believe parents, not the government, should decide which school
is best for their kids. //
Now, the third key component of my agenda for American
renewal: Helping America's businesses sharpen their competitive
edge. Small businesses create 2/3 of all new American jobs --
and they're the first to turn change to advantage in a fast-
moving economy. Pat Robertson is a businessman. He'll tell you
what holds back business in America today -- regulation /
taxation / and litigation. I want to cut them all.
You know, America has become the land of the lawsuit -- if
you fall off a ladder these days, a lawyer will be there to catch
you -- before you hit the ground. Each year, consumers and
companies spend up to $200 billion dollars on direct payments to
lawyers. That's crazy, and I want to do something about it. I
believe as a nation, we must sue each other less and start caring
for one another more. //
That brings me to the fourth part of my agenda -- providing
economic security -- for all Americans.
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In the past four years, we've done so much to bring peace to
the world, but our victory is not complete, until we have peace
of mind at home.
Whether your collar is blue or white, whether you till the
farm or work on the assembly line, Americans today worry about
health care. They ask -- can I afford it? What if I lose it?
Again, we have two alternatives. My opponent offers a plan
that would have government set prices, and could eventually lead
to having 13 percent of our GNP under the same people who gave us
the House Post Office.
(I used to say that his system would give us the efficiency
of the House Post Office, and the compassion of the KGB. But I
don't say that anymore, I'm afraid of getting letters from Russia
saying -- "quit knocking the KGB.")
I have a different approach, a better approach. Cut costs
by going after the root causes of the health care explosion --
like medical malpractice. Encourage small businesses to pool
their coverage, driving down price. Use the principles of the
marketplace, to make sure that when it comes to medicine, the
intense pain only occurs at the doctor's office, not at home when
you get the bill.
America can have no spare people -- if we are to compete.
So the fifth part of our Agenda for American Renewal must mean an
America that leaves no one behind. Welfare as we know it has to
change. Today welfare drains taxpayers of hard-earned dollars -
- and recipients of hard-to-replace dignity. But now, states
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like Wisconsin are saying -- "enough is enough." With our help,
they're experimenting with programs that reward work and personal
responsibility.
We need a welfare system that encourages families to stick
together -- and fathers to stick around. //
The sixth part of my Agenda For America will bring change to
one of the most change-resistant institutions in America: The
government. Think about the family budget in 1945. Back then,
the average family spent 2 percent of its adjusted gross income
on federal taxes -- today, the figure is almost 24 percent.
Why are many Moms and Dads forced to spend less time with
their children. So they can feed Uncle Sam.
My opponent has a boundless enthusiasm for government. He
offers at least $220 billion in new spending, and $150 billion in
new taxes -- that's just to start.
I take a different approach. I believe Government is too
big, and it spends too much of your money. //
That's why my agenda includes a new idea to drive down the
deficit -- by giving you -- the American taxpayer -- the power to
earmark a full 10 percent of your federal tax dollars for one
purpose, and one purpose only: to pay down the national debt. //
This is the outline of my Agenda for America. Many of the
ideas are well underway, others are new. But all represent a
serious response -- to the economic challenges of this new age -
-- an answer to the questions being asked around American's
dining room tables.
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I have diagnosed the problem, and offered specific solutions
-- not all of them are popular. And I'm asking for a mandate, so
we can put my ideas into action immediately, and get this economy
moving again.
For now, at least, my opponent has chosen a different
strategy. Rather than talk about what wants to do for America,
he spends all his time and energy belittling my ideas, and
playing on fears.
One example. I want to talk about ways to limit the growth
of government spending -- which every expert will tell you must
be done. But instead of offering any spending restraint of his
own, Governor Clinton simply goes around saying -- watch out
seniors, watch out Veterans, watch our disabled.
I know times are tough. But what do you think of a
D.D.
people
candidate, who is more interested in playing on people's fears,
than dealing with real problems. I say -- that candidate will do
anything -- to get elected.
I believe America deserves a serious discussion on the
issues. Issues like how to renew our nation by spurring economic
growth, so that we can help strengthen our families. I will talk
about ideas that can deal not just with our immediate challenges
today, but will build a safer and more secure America tomorrow.
Before I leave, let me just say that I know you cannot
endorse me, but I endorse you -- and all the work you are doing
to restore the spiritual foundation of our nation.
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Matthew 6:21 reminds us, "Where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also." Our treasure is America. With our Renewal
agenda, and your efforts in the grassroots, we are joined in a
crusade to create an American future -- that is worthy of proud
past.
//
Thank you all for this warm welcome -- and may God bless
this great nation, the United States of America.
# # #
And I commend you -- and I join with you -- in your
commitment to uphold the sanctity of life.
To C.Martin
Approved, telecon w/
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D.Ross
625 pm.
610 pm.
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Draft Three
September 9, 1992
TOLERANCE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
EVANGELICALS
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1992
President Director My good friend Pat Robertson --
and I want to salute your leadership. Ladies and gentlemen.
((It is often said of a group that "They haven't got a
prayer." Tonight I am pleased to be with an audience about whom
that will never be said. )) //
I am delighted to be in the heart of America's evangelical
community. ((It's always good to know that if it takes divine
intervention to save my speech -- help is close at hand. )) //
I want to talk to you today less as President than as
husband, father, neighbor, friend. Talk a little bit about the
teachings of the Sermon on the Mount -- lessons which recall that
while God can live without man, man cannot live without God. //
The Good Shepherd taught us many things. Faith, fidelity,
compassion, courage. He also taught that we could not be a light
unto others if we embraced darkness in ourselves. / Nation or
individual -- we were put here to love, not hate, each other.
Which is why I believe that tolerance is a virtue -- not a vice.
All of us learn different lessons at different stages of our
lives. / For instance, I learned about prayer as a kid at the
dinner table -- when each day mother or dad read a Bible lesson.
[[Well, up to a point. I don't think that even God could get me
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to eat broccoli. ]] // As a teenager, I memorized the Navy hymn:
"O hear us when we cry to thee / for those in peril on the sea" -
- and learned how death knows no ideology. /
From Barbara I learned, as the Bible says, "to act justly,
to love mercy, and to walk humbly." [[Believe me, when I compare
my polls to hers, I have something to be humble about. ]] /
Ironically, it was war that taught me civility. I was 18 --
same age as many of the enemy. Japanese or Americans -- it
didn't seem to matter. I knew how God would want us both to "be
thy brother's keeper. " //
Then came the post-war years -- for me, a place called Texas
-- where I learned about something called tolerance. Lived the
dream -- Little League, PTA, backyard barcecues. Saw how black
or white, red or brown -- God was color-blind. It was here I
truly learned how to "do unto others. It was a lesson I never
forgot. //
Let's admit it: It's not easy to "love thy neighbor as
thyself." If it were, you and I would be camels passing through
the eye of a needle. Yet recall the Good Book: If Jesus could
break bread with Zacheus the tax-collector, so can Americans with
each other. //
Our Nation was forged on tolerance. First came a wave of
bigotry. Baptists preachers arrested for preaching without a
license / voting and property limited to chosen denominations /
clerical heresy could mean banishment -- or worse. Then came a
counter-wave. Jefferson said of intolerance: "It is a departure
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from the plan of the Holy author of our religion.' Washington
spoke -- I quote -- of "how the government of the United States
gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance."
Recall Roger Williams and William Penn, the Hugenots and Quakers.
They showed how in a pluralistic society tolerance could stir the
melting pot -- and keep hate from setting it on fire. //
By tolerance, I mean the principle and the action: One
without the other is like Pat Robertson without Sheila Walsh. /
Today, we need both to preach and practice tolerance -- not
just to talk the talk, but to walk the walk. That is why I am
troubled by what I see in America. I see people attacking not
judgement -- but others' intent, and motive. I see certain
topics declared off-limits -- people denied the right to honestly
think and speak their mind. I hear insults hurled recklessly.
"Bigot, racist, fellow traveler, redneck." I see our culture and
our debate coarsened and cheapened. //
When America chooses a President -- you elect not only
programs, but a person. Two men this year seek your support.
You must know what I believe. //
I believe that the definition of a successful life must
include serving others. We cannot serve each other if we demean
each other. / I believe that decency and courtesy are not
character flaws. I believe that family -- whether single-parent
or traditional --- is America'a heirloom of the heart --- and that
the kind of family you come from means less than the
responsiblity you uphold as individuals. //
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I believe in the rule of reason -- not force. I know that
we are all God's children -- and that we should treat each other
gently. We can't just listen to each other. We have to hear.
After all: Only God has a monopoly on truth. //
When the rights of unborn children are abolished -- that's
not tolerance but intolerance. When our children's textbooks
become value-neutral -- with the historical role of religion in
America repudiated -- I call that amnesia about everything which
tolerance conveys. /
When a teacher in Colorado is ordered to refrain from silent
reading of the Bible during pre-class time and remove all Bibles
from his class -- there's a word for this. Unfair. //
And when television shows trash traditional values / when
network TV offers countless programs which glorify sex and
profanity / and when it refuses to even acknowledge the millions
of Americans who believe in goodness, generosity, modesty,
integrity. Here is my response. Not a rose is a rose is a rose.
Enough is enough is enough. //
Here's an example of intolerance. Last week, the District
of Columbia's health commissioner ordered school nurses to
dispense condoms to students even -- get this -- if parents write
letters asking that their children not be given them. / The
silence has been deafening: Apparently, many stand with the
bureaucracy. I refuse to be silent: I stand with parents. //
Tolerance includes parents' rights to raise their kids --
teach them values -- a decent respect for right versus wrong. It
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also means opposing a new intolerance: The leper known as
"political correctness. " / You know how the politically correct
would ban classics like Tom Sawyer / insert ridiculous euphemisms
into the English language / and attempt to silence those they
disagree with. / Well, P.C. is not U.S.A. // There's no room
for intellectual blackballing or brown-shirting in the land of
the red, white, and blue. We haven't fought for freedom around
the world -- only to now turn our backs on tactics that would
place a gag on freedom of expression here at home. //
No group has the right to impose its will and dictate its
view of morality on the rest of society. // I know you agree.
Yet I mean to speak the whole truth -- and here it is:
Intolerance is not a word stamped "Liberals only. " / Too often
we conservatives have not been vigilant -- but overzealous.
Forgetting why America was founded -- to bring in, not drive
away. Our politics have been of the closed door -- not the open
door. We sometimes forget how God asks us to hate the sin --
but, yes, to love the sinner.
As conservatives we should ask ourselves: How can we
condone homosexual- and lesbian-bashing / the burning of abortion
clinics / the smearing of non-Americans as unAmerican? Have we
not endorsed the view -- even accidentally -- that since only our
way is good -- others must be bad? There are some who would
build America up by keeping others out. Suggest that that those
not of a certain gender, race, or family structure are second-
class citizens. Dismiss all feminists as extremists --
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forgetting that this may inadvertently chastise all women who
work for a living. / Yes, Murphy Brown is a single parent, but
so was Andy Taylor. ( (Course, he had Aunt Bea in reserve. ))
When God looks down from Heaven, He does not divide black
from white / rural from urban / stay-at-home mothers from single
mothers. He says -- as we must: All are welcome at my table. //
When we sing the song, "Jesus Loves the Little Children, " we
don't mean just those who are affluent / suburban / who have two
parents. We mean all the "children of the world." Each is
"precious in His sight. " / /
Barbara and I had six kids -- one died, five are living. I
believe all were precious -- just as all Americans will be
welcome at the table as long as I am President. I believe, too,
that different means neither better nor worse.
In the only election that really counts, God won't ask.
Were you English-speaking? Were you "foreign" -- whatever that
means? He won't ask, did you attend the finest parties? Were
you -- quote, unquote -- "successful"?
Instead, God will ask. Were we kind? Were we selfless?
Did we lend a hand, and tend a wound -- believe in prayer, and
keep God's faith? Did we truly live -- did we try to live -- a
good and honest life?
Let me close with a story about a man who did. It concerns
a man of God. His father and grand-father were ministers. He
himself was a Minister -- a Baptist -- had a lovely wife, Lydia.
He had dedicated his life to the church.
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Then, one day in 1982, his wife became infected with H.I.V.,
the virus that causes AIDS. She got it from a blood transfusion
during pregnancy. // Since then his wife has died -- last year,
at, 38, in their home in Dallas. So has their youngest child.
Their first son, 10, also with H.I.V., has survived. But, you
know: I wonder if decency has.
You see, when some discovered that the minister's wife had
H.I.V., they began avoiding him -- shunning him. Five times he
and his family were discouraged from attending Baptist churches.
In the end, he was asked to leave the ministry. / Today, the
Reverend Scott Allen works on the National Commission on AIDS.
Recalls his wife. Tries to sort out his life. Thinks about what
he was taught in Divinity school: "God will bless your life if
you believe in Him. //
The truth is that God didn't decide to shun Scott Allen. We
did -- you and me. Too often we have fallen short -- ignored thy
neighbor -- forgot that our fate is indivisible. The Bible says,
"If one member suffers, all suffer together." If God works in
mysterious ways -- we must work in earthly ways. We must be,
until the end of time, a light unto the world. //
Tolerance allows -- demands -- the right of any American to
take a stand on principle. You may dislike it / detest it /
think it springs from another planet. / No matter -- we must
respect it. America will not be divinely blessed as long as one
American is denied the right to speak his mind
to reveal his
heart
to be proud of what he is. //
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Matthew 6:21 reminds us, "Where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also." Our inheritance is America. Treasure it.
Recall how love can create a future worthy of our dreams. Thank
you for your support, and your faith in the future. God bless
this wondrous land -- the United States of America.
# # # #
(Smith/Gershowitz)
Draft Two
September 11, 1992
ROBERTSON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
EVANGELICALS
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1992
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make America more safe and secure -- is to make our families more
safe and secure. //
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better than I do. Schools with low academic standards -- that
undermine our kids traditional values. The coarseness of our
culture -- as reflected on TV. Drugs and violence. But today,
the single greatest threat to the American family -- is a weak
economy.
Today, family budgets are stretched by rising health care
costs. Low-income families are hurt, when welfare encourages
dependency, not personal responsibility. And when a Mom or Dad
loses a job -- the impact is felt first right at home.
So if we care about the family -- and we all do -- we have
to figure out a way to make sure that America in the 21st century
is more than a military superpower -- but that we are also an
export superpower, and an economic superpower.
That's why yesterday in Detroit, I laid out my "Agenda for
American Renewal. A comprehensive plan to make America the
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world's first $10 trillion dollar economy by the first years of
the 21st Century. With that kind of dynamic growth, we will be
able to address our problems here at home -- and make the
American family stronger. //
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Right now, in our factories, one of every 6 manufacturing
jobs is tied to trade. On our farms, one in every three acres we
harvest will be sold abroad. In the century ahead -- in your
lifetime -- the percentage of your paycheck that comes from what
America sells abroad is only going to grow. And while my
opponent goes around tearing down America, don't forget a simple
fact. If you want to talk to the world's most productive
workers, you don't buy a ticket to Japan or Germany -- you go to
Tulsa, or Tampa or Tempe. The most productive workers in the
world can be found right here -- in the USA. 11
I have faith that if we open foreign markets, our workers
will satisfy the demand for our products. So my agenda starts
with a global trade strategy -- to build a network of new free
trade agreements, not just with Canada and Mexico, but with Chile
and other Latin America nations, as well as emerging democracies
like Czechoslovakia and Poland. While some say America should
turn in from the world economy, I say lets reach out. After all,
the American worker will never retreat. We always compete -- and
we will win. //
But understand -- developed economies need developing minds.
That's why my "Agenda for American Renewal" takes aim at a second
critical challenge -- preparing our children for the new Century
ahead. That means a revolution in American education.
Competition works in our economy -- I believe it's time to
bring some competition to the classroom. I know Secretary Lamar
Alexander was with you today, and I'm sure he talked about our GI
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Bill for Kids. It would give thousand dollar scholarships to
parents -- so that they can choose the school they want their
child to attend.
My opponent says he supports a variety of choice in
education. But if you'll look real close -- he wants parents to
choose between public schools, public schools, public schools. I
don't think that's right. Whether it's the public school across
town or the private or religious school right across the street,
I believe parents, not the government, should decide which school
is best for their kids. //
Now, the third key component of my agenda for American
renewal: Helping America's businesses sharpen their competitive
edge. Small businesses create 2/3 of all new American jobs --
and they're the first to turn change to advantage in a fast-
moving economy. Pat Robertson is a businessman. He'll tell you
what holds back business in America today -- regulation /
taxation / and litigation. I want to cut them all.
You know, America has become the land of the lawsuit -- if
you fall off a ladder these days, a lawyer will be there to catch
you -- before you hit the ground. Each year, consumers and
seems high - check fact Foster
companies spend up to $200 billion dollars on direct payments to
lawyers. That's crazy, and I want to do something about it. I
believe as a nation, we must sue each other less and start caring
for one another more. //
That brings me to the fourth part of my agenda -- providing
economic security -- for all Americans.
5
In the past four years, we've done so much to bring peace to
the world, but our victory is not complete, until we have peace
of aind at home.
Whether your collar is blue or white, whether you till the
farm or work on the assembly line, Americans today worry about
health care. They ask -- can I afford it? What if I lose it?
Again, we have two alternatives. My opponent offers a plan
that would have government set prices, and could eventually lead
to having 13 percent of our GNP under the same people who gave us
the House Post Office.
(I used to say that his system would give us the efficiency
of the House Post Office, and the compassion of the KGB. But I
don't say that anymore, I'm afraid of getting letters from Russia
saying -- "quit knocking the KGB.")
I have a different approach, a better approach. Cut costs
by going after the root causes of the health care explosion --
like medical malpractice. Encourage small businesses to pool
their coverage, driving down price. Use the principles of the
marketplace, to make sure that when it comes to medicine, the
intense pain only occurs at the doctor's office, not at home when
you get the bill.
America can have no spare people -- if we are to compete.
So the fifth part of our Agenda for American Renewal must mean an
America that leaves no one behind. Welfare as we know it has to
change. Today welfare drains taxpayers of hard-earned dollars -
- and recipients of hard-to-replace dignity. But now, states
6
like Wisconsin are saying -- "enough is enough.' With our help,
they're experimenting with programs that reward work and personal
responsibility.
We need a welfare system that encourages families to stick
together -- and fathers to stick around. //
The sixth part of my Agenda For America will bring change to
one of the most change-resistant institutions in America: The
government. Think about the family budget in 1945. Back then,
the average family spent 2 percent of its adjusted gross income
on federal taxes -- today, the figure is almost 24 percent.
Why are many Moms and Dads forced to spend less time with
their children. So they can feed Uncle Sam.
My opponent has a boundless enthusiasm for government. He
offers at least $220 billion in new spending, and $150 billion in
new taxes -- that's just to start.
I take a different approach. I believe Government is too
big, and it spends too much of your money. //
That's why my agenda includes a new idea to drive down the
deficit -- by giving you -- the American taxpayer the power to
earmark a full 10 percent of your federal tax dollars for one
purpose, and one purpose only: to pay down the national debt. 11
This is the outline of my Agenda for America. Many of the
ideas are well underway, others are new. But all represent a
serious response -- to the economic challenges of this new age -
-- an answer to the questions being asked around American's
dining room tables.
for every dollar cut from the debt there will also be
a dollar cut from spending.
"now you would will have a direct say on how much
is spent." Foster
7
I have diagnosed the problem, and offered specific solutions
-- not all of them are popular. And I'm asking for a mandate, so
we can put my ideas into action immediately, and get this economy
moving again.
For now, at least, my opponent has chosen a different
strategy. Rather than talk about what wants to do for America,
he spends all his time and energy belittling my ideas, and
playing on fears.
One example. I want to talk about ways to limit the growth
of government spending -- which every expert will tell you must
be done. But instead of offering any spending restraint of his
own, Governor Clinton simply goes around saying -- watch out
seniors, watch out Veterans, watch our disabled.
I know times are tough But What do you think of a
D.D.
people
candidate, who is more interested in playing on people's fears,
than dealing with real problems. I say -- that candidate will do
anything to get elected.
I believe America deserves a serious discussion on the
issues. Issues like how to renew our nation by spurring economic
growth, so that we can help strengthen our families. I will talk
about ideas that can deal not just with our immediate challenges
today, but will build a safer and more secure America tomorrow.
Before I leave, let me just say that I know you cannot
endorse me, but I endorse you -- and all the work you are doing
to restore the spiritual foundation of our nation.
8
Matthew 6:21 reminds us, "Where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also." Our treasure is America. With our Renewal
agenda, and your efforts in the grassroots, we are joined in a
crusade to create an American future -- that is worthy of proud
past.
//
Thank you all for this warm welcome -- and may God bless
this great nation, the United States of America.
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cun we have already proposed. We could cut income tax rates
a cross the board and reduce He tax on small business and investment."
Thank you Pat Robertson -- and I want to salute your
leadership. May I also salute Dede Robertson -- and your sons,
Tim and Gordon. Reverend Sweet thank you for that invocation.
Members of the Board of the Christian Coalition. Dan Burton.
Dennis Hastert. Senators Mark Earley and Ken Stolle. The rest
of the Beach Boys. 11
( (It is said of some groups that "They haven't got a
prayer." Tonight I am pleased to be with an audience about whom
that will never be said.) 11
I am delighted to be in the heart of America's evangelical
community. ((It's always good to know that if it takes divine
intervention to save my speech -- help is close at hand.) ) 11
You know, you and I are have been accused recently of
focussing our debate and our energies on a narrow topic - the
American family.
Well, I think it is our critics who are being narrow,
because in my mind -- and I'm sure yours the family is the
root
of
all
good
The center of everything that is right about
America.
I talk about the American family, because of something I
learn every day in the Oval office. When confronting the
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2
problems of America, it does no good to attack symptoms -- you
have to go after root causes.
Ask any mayor, any governor, any teacher and, yes, any
preacher -- they'll tell you the same thing. The one sure way to
make America more safe and secure -- is to make our families more
safe and secure. 11
What are the pressures on families today? You know them
as was as
better than I do. Schools with low academic standards -- that
undermine our kids traditional values. The coarseness of our
culture - as reflected on TV. Drugs and violence. But today,
the single greatest threat to the American family -- is a weak
economy.
Today, family budgets are stretched by rising health care
costs. Low-income families are hurt, when welfare encourages
dependency, not personal responsibility. And when a Mom or Dad
loses a job -- the impact is felt first right at home.
so if we care about the family -- and we all do -- we have
to figure out a way to make sure that America in the 21st century
is more than a military superpower --- but that we are also an
export superpower, and an economic superpower.
That's why yesterday in Detroit, I laid out my "Agenda for
American Renewal." A comprehensive plan to make America the
world's first $10 trillion dollar economy by the early first years of
the 21st Century. With that kind of dynamic growth, we will be
able to address our problems here at home -- and make the
American family stronger. 11
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3
Right now, in our factories, one of every 6 manufacturing
jobs is tied to trade. on our farms, one in every three acres we
7N
harvest will be sold abroad. In the century ahead -- in your
lifetime -- the percentage of your paycheck that comes from what
America sells abroad is only going to grow. And while my
opponent goes around tearing down America, don't forget a simple
fact. If you want to talk to the world's most productive
workers, you don't buy a ticket to Japan or Germany -- you go to
Tulsa, or Tampa or Tempe. The most productive workers in the
world can be found right here -- in the USA. 11
I have faith that if we open foreign markets, our workers
will satisfy the demand for our products. So my agenda starts
with a global trade strategy - to build a network of new free
trade agreements, not just with Canada and Mexico, but with Chile
and other Latin America nations, as well as emerging democracies
like Czechoslovakia and Poland. While some say America should
turn in from the world economy, I say lets reach out. After all,
the American worker will never retreat. We always compete -- and
we will win.
But understand -- developed economies need developing minds.
That's why my "Agenda for American Renewal" takes aim at a second
critical challenge -- preparing our children for the new Century
ahead. That means a revolution in American education.
Competition works in our economy --- I believe it's time to
bring some competition to the classroom. I know Secretary Lamar
Alexander was with you today, and I'm sure he talked about our GI
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4
Bill for Kids. It would give thousand dollar scholarships to
parents -- so that they can choose the school they want their
child to attend.
My opponent says he supports a variety of choice in
education. But if you'll look real close -- he wants parents to
choose between public schools, public schools, public schools. I
don't think that's right. Whether it's the public school across
town or the private or religious school right across the street,
I believe parents. not the government, should decide which school
is best for their kids. 11
Now, the third key component of my agenda for American
renewal: Helping America's businesses sharpen their competitive
edge. Small businesses create 2/3 of all new American jobs --
and they're the first to turn change to advantage in a fast-
moving economy. Pat Robertson is a businessman. He'll tell you
what holds back business in America today - regulation /
taxation / and litigation. I want to cut them all.
You know, America has become the land of the lawsuit -- if
you fall off a ladder these days, a lawyer will be there to catch
you -- before you hit the ground. Each year, consumers and
7
companies spend up to $200 billion dollars on direct payments to
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In the past four years, we've done so much to bring peace to
the world, but our victory is not complete, until we have peace
of mind at home.
Whether your collar is blue or white, whether you till the
farm or work on the assembly line, Americans today worry about
health care. They ask -- can I afford it? What if I lose it?
Again, we have two alternatives. My opponent offers a plan
that would have government set prices, and could eventually lead
to having 13 percent of our GNP under the same people who gave us
the House Post office.
(I used to say that his system would give us the efficiency
of the House Post office, and the compassion of the KGB. But I
don't say that anymore, I'm afraid of getting letters from Russia
saying -- "quit knocking the KGB.")
I have a different approach, a better approach. Cut costs
by going after the root causes of the health care explosion --
like medical malpractice. Encourage small businesses to pool
their coverage, driving down price. Use the principles of the
marketplace, to make sure that when it comes to medicine, the
intense pain only occurs at the doctor's office, not at home when
you get the bill.
America can have no spare people -- if we are to compete.
so the fifth part of our Agenda for American Renewal must mean an
America that leaves no one behind. Welfare as we know it has to
change. Today welfare drains taxpayers of hard-earned dollars -
- and recipients of hard-to-replace dignity. But now, states
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6
like Wisconsin are saying -- "enough is enough." With our help,
they're experimenting with programs that reward work and personal
responsibility.
We need a welfare system that encourages families to stick
together -- and fathers to stick around. 11
The sixth part of my Agenda For America will bring change to
one of the most change-resistant institutions in America: The
government. Think about the family budget in 1945. Back then,
the average family spent 2 percent of its adjusted gross income
on federal taxes -- today, the figure is almost 24 percent.
Why are many Moms and Dads forced to spend less time with
their children. so they can feed Uncle Sam.
My opponent has a boundless enthusiasm for government. He
offers at least $220 billion in new spending, and $150 billion in
new taxes -- that's just to start.
I take a different approach. I believe Government is too
big. and it spends too much of your money. 11
That's why my agenda includes a new idea to drive down the
deficit -- by giving you -- the American taxpayer -- the power to
earmark a full 10 percent of your federal tax dollars for one
and
for
purpose, and one purpose only: to pay down the national debt. 11
This is the outline of my Agenda for America. Many of the
every
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ideas are well underway, others are new. But all represent a
serious response -- to the economic challenges of this new age -
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I have diagnosed the problem, and offered specific solutions
-- not all of them are popular. And I'm asking for a mandate, so
we can put my ideas into action immediately, and get this economy
moving again.
For now, at least, my opponent has chosen a different
strategy. Rather than talk about what wants to do for America,
he spends all his time and energy belittling my ideas, and
playing on fears.
One example. I want to talk about ways to limit the growth
of government spending -- which every expert will tell you must
be done. But instead of offering any spending restraint of his
own, Governor Clinton simply goes around saying -- watch out
seniors, watch out Veterans, watch our disabled.
I know times are tough. But what do you think of a
candidate, who is more interested in playing on people's fears,
than dealing with real problems. I say -- that candidate will do
anything -- to get elected.
I believe America deserves a serious discussion on the
issues. Issues like how to renew our nation by spurring economic
growth, so that we can help strengthen our families. I will talk
about ideas that can deal not just with our immediate challenges
today, but will build a safer and more secure America tomorrow.
Before I leave, let me just say that I know you cannot
endorse me, but I endorse you -- and all the work you are doing
to restore the spiritual foundation of our nation.
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Matthew 6:21 reminds us, "Where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also." Our treasure is America. With our Renewal
agenda, and your efforts in the grassroots, we are joined in a
crusade to create an American future -- that is worthy of proud
past.
11
Thank you all for this warm welcome -- and may God bless
this great nation, the United States of America.
# # #
09. 11.92 12:34 PM
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
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Date:
9-11-92
Please deliver to:
Claire
FAX number of addressee:
X 6218
Telephone number of addressee:
From:
D.D Foster CEA
For Michael Boskin
FAX number of sender:
x3012
Telephone number of sender: X 5084
Number of pages, including cover sheet:
Message:
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like Wisconsin are saying -- "enough is enough." With our help,
they're experimenting with programs that reward work and personal
responsibility.
We need a welfare system that encourages families to stick
together -- and fathers to stick around. 11
The sixth part of my Agenda For America will bring change to
one of the most change-resistant institutions in America: The
government. Think about the family budget in 1945. Back then,
the average family spent 2 percent of its adjusted gross income
on federal taxes -- today, the figure is almost 24 percent.
Why are many Moms and Dads forced to spend less time with
their children. so they can feed Uncle Sam.
My opponent has a boundless enthusiasm for government. He
offers at least $220 billion in new spending, and $150 billion in
new taxes -- that's just to start.
I take a different approach. I believe Government is too
big, and it spends too much of your money. 11
That's why my agenda includes a new idea to drive down the
deficit -- by giving you -- the American taxpayer -- the power to
earmark a full 10 percent of your federal tax dollars for one
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
STEVE PROVOST
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FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COALITION
Tomorrow afternoon you will deliver remarks (16
mins./teleprompted) to a crowd of 11,000 Christian activists at
the second annual Road To Victory Conference, sponsored by the
National Christian Coalition and Rev. Pat Robertson.
Your remarks showcase your Agenda For American Renewal --
discussing how the six components will help reach the goal of a
$10 trillion economy by the beginning of the next century. The
message of the day is that this campaign will be decided not by
scare tactics -- but on the merit of serious idèas like the ones
you present in your Agenda.
(Smith/Gershowitz)
Draft Two
September 11, 1992
ROBERTSON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
EVANGELICALS
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1992
Thank you Pat Robertson -- and I want to salute your
leadership. May I also salute Dede Robertson -- and your sons,
Tim and Gordon. Reverend Sweet -- thank you for that invocation.
Members of the Board of the Christian Coalition. Dan Burton.
Dennis Hastert. Senators Mark Earley and Ken Stolle. The rest
of the Beach Boys. //
((It is said of some groups that "They haven't got a
prayer.' Tonight I am pleased to be with an audience about whom
that will never be said. )) //
I am delighted to be in the heart of America's evangelical
community. ((It's always good to know that if it takes divine
intervention to save my speech -- help is close at hand. )) //
You know, you and I are have been accused recently of
focussing our debate and our energies on a narrow topic -- the
American family.
Well, I think it is our critics who are being narrow,
because in my mind -- and I'm sure yours -- the family is the
root of all good. The center of everything that is right about
America.
I talk about the American family, because of something I
learn every day in the Oval Office. When confronting the
2
problems of America, it does no good to attack symptoms -- you
have to go after root causes.
Ask any mayor, any governor, any teacher and, yes, any
preacher -- they'll tell you the same thing. The one sure way to
make America more safe and secure -- is to make our families more
safe and secure.//
What are the pressures on families today? You know them
better than I do. Schools with low academic standards -- that
undermine our kids traditional values. The coarseness of our
culture -- as reflected on TV. Drugs and violence. But today,
the single greatest threat to the American family -- is a weak
economy.
Today, family budgets are stretched by rising health care
costs. Low-income families are hurt, when welfare encourages
dependency, not personal responsibility. And when a Mom or Dad
loses a job -- the impact is felt first right at home.
So if we care about the family -- and we all do -- we have
to figure out a way to make sure that America in the 21st century
is more than a military superpower -- but that we are also an
export superpower, and an economic superpower.
That's why yesterday in Detroit, I laid out my "Agenda for
American Renewal." A comprehensive plan to make America the
world's first $10 trillion dollar economy by the first years of
the 21st Century. With that kind of dynamic growth, we will be
able to address our problems here at home -- and make the
American family stronger. //
3
Right now, in our factories, one of every 6 manufacturing
jobs is tied to trade. On our farms, one in every three acres we
harvest will be sold abroad. In the century ahead -- in your
lifetime -- the percentage of your paycheck that comes from what
America sells abroad is only going to grow. And while my
opponent goes around tearing down America, don't forget a simple
fact. If you want to talk to the world's most productive
workers, you don't buy a ticket to Japan or Germany -- you go to
Tulsa, or Tampa or Tempe. The most productive workers in the
world can be found right here -- in the USA. //
I have faith that if we open foreign markets, our workers
will satisfy the demand for our products. So my agenda starts
with a global trade strategy -- to build a network of new free
trade agreements, not just with Canada and Mexico, but with Chile
and other Latin America nations, as well as emerging democracies
like Czechoslovakia and Poland. While some say America should
turn in from the world economy, I say lets reach out. After all,
the American worker will never retreat. We always compete -- and
we will win./
But understand -- developed economies need developing minds.
That's why my "Agenda for American Renewal" takes aim at a second
critical challenge -- preparing our children for the new Century
ahead. That means a revolution in American education.
Competition works in our economy -- I believe it's time to
bring some competition to the classroom. I know Secretary Lamar
Alexander was with you today, and I'm sure he talked about our GI
4
Bill for Kids. It would give thousand dollar scholarships to
parents -- so that they can choose the school they want their
child to attend.
My opponent says he supports a variety of choice in
education. But if you'll look real close -- he wants parents to
choose between public schools, public schools, public schools. I
don't think that's right. Whether it's the public school across
town or the private or religious school right across the street,
I believe parents, not the government, should decide which school
is best for their kids. 11
Now, the third key component of my agenda for American
renewal: Helping America's businesses sharpen their competitive
edge. Small businesses create 2/3 of all new American jobs --
and they're the first to turn change to advantage in a fast-
moving economy. Pat Robertson is a businessman. He'll tell you
what holds back business in America today -- regulation /
taxation / and litigation. I want to cut them all.
You know, America has become the land of the lawsuit -- if
you fall off a ladder these days, a lawyer will be there to catch
you -- before you hit the ground. Each year, consumers and
companies spend up to $200 billion dollars on direct payments to
lawyers. That's crazy, and I want to do something about it. I
believe as a nation, we must sue each other less and start caring
for one another more. //
That brings me to the fourth part of my agenda -- providing
economic security -- for all Americans.
5
In the past four years, we've done so much to bring peace to
the world, but our victory is not complete, until we have peace
of mind at home.
Whether your collar is blue or white, whether you till the
farm or work on the assembly line, Americans today worry about
health care. They ask -- can I afford it? What if I lose it?
Again, we have two alternatives. My opponent offers a plan
that would have government set prices, and could eventually lead
to having 13 percent of our GNP under the same people who gave us
the House Post Office.
(I used to say that his system would give us the efficiency
of the House Post Office, and the compassion of the KGB. But I
don't say that anymore, I'm afraid of getting letters from Russia
saying "quit knocking the KGB.")
I have a different approach, a better approach. Cut costs
by going after the root causes of the health care explosion --
like medical malpractice. Encourage small businesses to pool
their coverage, driving down price. Use the principles of the
marketplace, to make sure that when it comes to medicine, the
intense pain only occurs at the doctor's office, not at home when
you get the bill.
America can have no spare people -- if we are to compete.
So the fifth part of our Agenda for American Renewal must mean an
America that leaves no one behind. Welfare as we know it has to
change. Today welfare drains taxpayers of hard-earned dollars -
- and recipients of hard-to-replace dignity. But now, states
6
like Wisconsin are saying -- "enough is enough." With our help,
they're experimenting with programs that reward work and personal
responsibility.
We need a welfare system that encourages families to stick
together -- and fathers to stick around. //
The sixth part of my Agenda For America will bring change to
one of the most change-resistant institutions in America: The
government. Think about the family budget in 1945. Back then,
the average family spent 2 percent of its adjusted gross income
on federal taxes -- today, the figure is almost 24 percent.
Why are many Moms and Dads forced to spend less time with
their children. So they can feed Uncle Sam.
My opponent has a boundless enthusiasm for government. He
offers at least $220 billion in new spending, and $150 billion in
new taxes -- that's just to start.
I take a different approach. I believe Government is too
big, and it spends too much of your money. //
That's why my agenda includes a new idea to drive down the
deficit -- by giving you -- the American taxpayer -- the power to
earmark a full 10 percent of your federal tax dollars for one
purpose, and one purpose only: to pay down the national debt. //
This is the outline of my Agenda for America. Many of the
ideas are well underway, others are new. But all represent a
serious response -- to the economic challenges of this new age -
-- an answer to the questions being asked around American's
dining room tables.
7
I have diagnosed the problem, and offered specific solutions
-- not all of them are popular. And I'm asking for a mandate, so
we can put my ideas into action immediately, and get this economy
moving again.
For now, at least, my opponent has chosen a different
strategy. Rather than talk about what he wants to do for America,
he spends all his time and energy belittling my ideas, and
playing on fears.
One example. I want to talk about ways to limit the growth
of government spending -- which every expert will tell you must
be done. But instead of offering any spending restraint of his
own, Governor Clinton simply goes around saying -- watch out
seniors, watch out Veterans, watch our disabled.
I know times are tough. But what do you think of a
candidate, who is more interested in playing on people's fears,
than dealing with real problems. I say -- that candidate will do
Pres
anything -- to get elected.
I believe America deserves a serious discussion on the
issues. Issues like how to renew our nation by spurring economic
growth, so that we can help strengthen our families. I will talk
about ideas that can deal not just with our immediate challenges
today, but will build a safer and more secure America tomorrow.
Before I leave, let me just say that I know you cannot
endorse me, but I endorse you -- and all the work you are doing
to restore the spiritual foundation of our nation.
8
Matthew 6:21 reminds us, "Where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also." Our treasure is America. With our Renewal
agenda, and your efforts in the grassroots, we are joined in a
crusade to create an American future -- that is worthy of proud
past.
//
Thank you all for this warm welcome -- and may God bless
this great nation, the United States of America.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
wAShINGTON
92 SEP 11 A10: 53
September 11, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN MCGROARTY
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR COMMUNICATION
FROM:
mesfor
GREGORY S. WALDEN
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: National Christian
Coalition, Virginia Beach, Virginia-9/11
At your request, the Counsel's office has reviewed the above-
referenced matter. See legal comments on pages 4-5, typo on
page 7.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
(Smith/Gershowitz)
Draft Two
September 11, 1992
ROBERTSON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: EVANGELICALS
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1992
Thank you Pat Robertson -- and I want to salute your
leadership. May I also salute Dede Robertson -- and your sons,
Tim and Gordon. Reverend Sweet -- thank you for that invocation.
Members of the Board of the Christian Coalition. Dan Burton.
Dennis Hastert. Senators Mark Earley and Ken Stolle. The rest
of the Beach Boys. //
((It is said of some groups that "They haven't got a
prayer." Tonight I am pleased to be with an audience about whom
that will never be said.) )) //
I am delighted to be in the heart of America's evangelical
community. ((It's always good to know that if it takes divine
intervention to save my speech -- help is close at hand. )) //
You know, you and I are have been accused recently of
focussing our debate and our energies on a narrow topic -- the
American family.
Well, I think it is our critics who are being narrow,
because in my mind -- and I'm sure yours -- the family is the
root of all good. The center of everything that is right about
America.
I talk about the American family, because of something I
learn every day in the Oval Office. When confronting the
2
problems of America, it does no good to attack symptoms -- you
have to go after root causes.
Ask any mayor, any governor, any teacher and, yes, any
preacher -- they'll tell you the same thing. The one sure way to
make America more safe and secure -- is to make our families more
safe and secure. //
What are the pressures on families today? You know them
better than I do. Schools with low academic standards -- that
undermine our kids traditional values. The coarseness of our
culture -- as reflected on TV. Drugs and violence. But today,
the single greatest threat to the American family -- is a weak
economy.
Today, family budgets are stretched by rising health care
costs. Low-income families are hurt, when welfare encourages
dependency, not personal responsibility. And when a Mom or Dad
loses a job -- the impact is felt first right at home.
So if we care about the family -- and we all do -- we have
to figure out a way to make sure that America in the 21st century
is more than a military superpower -- but that we are also an
export superpower, and an economic superpower.
That's why yesterday in Detroit, I laid out my "Agenda for
American Renewal." A comprehensive plan to make America the
world's first $10 trillion dollar economy by the first years of
the 21st Century. With that kind of dynamic growth, we will be
able to address our problems here at home --- and make the
American family stronger. //
3
Right now, in our factories, one of every 6 manufacturing
jobs is tied to trade. On our farms, one in every three acres we
harvest will be sold abroad. In the century ahead -- in your
lifetime -- the percentage of your paycheck that comes from what
America sells abroad is only going to grow. And while my
opponent goes around tearing down America, don't forget a simple
fact. If you want to talk to the world's most productive
workers, you don't buy a ticket to Japan or Germany -- you go to
Tulsa, or Tampa or Tempe. The most productive workers in the
world can be found right here -- in the USA. 11
I have faith that if we open foreign markets, our workers
will satisfy the demand for our products. So my agenda starts
with a global trade strategy -- to build a network of new free
trade agreements, not just with Canada and Mexico, but with Chile
and other Latin America nations, as well as emerging democracies
like Czechoslovakia and Poland. While some say America should
turn in from the world economy, I say lets reach out. After all,
the American worker will never retreat. We always compete -- and
we will win. //
But understand -- developed economies need developing minds.
That's why my "Agenda for American Renewal" takes aim at a second
critical challenge -- preparing our children for the new Century
ahead. That means a revolution in American education.
Competition works in our economy -- I believe it's time to
bring some competition to the classroom. I know Secretary Lamar
Alexander was with you today, and I'm sure he talked about our GI
4
Bill for Kids. It would give thousand dollar scholarships to
parents -- so that they can choose the school they want their
child to attend.
My opponent says he supports a variety of choice in
education. But if you'll look real close -- he wants parents to
choose between public schools, public schools, public schools. I
don't think that's right. Whether it's the public school across
town or the private or religious school right across the street,
I believe parents, not the government, should decide which school
is best for their kids. //
Now, the third key component of my agenda for American
renewal: Helping America's businesses sharpen their competitive
edge. Small businesses create 2/3 of all new American jobs --
and they're the first to turn change to advantage in a fast-
moving economy. Pat Robertson is a businessman. He'll tell you
what holds back business in America today -- regulation /
taxation / and litigation. I want to cut them all.
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Whether your collar is blue or white, whether you till the
farm or work on the assembly line, Americans today worry about
health care. They ask -- can I afford it? What if I lose it?
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by going after the root causes of the health care explosion --
like medical malpractice. Encourage small businesses to pool
their coverage, driving down price. Use the principles of the
marketplace, to make sure that when it comes to medicine, the
intense pain only occurs at the doctor's office, not at home when
you get the bill.
America can have no spare people -- if we are to compete.
So the fifth part of our Agenda for American Renewal must mean an
America that leaves no one behind. Welfare as we know it has to
change. Today welfare drains taxpayers of hard-earned dollars -
- and recipients of hard-to-replace dignity. But now, states
6
like Wisconsin are saying -- "enough is enough." With our help,
they're experimenting with programs that reward work and personal
responsibility.
We need a welfare system that encourages families to stick
together -- and fathers to stick around. //
The sixth part of my Agenda For America will bring change to
one of the most change-resistant institutions in America: The
government. Think about the family budget in 1945. Back then,
the average family spent 2 percent of its adjusted gross income
on federal taxes -- today, the figure is almost 24 percent.
Why are many Moms and Dads forced to spend less time with
their children. So they can feed Uncle Sam.
My opponent has a boundless enthusiasm for government. He
offers at least $220 billion in new spending, and $150 billion in
new taxes -- that's just to start.
I take a different approach. I believe Government is too
big, and it spends too much of your money. //
That's why my agenda includes a new idea to drive down the
deficit -- by giving you -- the American taxpayer -- the power to
earmark a full 10 percent of your federal tax dollars for one
purpose, and one purpose only: to pay down the national debt. //
This is the outline of my Agenda for America. Many of the
ideas are well underway, others are new. But all represent a
serious response -- to the economic challenges of this new age -
-- an answer to the questions being asked around American's
dining room tables.
7
I have diagnosed the problem, and offered specific solutions
-- not all of them are popular. And I'm asking for a mandate, so
we can put my ideas into action immediately, and get this economy
moving again.
For now, at least, my opponent has chosen a different
strategy. Rather than talk about what wants to do for America,
he spends all his time and energy belittling my ideas, and
playing on fears.
One example. I want to talk about ways to limit the growth
of government spending -- which every expert will tell you must
be done. But instead of offering any spending restraint of his
own, Governor Clinton simply goes around saying -- watch out
seniors, watch out Veterans, watch our disabled.
I know times are tough. But what do you think of a
candidate, who is more interested in playing on people's fears,
than dealing with real problems. I say -- that candidate will do
anything -- to get elected.
I believe America deserves a serious discussion on the
issues. Issues like how to renew our nation by spurring economic
growth, so that we can help strengthen our families. I will talk
about ideas that can deal not just with our immediate challenges
today, but will build a safer and more secure America tomorrow.
Before I leave, let me just say that I know you cannot
endorse me, but I endorse you -- and all the work you are doing
to restore the spiritual foundation of our nation.
8
Matthew 6:21 reminds us, "Where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also." Our treasure is America. With our Renewal
agenda, and your efforts in the grassroots, we are joined in a
crusade to create an American future -- that is worthy of proud
past.
//
Thank you all for this warm welcome -- and may God bless
this great nation, the United States of America.
# # #
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
UNITED
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
9-11-92 9. H- 92
11 A10: 23
NOTICE:
Enclosed are comments from staff members of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Such comments do not necessarily
represent the official position of the Director of OMB or of the
Office of Management and Budget. If you wish to have the
Director's personal comments, please let me know -- and contact
me if you have any questions.
James C. Murr
Associate Director for
Legislative Reference
and Administration
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 09/11/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: ASAP
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COALITION, VIRGINIA BEACH,
SUBJECT:
VIRGINIA - 09/11
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
GROOMES
HORNER
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Dan McGroarty AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
See comments
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
(R-Brady may respond at a
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
later time)
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 10, 1992
A12: 26
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
STEVE PROVOST
SP
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COALITION
Tomorrow afternoon you will deliver remarks (16
mins./teleprompted) to a crowd of 11,000 Christian activists at
the second annual Road To Victory Conference, sponsored by the
National Christian Coalition and Rev. Pat Robertson.
Your remarks showcase your Agenda For American Renewal --
discussing how the six components will help reach the goal of a
$10 trillion economy by the beginning of the next century. The
message of the day is that this campaign will be decided not by
scare tactics -- but on the merit of serious ideas like the ones
you present in your Agenda.
(Smith/Gershowitz)
Draft Two
September 11, 1992
ROBERTSON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: EVANGELICALS
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1992
Thank you Pat Robertson -- and I want to salute your
leadership. May I also salute Dede Robertson -- and your sons,
Tim and Gordon. Reverend Sweet -- thank you for that invocation.
Members of the Board of the Christian Coalition. Dan Burton.
Dennis Hastert. Senators Mark Earley and Ken Stolle. The rest
of the Beach Boys. //
( (It is said of some groups that "They haven't got a
prayer." Tonight I am pleased to be with an audience about whom
that will never be said.) )) //
I am delighted to be in the heart of America's evangelical
community. ((It's always good to know that if it takes divine
intervention to save my speech -- help is close at hand. "
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have to go after root causes.
Ask any mayor, any governor, any teacher and, yes, any
preacher -- they'll tell you the same thing. The one sure way to
make America more safe and secure -- is to make our families more
safe and secure. //
What are the pressures on families today? You know them
better than I do. Schools with low academic standards -- that
undermine our kids traditional values. The coarseness of our
culture -- as reflected on TV. Drugs and violence. But today,
the single greatest threat to the American family -- is a weak
economy.
Today, family budgets are stretched by rising health care
costs. Low-income families are hurt, when welfare encourages
dependency, not personal responsibility. And when a Mom or Dad
loses a job -- the impact is felt first right at home.
So if we care about the family -- and we all do -- we have
to figure out a way to make sure that America in the 21st century
is more than a military superpower -- but that we are also an
export superpower, and an economic superpower.
That's why yesterday in Detroit, I laid out my "Agenda for
American Renewal." A comprehensive plan to make America the
world's first $10 trillion dollar economy by the first years of
the 21st Century. With that kind of dynamic growth, we will be
able to address our problems here at home -- and make the
American family stronger. //
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jobs is tied to trade. On our farms, 'A one in every three acres we 4657
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harvest will be sold abroad. In the century ahead -- in your
lifetime -- the percentage of your paycheck that comes from what
America sells abroad is only going to grow. And while my
opponent goes around tearing down America, don't forget a simple
fact. If you want to talk to the world's most productive
workers, you don't buy a ticket to Japan or Germany -- you go to
Tulsa, or Tampa or Tempe. The most productive workers in the
world can be found right here -- in the USA. 11
I have faith that if we open foreign markets, our workers
will satisfy the demand for our products. So my agenda starts
with a global trade strategy -- to build a network of new free
trade agreements, not just with Canada and Mexico, but with Chile
and other Latin America nations, as well as emerging democracies
like Czechoslovakia and Poland. While some say America should
turn in from the world economy, I say lets reach out. After all,
the American worker will never retreat. We always compete -- and
we will win. //
But understand -- developed economies need developing minds.
That's why my "Agenda for American Renewal" takes aim at a second
critical challenge -- preparing our children for the new Century
ahead. That means a revolution in American education.
Competition works in our economy -- I believe it's time to
bring some competition to the classroom. I know Secretary Lamar
Alexander was with you today, and I'm sure he talked about our GI
4
Bill for Kids. It would give thousand dollar scholarships to
parents -- so that they can choose the school they want their
child to attend.
My opponent says he supports a variety of choice in
education. But if you'll look real close -- he wants parents to
(Mount
choose between public schools, public schools,Public schools. I
don't think that's right. Whether it's the public school across
town or the private or religious school right across the street,
I believe parents, not the government, should decide which school
is best for their kids. //
Now, the third key component of my agenda for American
renewal: Helping America's businesses sharpen their competitive
edge. Small businesses create 2/3 of all new American jobs --
and they're the first to turn change to advantage in a fast-
moving economy. Pat Robertson is a businessman. He'll tell you
what holds back business in America today -- regulation /
taxation / and litigation. I want to cut them all.
You know, America has become the land of the lawsuit -- if
you fall off a ladder these days, a lawyer will be there to catch
you -- before you hit the ground. Each year, consumers and
companies spend up to $200 billion dollars on direct payments to
lawyers. That's crazy, and I want to do something about it. I
believe as a nation, we must sue each other less and start caring
for one another more. //
That brings me to the fourth part of my agenda -- providing
economic security -- for all Americans.
5
In the past four years, we've done so much to bring peace to
the world, but our victory is not complete, until we have peace
of mind at home.
Whether your collar is blue or white, whether you till the
farm or work on the assembly line, Americans today worry about
health care. They ask -- can I afford it? What if I lose it?
Again, we have two alternatives. My opponent offers a plan
that would have government set prices, and could eventually lead
(30un)
con trolled by
to having 13 percent of our GNP under the same people who gave us
the House Post Office.
(I used to say that his system would give us the efficiency
of the House Post Office, and the compassion of the KGB. But I
don't say that anymore, I'm afraid of getting letters from Russia
saying -- "quit knocking the KGB.
I have a different approach, a better approach. Cut costs
by going after the root causes of the health care explosion --
like medical malpractice. Encourage small businesses to pool
their coverage, driving down price. Use the principles of the
marketplace, to make sure that when it comes to medicine, the
intense pain only occurs at the doctor's office, not at home when
you get the bill.
America can have no spare people -- if we are to compete.
So the fifth part of our Agenda for American Renewal must mean an
America that leaves no one behind. Welfare as we know it has to
change. Today welfare drains taxpayers of hard-earned dollars -
- and recipients of hard-to-replace dignity. But now, states
6
like Wisconsin are saying -- "enough is enough." With our help,
they're experimenting with programs that reward work and personal
responsibility.
We need a welfare system that encourages families to stick
together -- and fathers to stick around. 11
The sixth part of my Agenda For America will bring change to
one of the most change-resistant institutions in America: The
government. Think about the family budget in 1945. Back then,
the average family spent 2 percent of its adjusted gross income
on federal taxes -- today, the figure is almost 24 percent.
Why are many Moms and Dads forced to spend less time with
their children. So they can feed Uncle Sam.
My opponent has a boundless enthusiasm for government. He
offers at least $220 billion in new spending, and $150 billion in
new taxes -- that's just to start.
I take a different approach. I believe Government is too
big, and it spends too much of your money. 11
That's why my agenda includes a new idea to drive down the
deficit -- by giving you -- the American taxpayer -- the power to
earmark a full 10 percent of your federal tax dollars for one
purpose, and one purpose only: to pay down the national debt. //
This is the outline of my Agenda for America. Many of the
ideas are well underway, others are new. But all represent a
serious response -- to the economic challenges of this new age -
-- an answer to the questions being asked around American's
dining room tables.
7
I have diagnosed the problem, and offered specific solutions
-- not all of them are popular. And I'm asking for a mandate, so
we can put my ideas into action immediately, and get this economy
moving again.
For now, at least, my opponent has chosen a different
strategy. Rather than talk about what he wants to do for America,
(Moning
he spends all his time and energy belittling my ideas, and
playing on fears.
One example. I want to talk about ways to limit the growth
of government spending -- which every expert will tell you must
be done. But instead of offering any spending restraint of his
own, Governor Clinton simply goes around saying -- watch out
seniors, watch out Veterans, watch our disabled.
people with disabilities
I know times are tough. But what do you think of a
candidate, who is more interested in playing on people's fears,
than dealing with real problems. I say -- that candidate will do
anything -- to get elected.
I believe America deserves a serious discussion on the
issues. Issues like how to renew our nation by spurring economic
growth, so that we can help strengthen our families. I will talk
about ideas that can deal not just with our immediate challenges
today, but will build a safer and more secure America tomorrow.
Before I leave, let me just say that I know you cannot
endorse me, but I endorse you -- and all the work you are doing
to restore the spiritual foundation of our nation.
8
Matthew 6:21 reminds us, "Where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also." Our treasure is America. With our Renewal
agenda, and your efforts in the grassroots, we are joined in a
crusade to create an American future -- that is worthy of proud
past.
//
Thank you all for this warm welcome -- and may God bless
this great nation, the United States of America.
# # #
Document No.
WHITE SEP HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92
DATE: 09/11/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: ASAP
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COALITION, VIRGINIA BEACH,
VIRGINIA - 09/11
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
GROOMES
HORNER
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Dan McGroarty AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 10, 1992
A12 : 26
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
STEVE PROVOST
sp
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COALITION
Tomorrow afternoon you will deliver remarks (16
mins./teleprompted) to a crowd of 11,000 Christian activists at
the second annual Road To Victory Conference, sponsored by the
National Christian Coalition and Rev. Pat Robertson.
Your remarks showcase your Agenda For American Renewal --
discussing how the six components will help reach the goal of a
$10 trillion economy by the beginning of the next century. The
message of the day is that this campaign will be decided not by
scare tactics -- but on the merit of serious ideas like the ones
you present in your Agenda.
(Smith/Gershowitz)
Draft Two
September 11, 1992
ROBERTSON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
EVANGELICALS
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1992
Thank you Pat Robertson -- and I want to salute your
leadership. May I also salute Dede Robertson -- and your sons,
Tim and Gordon. Reverend Sweet -- thank you for that invocation.
Members of the Board of the Christian Coalition. Dan Burton.
Dennis Hastert. Senators Mark Earley and Ken Stolle. The rest
of the Beach Boys. 11
(It is said of some groups that "They haven't got a
prayer." Tonight I am pleased to be with an audience about whom
that will never be said.) ) 11
I am delighted to be in the heart of America's evangelical
community. ((It's always good to know that if it takes divine
intervention to save my speech -- help is close at hand.) ) 11
You know, you and I are have been accused recently of
focussing our debate and our energies on a narrow topic -- the
American family.
Well, I think it is our critics who are being narrow,
because in my mind -- and I'm sure yours -- the family is the
root of all good. The center of everything that is right about
America.
I talk about the American family, because of something I
learn every day in the Oval Office. When confronting the
2
problems of America, it does no good to attack symptoms -- you
have to go after root causes.
Ask any mayor, any governor, any teacher and, yes, any
preacher -- they'll tell you the same thing. The one sure way to
make America more safe and secure -- is to make our families more
safe and secure. 11
What are the pressures on families today? You know them
better than I do. Schools with low academic standards -- that
ELEMENTS
undermine our kids traditional values.
The
coarseness
of
our
culture -- as reflected on TV. Drugs and violence. But today,
the single greatest threat to the American family -- is a weak
economy.
Today, family budgets are stretched by rising health care
costs. Low-income families are hurt, when welfare encourages
dependency, not personal responsibility. And when a Mom or Dad
loses a job -- the impact is felt first right at home.
So
if
we
care
about
the
family
and
we
all
do
we
have
to figure out a way to make sure that America in the 21st century
is more than a military superpower -- but that we are also an
export superpower, and an economic superpower.
That's why yesterday in Detroit, I laid out my "Agenda for
American Renewal." A comprehensive plan to make America the
world's first $10 trillion dollar economy by the first years of
the 21st Century. With that kind of dynamic growth, we will be
STRENGTHEN
able to address our problems here at home -- and make the
American family. //
3
Right now, in our factories, one of every 6 manufacturing
jobs is tied to trade. On our farms, one in every three acres we
harvest will be sold abroad. In the century ahead -- in your
lifetime -- the percentage of your paycheck that comes from what
America sells abroad is only going to grow. And while my
opponent goes around tearing down America, don't forget a simple
fact. If you want to talk to the world's most productive
workers, you don't buy a ticket to Japan or Germany -- you go to
Tulsa, or Tampa or Tempe. The most productive workers in the
ARE
world can be found right here -- in the USA. 11
AS
MORE
I have faith that # we open/foreign markets, our workers
will satisfy the demand for our products. So my agenda starts
with a global trade strategy -- to build a network of new free
trade agreements, not just with Canada and Mexico, but with Chile
and other Latin America nations, as well as emerging democracies
like Czechoslovakia and Poland. While some say America should
AWAY
turn in from the world economy, I say lets reach out. After all,
the American worker will never retreat. We always compete -- and
we will win.//
But understand -- developed economies need developing minds.
That's why my "Agenda for American Renewal" takes aim at a second
critical challenge -- preparing our children for the new Century
ahead. That means a revolution in American education.
Competition works in our economy -- I believe it's time to
bring some competition to the classroom. I know Secretary Lamar
Alexander was with you today, and I'm sure he talked about our GI
ONE
4
MIDDLE- AM
Bill for Kids. It would givel thousand dollar scholarships to
LOW-INCOME
parents -- so that they can choose the school they want their
child to attend.
My opponent says he supports a variety of choice in
education. But if you'll look real closeV LY -- he wants parents to
choose between public schools, public schools, public schools. I
don't think that's right. Whether it's the public school across
town or the private or religious school right across the street,
I believe parents, not the government, should decide which school
is best for their kids. 11
Now, the third key component of my agenda for American
?
renewal: Helping America's businesses sharpen their competitive
DISCUSSION
edge. Small businesses create 2/3 of all new American jobs --
of
SCHOOL
and they're the first to turn change to advantage in a fast-
PRAYER
moving economy. Pat Robertson is a businessman. He'll tell you
AMEND.
what holds back business in America today -- regulation /
2
taxation / and litigation. I want to cut them all.
You know, America has become the land of the lawsuit --
if
HAM you A
you fall off a ladder these days, a lawyer will be there to catch
BUSINESS CARD
you -- before you hit the ground. Each year, consumers and
companies spend up to $200 billion dollars on direct payments to
lawyers. That's crazy, and I want to do something about it. I
believe as a nation, we must sue each other less and start caring
for one another more. 11
That brings me to the fourth part of my agenda -- providing
economic security -- for all Americans.
5
In the past four years, we've done so much to bring peace to
the world, but our victory is not complete, until we have peace
of mind at home.
Whether your collar is blue or white, whether you till the
farm or work on the assembly line, Americans today worry about
health care. They ask -- can I afford it? What if I lose it?
Again, we have two alternatives. My opponent offers a plan
that would have government set prices, and could eventually lead
to having 13 percent of our GNP under the same people who gave us
the House Post Office.
(I used to say that his system would give us the efficiency
of the House Post office, and the compassion of the KGB. But I
don't say that anymore, I'm afraid of getting letters from Russia
saying -- "quit knocking the KGB.")
I have a different approach, a better approach. Cut costs
by going after the root causes of the health care explosion --
like medical malpractice. Encourage small businesses to pool
their coverage, driving down price. Use the principles of the
marketplace, to make sure that when it comes to medicine, the
intense pain only occurs at the doctor's office, not at home when
you get the bill.
IT AFFORD TO WASTE THE ABILITIES OF A SINGLE PERSON
America can have no spare people -- if we are to compete.
So the fifth part of our Agenda for American Renewal must mean an
America that leaves no one behind. Welfare as we know it has to
change. Today welfare drains taxpayers of hard-earned dollars -
- and recipients of hard-to-replace dignity. But now, states
6
like Wisconsin are saying -- "enough is enough." With our help,
they're experimenting with programs that reward work and personal
responsibility.
We need a welfare system that encourages families to stick
together -- and fathers to stick around. 11
The sixth part of my Agenda For America will bring change to
one of the most change-resistant institutions in America: The
FEDERAL
government. Think about the family budget in 1945. Back then,
the average family spent 2 percent of its adjusted gross income
on federal taxes -- today, the figure is almost 24 percent.
TOO many Moms and Dads forced to spend less time with
their childrenk so they can feed Uncle Sam.
My opponent has a boundless enthusiasm for government. He
WANTS
offers at least $220 billion in new spending, and $150 billion in
new taxes -- that's just to start.
I take a different approach. I believe Government is too
big, and it spends too much of your money. 11
That's why my agenda includes a new idea to drive down the
deficit -- by giving you -- the American taxpayer -- the power to
earmark a full 10 percent of your federal tax dollars for one
purpose, and one purpose only: to pay down the national debt. 11
AN
This is the outline of my Agenda for America. Many of the
ideas are well underway, others are new. But all represent a
serious response -- to the economic challenges of this new age -
-- an answer to the questions being asked around American's
dining room tables.
AUTHOUGH OTHERS MAY OPPOSE THEMO
7
I have diagnosed the problem, and offered specific solutions
-- not all of them are popular. And I'm asking for a mandate, so
we can put my ideas into action immediately, and get this economy
moving again.
HE
For now, at least, my opponent has chosen a different
strategy. Rather than talk about what/wants to do for America,
he spends all his time and energy belittling my ideas, and
playing on fears.
One example. I want to talk about ways to limit the growth
of government spending -- which every expert will tell you must
be done. But instead of offering any spending restraint of his
own, Governor Clinton simply goes around saying -- watch out
seniors, watch out Veterans, watch our disabled.
I know times are tough. But what do you think of
candidate, who is more interested in playing on people's fears,
RATHER
than dealing with real problems
H
say
that
candidate
will
de
DREAM
DELER
anything to get elected.
WILL NOT MOVE US FORWARD
I believe America deserves a serious discussion an OF the
issues. Issues like how to renew our nation by spurring economic
growth, so that we can help strengthen our families. I will talk
about ideas that can deal not just with our immediate challenges
today, but will build a safer and more secure America tomorrow.
Before I leave, let me just say that I know you cannot
endorse me, but I endorse you -- and all the work you are doing
to restore the spiritual foundation of our nation.
8
Matthew 6:21 reminds us, "Where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also." Our treasure is America. With our Renewal
agenda, and your efforts in the grassroots, we are joined in a
crusade to create an American future -- that is worthy of proud
past.
11
Thank you all for this warm welcome -- and may God bless
this great nation, the United States of America.
# # #
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WASHINGTON
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MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: National Christian
Coalition
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have noted a few suggested changes on the draft.
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assistance, please let us know.
CC:
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and Staff Secretary
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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A12 : 26
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
STEVE PROVOST
SP
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COALITION
Tomorrow afternoon you will deliver remarks (16
mins./teleprompted) to a crowd of 11,000 Christian activists at
the second annual Road To Victory Conference, sponsored by the
National Christian Coalition and Rev. Pat Robertson.
Your remarks showcase your Agenda For American Renewal --
discussing how the six components will help reach the goal of a
$10 trillion economy by the beginning of the next century. The
message of the day is that this campaign will be decided not by
scare tactics -- but on the merit of serious ideas like the ones
you present in your Agenda.
(Smith/Gershowitz)
Draft Two
September 11, 1992
ROBERTSON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: EVANGELICALS
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1992
Thank you Pat Robertson -- and I want to salute your
leadership. May I also salute Dede Robertson -- and your sons,
Tim and Gordon. Reverend Sweet -- thank you for that invocation.
Members of the Board of the Christian Coalition. Dan Burton.
Dennis Hastert. Senators Mark Earley and Ken Stolle. The rest
of the Beach Boys. 11
( (It is said of some groups that "They haven't got a
prayer." Tonight I am pleased to be with an audience about whom
that will never be said.) " 11
I am delighted to be in the heart of America's evangelical
community. ((It's always good to know that if it takes divine
intervention to save my speech -- help is close at hand. " 11
You know, you and I are have been accused recently of
focussing our debate and our energies on a narrow topic -- the
American family.
Well, I think it is our critics who are being narrow,
because in my mind -- and I'm sure yours -- the family is the
root of all good. The center of everything that is right about
America.
I talk about the American family, because of something I
learn every day in the Oval Office. When confronting the
2
problems of America, it does no good to attack symptoms -- you
have to go after root causes.
Ask any mayor, any governor, any teacher and, yes, any
preacher -- they'll tell you the same thing. The one sure way to
make America more safe and secure -- is to make our families more
safe and secure. 11
What are the pressures on families today? You know them
better than I de. do. Schools with low academic standards that
ELEMENTS
undermine our kids traditional values. The coarseness of our
culture -- as reflected on TV. Drugs and violence. But today,
the single greatest threat to the American family -- is a weak
economy.
Today, family budgets are stretched by rising health care
costs. Low-income families are hurt, when welfare encourages
dependency, not personal responsibility. And when a Mom or Dad
loses a job -- the impact is felt first right at home.
So if we care about the family and we all do we have
to figure out a way to make sure that America in the 21st century
is more than a military superpower -- but that we are also an
export superpower, and an economic superpower.
That's why yesterday in Detroit, I laid out my "Agenda for
American Renewal." A comprehensive plan to make America the
world's first $10 trillion dollar economy by the first years of
the 21st Century. With that kind of dynamic growth, STRENGTHEN we will be
able to address our problems here at home -- and make the
American family. 11
3
Right now, in our factories, one of every 6 manufacturing
jobs is tied to trade. On our farms, one in every three acres we
harvest will be sold abroad. In the century ahead -- in your
lifetime -- the percentage of your paycheck that comes from what
America sells abroad is only going to grow. And while my
opponent goes around tearing down America, don't forget a simple
fact. If you want to talk to the world's most productive
workers, you don't buy a ticket to Japan or Germany -- you go to
Tulsa, or Tampa or Tempe. The most productive workers in the
ARE
world can be found right here -- MORE in the USA. 11
AS
I have faith that # we open/foreign markets, our workers
will satisfy the demand for our products. So my agenda starts
with a global trade strategy -- to build a network of new free
trade agreements, not just with Canada and Mexico, but with Chile
and other Latin America nations, as well as emerging democracies
like Czechoslovakia and Poland. While some say America should
turn AWAY in from the world economy, I say lets reach out. After all,
the American worker will never retreat. We always compete -- and
we will win. 11
But understand -- developed economies need developing minds.
That's why my "Agenda for American Renewal" takes aim at a second
critical challenge -- preparing our children for the new Century
ahead. That means a revolution in American education.
Competition works in our economy -- I believe it's time to
bring some competition to the classroom. I know Secretary Lamar
Alexander was with you today, and I'm sure he talked about our GI
ONE
4
MIDDLE- AND
Bill for Kids. It would givelthousand dollar scholarships to
LOW-INCOME
parents -- so that they can choose the school they want their
child to attend.
My opponent says he supports a variety of choice in
education. But if you'll look real closeV LY -- he wants parents to
choose between public schools, public schools, public schools. I
don't think that's right. Whether it's the public school across
town or the private or religious school right across the street,
I believe parents, not the government, should decide which school
is best for their kids. 11
Now, the third key component of my agenda for American
?
renewal: Helping America's businesses sharpen their competitive
edge. Small businesses create 2/3 of all new American jobs --
and they're the first to turn change to advantage in a fast-
moving economy. Pat Robertson is a businessman. He'll tell you
what holds back business in America today -- regulation /
taxation / and litigation. I want to cut them all.
You know, America has become the land of the lawsuit -- if
HAME you A
you fall off a ladder these days, a lawyer will be there to catch
BUSINESS CARD
you -- before you hit the ground. Each year, consumers and
companies spend up to $200 billion dollars on direct payments to
lawyers. That's crazy, and I want to do something about it. I
believe as a nation, we must sue each other less and start caring
for one another more. 11
That brings me to the fourth part of my agenda -- providing
economic security -- for all Americans.
5
In the past four years, we've done so much to bring peace to
the world, but our victory is not complete, until we have peace
of mind at home.
Whether your collar is blue or white, whether you till the
farm or work on the assembly line, Americans today worry about
health care. They ask -- can I afford it? What if I lose it?
Again, we have two alternatives. My opponent offers a plan
that would have government set prices, and could eventually lead
to having 13 percent of our GNP under the same people who gave us
the House Post Office.
(I used to say that his system would give us the efficiency
of the House Post office, and the compassion of the KGB. But I
don't say that anymore, I'm afraid of getting letters from Russia
saying -- "quit knocking the KGB.")
I have a different approach, a better approach. Cut costs
by going after the root causes of the health care explosion --
like medical malpractice. Encourage small businesses to pool
their coverage, driving down price. Use the principles of the
marketplace, to make sure that when it comes to medicine, the
intense pain only occurs at the doctor's office, not at home when
you get the bill.
iT AFFORD TO WASTE THE ABILITIES OF A SINGLE PERSON
America can have no spare people -- if we are to compete.
So the fifth part of our Agenda for American Renewal must mean an
America that leaves no one behind. Welfare as we know it has to
change. Today welfare drains taxpayers of hard-earned dollars -
- and recipients of hard-to-replace dignity. But now, states
6
like Wisconsin are saying -- "enough is enough." With our help,
they're experimenting with programs that reward work and personal
responsibility.
We need a welfare system that encourages families to stick
together -- and fathers to stick around. 11
The sixth part of my Agenda For America will bring change to
one of the most change-resistant institutions in America: The
FEDERAL
government. Think about the family budget in 1945. Back then,
the average family spent 2 percent of its adjusted gross income
on federal taxes -- today, the figure is almost 24 percent.
TOO
Why are many Moms and Dads forced to spend less time with
their childreng so they can feed Uncle Sam.
My opponent has a boundless enthusiasm for government. He
WANTS
offers at least $220 billion in new spending, and $150 billion in
new taxes -- that's just to start.
I take a different approach. I believe Government is too
big, and it spends too much of your money. 11
That's why my agenda includes a new idea to drive down the
deficit -- by giving you -- the American taxpayer -- the power to
earmark a full 10 percent of your federal tax dollars for one
purpose, and one purpose only: to pay down the national debt. //
AN
This is the outline of my Agenda for America. Many of the
ideas are well underway, others are new. But all represent a
serious response -- to the economic challenges of this new age -
-- an answer to the questions being asked around American's
dining room tables.
AUTHOUGH OTHERS MAY OPPOSE THEMO
7
I have diagnosed the problem, and offered specific solutions
not all of them are popular. And I'm asking for a mandate, so
we can put my ideas into action immediately, and get this economy
moving again.
HE
For now, at least, my opponent has chosen a different
strategy. Rather than talk about what/wants to do for America,
he spends all his time and energy belittling my ideas, and
playing on fears.
One example. I want to talk about ways to limit the growth
of government spending -- which every expert will tell you must
be done. But instead of offering any spending restraint of his
own, Governor Clinton simply goes around saying -- watch out
seniors, watch out Veterans, watch our disabled.
I know times are tough. But what do you think of
candidate, who is more interested in playing on people's fears,
RATHER
than dealing with real problems
H
say
that
candidate
will
de
DREFE
anything to get elected J.
WILL NOT MOVE US FORWARDO
I believe America deserves a serious discussion an OF the
issues. Issues like how to renew our nation by spurring economic
growth, so that we can help strengthen our families. I will talk
about ideas that can deal not just with our immediate challenges
today, but will build a safer and more secure America tomorrow.
Before I leave, let me just say that I know you cannot
endorse me, but I endorse you -- and all the work you are doing
to restore the spiritual foundation of our nation.
8
Matthew 6:21 reminds us, "Where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also." Our treasure is America. With our Renewal
agenda, and your efforts in the grassroots, we are joined in a
crusade to create an American future -- that is worthy of proud
past.
11
Thank you all for this warm welcome -- and may God bless
this great nation, the United States of America.
# # #