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DMAF/Walters
October 19, 1992
11:00 a.m.
[kannapolis]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KANNAPOLIS WHISTLE STOP
KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER 21, 1992
12:25 P.M.
Thank you all for this warm welcome. [Acknowledgements.]
11
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Kannapolis such a special
place to live and raise a family. //
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Kannapolis -- how America leads in the
world. This election -- like every election -- is a referendum
on the future. You face a real choice -- between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality.
Well, don't let this train fool you. We are on the right
track -- and we're going to finish faster than Dale Earnhardt.
11
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
They don't tell you that for the last three months -- the
economies in Germany and Japan actually got smaller -- they
actually contracted.
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 30 years --
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same old
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products -- give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that first home
-- cut taxes on investment and give more Americans the chance to
use their IRA savings accounts to buy a new home, or send their
kids to school.
Add that up -- and our short-term growth agenda will
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, beyond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century -- to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever.
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America.
Here's what I'm fighting for.
I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
[PARA ON KANNAPOLIS AREA COMPANIES' EXPORTS.]
It's fine that the [products] from [North Carolina] are sold
in Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good
enough. I want to sell those XX in Moscow and Mexico City and
Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
shake, and they can outwork, outthink, outcompete anywhere in the
world.
And we have to make sure we stay that way.
That means we have to give our kids the finest schools in
the world. Our kids deserve the best, and I want to make sure
they get it.
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy -- give all parents the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if we they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
always created jobs is through small business. They're the
backbone of our economy. But they're being strangled by high
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
taxation, regulation, and -- yes -- litigation. We'd be a lot
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkskin suits and a lot
more small businessmen and women creating jobs.
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal
--
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for
the global economic competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear -- taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges -- who have no
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
criminal's victims. And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years.
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment.
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate 10
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit. I
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit -- then give the
American people the power, and they'll do it for you.
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
That's my Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
America where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
When it comes down to it, I put my trust in the people. In
the people waiting at the airport in a driving rain early one
workday morning not so long ago in Greensboro. In the families -
- the Moms, Dads and kids -- that stood out along the railroad
tracks from Gainsville, Georgia to Gastonia and right here in
Kannapolis. These are people yearning for change / ready to
build on what's good about America -- and make it better.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. //
There is no change I can think of -- no challenge we face -
- that is bigger than America's heart or brighter than our
dreams. /
America is ready. So am I. //
Barbara and I thank you for this warm Kannapolis welcome.
And may God bless this great country, the United States of
America.
# # #
DMAF/Walters
October 19, 1992
11:00 a.m.
[kannapolis]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KANNAPOLIS WHISTLE STOP
KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER 21, 1992
12:25 P.M.
Thank you all for this warm welcome. [Acknowledgements.]
//
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Kannapolis such a special
place to live and raise a family. //
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Kannapolis -- how America leads in the
world. This election -- like every election -- is a referendum
on the future. You face a real choice -- between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality.
Well, don't let this train fool you. We are on the right
track -- and we're going to finish faster than Dale Earnhardt.
11
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
They don't tell you that for the last three months -- the
economies in Germany and Japan actually got smaller -- they
actually contracted.
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 30 years --
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same old
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products -- give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that first home
-- cut taxes on investment and give more Americans the chance to
use their IRA savings accounts to buy a new home, or send their
kids to school.
Add that up -- and our short-term growth agenda will
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, beyond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century -- to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever.
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America.
Here's what I'm fighting for.
I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
[PARA ON KANNAPOLIS AREA COMPANIES' EXPORTS.]
It's fine that the [products] from [North Carolina] are sold
in Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good
enough. I want to sell those XX in Moscow and Mexico City and
Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
shake, and they can outwork, outthink, outcompete anywhere in the
world.
And we have to make sure we stay that way.
That means we have to give our kids the finest schools in
the world. Our kids deserve the best, and I want to make sure
they get it.
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy -- give all parents the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if we they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
always created jobs is through small business. They're the
backbone of our economy. But they're being strangled by high
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
taxation, regulation, and -- yes -- litigation. We'd be a lot
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkskin suits and a lot
more small businessmen and women creating jobs.
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for
the global economic competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear -- taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges -- who have no
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
criminal's victims. And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years.
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment.
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate 10
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit. I
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit -- then give the
American people the power, and they'll do it for you.
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
That's my Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
America where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
When it comes down to it, I put my trust in the people. In
the people waiting at the airport in a driving rain early one
workday morning not so long ago in Greensboro. In the families -
- the Moms, Dads and kids -- that stood out along the railroad
tracks from Gainsville, Georgia to Gastonia and right here in
Kannapolis. These are people yearning for change / ready to
build on what's good about America -- and make it better.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. //
There is no change I can think of -- no challenge we face -
- that is bigger than America's heart or brighter than our
dreams. /
America is ready. So am I. //
Barbara and I thank you for this warm Kannapolis welcome.
And may God bless this great country, the United States of
America.
# # #
Document No. 357297ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
10/19/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 10/19 5:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KANNAPOLIS WHISTLE STOP
SUBJECT:
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - OCT. 21 -- 12:25 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS N/C
CALIO
SMITH N/C
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
MCGROARTY
GRAY
HOLIDAY N/C
KAUFMAN
GROOMES
HORNER
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to DAn McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 5:00 p.m., TODAY, OCT. 19, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
2:45 called
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
DMAF/Walters
October 19, 1992
11:00 a.m.
200719 All: 12
[kannapolis]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KANNAPOLIS WHISTLE STOP
KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER 21, 1992
12:25 P.M.
Thank you all for this warm welcome. [Acknowledgements.
]
//
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Kannapolis such a special
place to live and raise a family. //
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Kannapolis -- how America leads in the
world. This election -- like every election -- is a referendum
on the future. You face a real choice -- between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality.
Well, don't let this train fool you. We are on the right
track -- and we're going to finish faster than Dale Earnhardt.
//
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
They don't tell you that for the last three months -- the
economies in Germany and Japan actually got smaller -- they
actually contracted.
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 30 years --
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same old
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products -- give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that first home
-- cut taxes on investment and give more Americans the chance to
use their IRA savings accounts to buy a new home, or send their
kids to school.
Add that up -- and our short-term growth agenda will
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, beyond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century -- to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever.
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America.
Here's what I'm fighting for.
I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
[PARA ON KANNAPOLIS AREA COMPANIES' EXPORTS.]
It's fine that the [products] from [North Carolina] are sold
in Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good
enough. I want to sell those XX in Moscow and Mexico City and
Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
shake, and they can outwork, outthink, outcompete anywhere in the
world.
And we have to make sure we stay that way.
That means we have to give our kids the finest schools in
the world. Our kids deserve the best, and I want to make sure
they get it.
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy -- give all parents the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if we they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
always created jobs is through small business. They're the
backbone of our economy. But they're being strangled by high
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
taxation, regulation, and -- yes -- litigation. We'd be a lot
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkskin suits and a lot
more small businessmen and women creating jobs.
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal --
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for
the global economic competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear -- taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges -- who have no
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
criminal's victims. And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years.
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment.
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate 10
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit. I
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit -- then give the
American people the power, and they'll do it for you.
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
That's my Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
America where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
When it comes down to it, I put my trust in the people. In
the people waiting at the airport in a driving rain early one
workday morning not so long ago in Greensboro. In the families -
- the Moms, Dads and kids -- that stood out along the railroad
tracks from Gainsville, Georgia to Gastonia and right here in
Kannapolis. These are people yearning for change / ready to
build on what's good about America -- and make it better.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. //
There is no change I can think of -- no challenge we face -
- that is bigger than America's heart or brighter than our
dreams. /
America is ready. So am I. //
Barbara and I thank you for this warm Kannapolis welcome.
And may God bless this great country, the United States of
America.
# # #
357297ss
Document No.
7798
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORAN
92 OCT 20 A8: 27
DATE:
10/19/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 10/19 5:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KANNAPOLIS WHISTLE STOP
SUBJECT:
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - OCT. 21 -- 12:25 p.m.
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
MCGROARTY
GRAY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
GROOMES
HORNER
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to DAn McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 5:00 p.m., TODAY, OCT. 19, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
TO:
DAN MCGROARTY
October 19, 1992
PHILLIP D. BRADY
The NSC staff concurs with the attached, as revised.
Assistant to the President
Brent Scowcroft
and Staff Secretary
CC: Phillip Brady
Ext. 2702
DMAF/Walters
October 19, 1992
11:00 a.m.
20019 All 12
[kannapolis]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KANNAPOLIS WHISTLE STOP
KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER 21, 1992
12:25 P.M.
Thank you all for this warm welcome. [Acknowledgements.]
//
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Kannapolis such a special
place to live and raise a family. //
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Kannapolis -- how America leads in the
world. This election -- like every election -- is a referendum
on the future. You face a real choice -- between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality.
Well, don't let this train fool you. We are on the right
track -- and we're going to finish faster than Dale Earnhardt.
//
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
They don't tell you that for the last three months -- the
economies in Germany and Japan actually got smaller -- they
actually contracted.
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 30 years --
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
our international competitors
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same old
istrat
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes.
But
the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products -- give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that first home
-- cut taxes on investment and give more Americans the chance to
use their IRA savings accounts to buy a new home, or send their
kids to school.
Add that up -- and our short-term growth agenda will
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, beyond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century -- to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever.
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America.
Here's what I'm fighting for.
I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
[PARA ON KANNAPOLIS AREA COMPANIES' EXPORTS.]
It's fine that the [products] from [North Carolina] are sold
in Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good
enough. I want to sell those XX in Moscow and Mexico City and
Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
shake, and they can outwork, outthink, outcompete aurong anywhere in the
world.
And we have to make sure we stay that way.
That means we have to give our kids the finest schools in
the world. Our kids deserve the best, and I want to make sure
they get it.
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy -- give all parents the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if we they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
always created jobs is through small business. They're the
backbone of our economy. But they're being strangled by high
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
taxation, regulation, and -- yes -- litigation. We'd be a lot
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkskin suits and a lot
more small businessmen and women creating jobs. and freed from
government red tape.
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal --
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for
the global economic competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear -- taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges -- who have no
wholeve
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
criminal's victims N And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years.
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment.
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate 10
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit.
I
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit -- then give the
American people the power, and they'll do it for you.
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
That's my Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
America where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
When it comes down to it, I put my trust in the people. In
the people waiting at the airport in a driving rain early one
workday morning not so long ago in Greensboro. In the families -
- the Moms, Dads and kids -- that stood out along the railroad
tracks from Gainsville, Georgia to Gastonia and right here in
Kannapolis. These are people yearning for change / ready to
build on what's good about America -- and make it better.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. // fantastic!
There is no change I can think of -- no challenge we face -
- that is bigger than America's heart or brighter than our
dreams. /
America is ready. So am I. //
Barbara and I thank you for this warm Kannapolis welcome.
And may God bless this great country, the United States of
America.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
32 OCT 19
October 19, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Kannapolis Whistle Stop
We have reviewed the attached remarks and have noted a few
suggested changes on the draft.
Please let us know if you have any questions or if we may
help in any other way.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
357297ss
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
WARREN
DATE:
10/19/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 10/19 5:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KANNAPOLIS WHISTLE STOP
SUBJECT:
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. OCT. 21 -- 12:25 p.m.
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
MCGROARTY
GRAY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
GROOMES
HORNER
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to DAn McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 5:00 p.m., TODAY, OCT. 19, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
M
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
DMAF/Walters
October 19, 1992
11:00 a.m.
200.18
[kannapolis]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KANNAPOLIS WHISTLE STOP
KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER 21, 1992
12:25 P.M.
Thank you all for this warm welcome. [Acknowledgements.]
//
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Kannapolis such a special
place to live and raise a family. //
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Kannapolis -- how America leads in the
world. This election -- like every election -- is a referendum
on the future. You face a real choice -- between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality.
THEM
Well, don't let this train fool you. We are on the right
track -- and we're going to finish faster than Dale Earnhardt.
//
I know you get (#) alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
AT
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
FOR
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
They don't tell you that for the last three months -- the
economies in Germany and Japan actually got smaller -- they
actually contracted,
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 20 30 years --
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same old
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
TO INCREASE
BADLY
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
A
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products -- give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that first home
-- cut taxes on investment and give more Americans the chance to
use their IRA savings accounts to buy a new home, or send their
kids to school.
Add that up -- and our short-term growth agenda will
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, beyond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century -- to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever.
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America.
Here's what I'm fighting for.
I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
[PARA ON KANNAPOLIS AREA COMPANIES' EXPORTS.]
It's fine that the [products] from [North Carolina] are sold
in Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good
enough. I want to sell those XX in Moscow and Mexico City and
Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
shake, and they can outwork, outthink, outcompete anywhere ONEg: in the
world.
And we have to make sure we stay that way.
That means we have to give our kids the finest schools in
the world. Our kids deserve the best, and I want to make sure
they get it.
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy -- give all parents T the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if we I they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
always created jobs is through small business. They're the
backbone of our economy. But they're being strangled by high
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
taxation, regulation, and -- yes -- litigation. We'd be a lot
ENGAGED IN ENDLESS LITIBATION
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkskin suits and a lot
more small businessmen and women creating jobs.
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal --
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
TO Com PETE
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for
IN the global economic Yo competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear -- taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges -- who have no
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
criminal's victims. And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years.
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment.
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate 10
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit. I
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit then give the
American people the power and they 11 do it for you.
TO REDUCE FEDERAL SPENDING
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
That's my Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
America where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
When it comes down to it, I put my trust in the people. In
the people waiting at the airport in a driving rain early one
workday morning not so long ago in Greensboro. In the families -
- the Moms, Dads and kids -- that stood out along the railroad
tracks from Gainsville, Georgia to Gastonia and right here in
Kannapolis. These are people yearning for change / ready to
build on what's good about America -- and make it better.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. //
There is no change I can think of -- no challenge we face -
- that is bigger than America's heart or brighter than our
dreams. /
America is ready. So am I. //
Barbara and I thank you for this warm Kannapolis welcome.
And may God bless this great country, the United States of
America.
# # #
357297ss
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
10/19/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 10/19 5:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KANNAPOLIS WHISTLE STOP
SUBJECT:
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - OCT. 21 -- 12:25 p.m.
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
MCGROARTY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
HORNER
GROOMES
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to DAn McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 5:00 p.m., TODAY, OCT. 19, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE: Seecomments
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
DMAF/Walters
October 19, 1992
11:00 a.m.
20019 All 12
[kannapolis]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KANNAPOLIS WHISTLE STOP
KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER 21, 1992
12:25 P.M.
Thank you all for this warm welcome. [Acknowledgements.]
//
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Kannapolis such a special
place to live and raise a family. //
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Kannapolis -- how America leads in the
world. This election -- like every election -- is a referendum
on the future. You face a real choice -- between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality.
Well, don't let this train fool you. We are on the right
track -- and we're going to finish faster than Dale Earnhardt.
//
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
They don't tell you that for the last three months --
output
the
economies in Germany and in Japan actually got smaller they
actually contracted
it grew by half of the U.S. rate.
actually contracted.
Hl-Samarie 5873
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 30 years --
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same old
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products -- give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that first home
-- cut taxes on investment and give more Americans the chance to
use their IRA savings accounts to buy a new home, or send their
kids to school.
Add that up -- and our short-term growth agenda will
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, beyond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century -- to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever.
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America.
Here's what I'm fighting for.
I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
[PARA ON KANNAPOLIS AREA COMPANIES' EXPORTS.]
It's fine that the [products] from [North Carolina] are sold
in Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good
enough. I want to sell those XX in Moscow and Mexico City and
Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
shake, and they can outwork, outthink, outcompete anywhere in the
world.
And we have to make sure we stay that way.
That means we have to give our kids the finest schools in
the world. Our kids deserve the best, and I want to make sure
they get it.
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy --- give all parents the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if we they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
always created jobs is through small business. They're the
backbone of our economy. But they're being strangled by high
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
taxation, regulation, and -- yes -- litigation. We'd be a lot
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkskin suits and a lot
more small businessmen and women creating jobs.
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal --
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for
the global economic competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear -- taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges -- who have no
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
criminal's victims. And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years.
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment.
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate 10
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit. I
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit -- then give the
American people the power, and they'll do it for you.
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
That's my Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
America where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
When it comes down to it, I put my trust in the people. In
the people waiting at the airport in a driving rain early one
workday morning not so long ago in Greensboro. In the families -
- the Moms, Dads and kids -- that stood out along the railroad
tracks from Gainsville, Georgia to Gastonia and right here in
Kannapolis. These are people yearning for change / ready to
build on what's good about America -- and make it better.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. great //
Maring
There is no change I can think of -- no challenge we face -
- that is bigger than America's heart or brighter than our
dreams. /
America is ready. So am I. //
Barbara and I thank you for this warm Kannapolis welcome.
And may God bless this great country, the United States of
America.
# # #
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
10/19/92
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KANNAPOLIS WHISTLE STOP
SUBJECT:
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - OCT. 21 -- 12:25 p.m.
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VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
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PORTER
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PROVOST
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ROSS
CALIO
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Please forward your comments directly to DAn McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 5:00 p.m., TODAY, OCT. 19, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
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Assistant to the President
Gene Schour
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
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CEA
DMAF/Walters
October 19, 1992
11:00 a.m.
[kannapolis]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KANNAPOLIS WHISTLE STOP
KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER 21, 1992
12:25 P.M.
Thank you all for this warm welcome. [Acknowledgements.]
//
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Kannapolis such a special
place to live and raise a family. //
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Kannapolis -- how America leads in the
world. This election -- like every election -- is a referendum
on the future. You face a real choice -- between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality.
the national Media
Well, don't let this train n fool you. We are on the right
track -- and we're going to finish faster than Dale Earnhardt.
//
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide for our
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
They don't tell you that for the last three months -- the
economies in Germany and Japan actually got smaller -- they
actually contracted.
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
9 Generation
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 30 years
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same old
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes by controlling Government
spendiNG AND curting reo tape.
my
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
For starters
short term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
^
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products -- give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that first home
-- cut taxes on investment and give more Americans the chance to
use their IRA savings accounts to buy a new home, or send their
kids to school.
we
Add that up -- and our short term growth agenda will
7
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, beyond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century -- to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever.
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America.
Here's what I'm fighting for.
I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
[PARA ON KANNAPOLIS AREA COMPANIES' EXPORTS.]
It's fine that the [products] from [North Carolina] are sold
in Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good
enough. I want to sell those XX in Moscow and Mexico City and
Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
shake, and they can outwork, outthink, outcompete anywhere in the
world.
And we have to make sure we stay that way.
That means we have to give our kids the finest schools in
the world. Our kids deserve the best, and I want to make sure
they get it.
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy -- give all parents the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if we they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
always created jobs is through small business, They're the
backbone of our economy. But they're being strangled by high
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
taxation, regulation, and -- yes -- litigation. We'd be a lot
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkskin suits and a lot
more small businessmen and women creating jobs.
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal --
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for
the global economic competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear -- taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges -- who have no
respect
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
even more.
criminal's victims And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years. Those are
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment.
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate 10
federal debt AND reducing
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit. I the
^
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit -- then give the
American people the power, and they 11 do it for you.
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
That's my Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
America where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
When it comes down to it, I put my trust in the people. In
the people waiting at the airport in a driving rain early one
workday morning not so long ago in Greensboro. In the families -
- the Moms, Dads and kids -- that stood out along the railroad
tracks from Gainsville, Georgia to Gastonia and right here in
Kannapolis. These are people yearning for change / ready to
build on what's good about America -- and make it better.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. //
There is no change I can think of -- no challenge we face -
- that is bigger than America's heart or brighter than our
dreams. /
America is ready. So am I. 11
Barbara and I thank you for this warm Kannapolis welcome.
And may God bless this great country, the United States of
America.
# # #
DMAF/Walters
October 19, 1992
11:00 a.m.
[kannapolis]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KANNAPOLIS WHISTLE STOP
KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER 21, 1992
12:25 P.M.
Thank you all for this warm welcome. [Acknowledgements.]
//
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Kannapolis such a special
place to live and raise a family. 11
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Kannapolis -- how America leads in the
world. This election -- like every election -- is a referendum
on the future. You face a real choice -- between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality.
Well, don't let this train fool you. We are on the right
track -- and we're going to finish faster than Dale Earnhardt.
//
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
They don't tell you that for the last three months -- the
economies in Germany and Japan actually got smaller -- they
actually contracted.
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 30 years --
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same old
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products -- give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that first home
-- cut taxes on investment and give more Americans the chance to
use their IRA savings accounts to buy a new home, or send their
kids to school.
Add that up -- and our short-term growth agenda will
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, beyond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century -- to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever.
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America.
Here's what I'm fighting for.
I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
[PARA ON KANNAPOLIS AREA COMPANIES' EXPORTS.]
It's fine that the [products] from [North Carolina] are sold
in Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good
enough. I want to sell those XX in Moscow and Mexico City and
Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
shake, and they can outwork, outthink, outcompete anywhere in the
world.
And we have to make sure we stay that way.
That means we have to give our kids the finest schools in
the world. Our kids deserve the best, and I want to make sure
they get it.
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy -- give all parents the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if we they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
always created jobs is through small business. They're the
backbone of our economy. But they're being strangled by high
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
taxation, regulation, and -- yes -- litigation. We'd be a lot
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkskin suits and a lot
more small businessmen and women creating jobs.
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal
I
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for
the global economic competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear -- taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges -- who have no
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
criminal's victims. And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years.
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment.
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate 10
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit. I
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit -- then give the
American people the power, and they'll do it for you.
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
That's my Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
America where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
When it comes down to it, I put my trust in the people. In
the people waiting at the airport in a driving rain early one
workday morning not so long ago in Greensboro. In the families -
- the Moms, Dads and kids -- that stood out along the railroad
tracks from Gainsville, Georgia to Gastonia and right here in
Kannapolis. These are people yearning for change / ready to
build on what's good about America -- and make it better.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. //
There is no change I can think of -- no challenge we face -
- that is bigger than America's heart or brighter than our
dreams. /
America is ready. So am I. 11
Barbara and I thank you for this warm Kannapolis welcome.
And may God bless this great country, the United States of
America.
# # #
DMAF/Walters
October 19, 1992
11:00 a.m.
[kannapolis]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KANNAPOLIS WHISTLE STOP
KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER 21, 1992
12:25 P.M.
Thank you all for this warm welcome. [Acknowledgements.]
11
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Kannapolis such a special
place to live and raise a family. //
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Kannapolis -- how America leads in the
world. This election -- like every election -- is a referendum
on the future. You face a real choice -- between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality.
Well, don't let this train fool you. We are on the right
track -- and we're going to finish faster than Dale Earnhardt.
//
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
They don't tell you that for the last three months -- the
economies in Germany and Japan actually got smaller -- they
actually contracted.
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 30 years --
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same old
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products -- give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that first home
-- cut taxes on investment and give more Americans the chance to
use their IRA savings accounts to buy a new home, or send their
kids to school.
Add that up -- and our short-term growth agenda will
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, beyond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century -- to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever.
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America.
Here's what I'm fighting for.
I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
[PARA ON KANNAPOLIS AREA COMPANIES' EXPORTS.]
It's fine that the [products] from [North Carolina] are sold
in Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good
enough. I want to sell those XX in Moscow and Mexico City and
Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
shake, and they can outwork, outthink, outcompete anywhere in the
world.
And we have to make sure we stay that way.
That means we have to give our kids the finest schools in
the world. Our kids deserve the best, and I want to make sure
they get it.
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy -- give all parents the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if we they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
always created jobs is through small business. They're the
backbone of our economy. But they're being strangled by high
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
taxation, regulation, and -- yes -- litigation. We'd be a lot
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkskin suits and a lot
more small businessmen and women creating jobs.
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal --
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for
the global economic competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear -- taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges -- who have no
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
criminal's victims. And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years.
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment.
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate 10
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit. I
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit -- then give the
American people the power, and they'll do it for you.
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
That's my Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
America where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
When it comes down to it, I put my trust in the people. In
the people waiting at the airport in a driving rain early one
workday morning not so long ago in Greensboro. In the families -
- the Moms, Dads and kids -- that stood out along the railroad
tracks from Gainsville, Georgia to Gastonia and right here in
Kannapolis. These are people yearning for change / ready to
build on what's good about America -- and make it better.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. //
There is no change I can think of -- no challenge we face -
- that is bigger than America's heart or brighter than our
dreams. /
America is ready. So am I. //
Barbara and I thank you for this warm Kannapolis welcome.
And may God bless this great country, the United States of
America.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(North Carolina)
For Immediate Release
October 21, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT KANNAPOLIS WELCOME
Kannapolis, North Carolina
12:45 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Lynn, thank you, and thank all of
Kannapolis and all of North Carolina for this wonderful welcome.
I'm delighted to be with you on this beautiful North Carolina
day. (Applause.)
Again, my thanks to Lynn Safrit, and thank you for
the introduction; thank all of you for the welcome. And let me
say at the beginning here, I am so proud to have the leadership
and the support of your great Governor Jim Martin. What a job
he's done for this state. (Applause.) And I salute the three
members of the United states Congress that are with me, standing
here -- Cass Ballenger and Alex McMillan, and Strom Thurmond --
the indefatigable Strom Thurmond from next door here.
(Applause.)
If we had more senators like Strom and Jesse Helms,
we'd be in great shape in that Senate. (Applause.) And that's
why I'm for Lauch Faircloth for the Senate -- I hope you'll send
him up there and clean Senate as well as cleaning House.
(Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Clean the House!
THE PRESIDENT: And the man says, "Clean the House,"
and he's right. Well, let's start by sending Coy Privette up to
the Congress. (Applause.) And I also -- I served in the
Congress years ago with Jim Gardner -- I want to see him elected
to the governorship to continue the work Jim Martin has done.
(Applause.)
And also may I salute another American great. I
think you've heard from him; I hope you have. You know him, you
respect him as I do -- and I'm talking about Darryl Waltrip here.
What a great American, great fellow. (Applause.) We're so proud
of his record and what he stands for.
It's great to be here today. I've got to ask this
question: Did any of you all see that debate two nights ago or
three nights ago -- whatever it was? (Applause.) Well, let me
tell you something. I hope what you saw was a vast difference in
philosophy, approach to this great country of ours, and I hope
you saw a difference in character, because that's what's going to
decide this election. (Applause.)
You know, Governor Clinton talked about his record
in Arkansas, and I don't want to ruin a beautiful gathering like
this, but let me just --
AUDIENCE: Please don't. (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: I've got to do it. I've got to put
it in perspective. Let me -- listen to this now -- facts.
Arkansas rates 50th in the quality of environmental initiative;
50th in the percentage of adults with college degrees; 50th in
percentage -- per capita spending on criminal justice; 49th in
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per capita spending on police protection; 48th in percentage of
adults with a high school diploma; 48th in spending on
corrections; 46th on teachers' salaries; 45th on the overall
well-being of children. And Governor Clinton said the other
night "I want to do for the country what I've done for Arkansas."
We cannot let him do that. (Applause.) You cannot do that.
It's like sending some little league guy to coach
the Braves. The Braves are going to win -- (applause) -- you've
got the chop going. Governor Clinton's like the guy that says,
well, I might be for Toronto, but on the other hand, I'm for the
Braves. You've got to make a commitment. I am for the Braves.
Let's be clear on that one. (Applause.)
You know, all we hear about from that Clinton-Gore
cutfit is change, change, change -- and that's all you'll have
left in your pocket if they go in and start raising your taxes
and increasing spending. (Applause.) He got a little mad at me
when I pointed out what he said he wanted. He said he wants $150
billion in new taxes, $220 billion in new spending. And I call
that trickle-down government. Big government trickling its way
down to the people. Let's make it the other way -- have the
people telling the government what to do. (Applause.)
I remember the last time we had the kind of change
he wants to bring to Washington. I hate to bring this one up --
but how many remember the Misery Index that was invented not by
us, but by the liberal Democrats -- unemployment and inflation
added together. It was 21 percent. Now it's 10. How many
remember what interest rates were back then when the Democrats
controlled the White House and the congress? Twenty-one percent.
We cannot have that kind of change for the American people.
(Applause.)
No, that's change all right. And, as I say, we
can't have change for the sake of change; we've got to keep this
country moving. And I want -- I've got a proposal -- it's called
the Agenda for America's Renewal -- that will cut this spending
down. And I'll tell you how I'm going to do it. I'm going to
get this new Congress working with these congressmen here who are
good and solid to give me a line-item veto to cut out some of the
pork out of the budget. (Applause.)
We're going to insist to do what the people want --
give the federal government a balanced budget amendment and take
the burden off the backs of these young people. (Applause.) And
you want to get the deficit down? Give the taxpayer a check-
off. Let the taxpayer say, okay, I'm checking this box on my
income tax. Ten percent of my tax must go for reducing the
deficit by reducing spending. And if they can't do it, make it
mandatory. Make it obligatory. (Applause.)
A couple of other ideas. I don't believe that the
answer is to pull inward; I believe we ought to open markets
abroad for agriculture, for our textile products, for whatever it
is. We've got the most productive workers in the world; now
let's hammer out new markets, so North Carolina will continue to
do what it's doing -- growing and prospering. (Applause.)
Another thing is small business. We've got some big
ones right around the corner here, but small business is what
drives this country. And we need less regulation, we need tax
breaks, investment tax allowance. We need a capital gains
incentive so small business can prosper. We do not need more
Clinton-Gore big government. (Applause.)
I think every American worries about health care.
And I believe our proposal to provide insurance to the poorest of
the poor, to provide tax credit to the overworked and overtaxed
middle class is the way to go. Because it provides the quality
of our health care, keeps that; and yet, makes insurance
available to all. And when you leave one job, the insurance goes
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with you -- that's a very important part of it. Keep the quality
of the health care, but do not let the government get in and tell
us how to run health care. (Applause.)
on education -- I am proud of our record. We have
1,700 communities across the land, North Carolina in the lead and
many of its communities, literally reinventing our education.
And let me be clear on the big difference with Governor Clinton.
I believe that the parents should be able to choose. Just as
parents choose day care now because of us, let them choose the
school of their choice -- public, private, or religion -- and
help them get that. Help them do it. Let's try it. And that
will make the public schools better. And it worked in the G.I.
Bill after the war. State schools prospered. And it will work
for public schools to prosper if we try something different.
School choice. Let the family stay together and have a say in
all of this. (Applause.)
You know, coming along this trip on the train, I was
talking to the Governor and these congressmen about it. It makes
me give thanks and count my blessings for those who serve in law
enforcement. And I've tried to back them. Strom Thurmond here,
your neighbor, has been a leader for tougher laws to go after
these criminals. And we've been blocked by a soft-thinking
United States Congress.
But when I see those police officers and sheriffs,
people and whatever it is, I count my blessings for what they do
in our neighborhood. And the other day, we had a visit from six
or eight people from -- came to see me -- they were from
Arkansas. And they came to give me their endorsement: The
Fraternal Order of Police in Little Rock, Arkansas are backing me
for President of the United states. so let's support them.
Let's support our law enforcement community.
You know, the last point I want to make relates to
character. I don't quite understand it when Governor Clinton
said in Richmond, Virginia -- he put it this way: It's the
character of the presidency, not the character of the President.
I don't believe that. I believe it's both. I believe that the
President influences the presidency. And I have tried to keep
the public trust, and I believe Barbara has kept the public
trust. (Applause.) And I don't think you can be on all sides of
every issue and keep the public trust. (Applause.)
Some of these guys were talking about Desert Storm.
It was a proud moment in our history, and no state did more than
North Carolina when their sons and daughters went there.
(Applause.) None. And let me remind you where Governor Clinton
is when I had to say a prayer up at that little chapel in Camp
David a couple of days before we had to commit your sons and your
daughters to war. Governor Clinton was saying this as soon as
that tough vote was taken a couple of weeks before that moment.
He said, well, I was with -- this is a paraphrase -- I probably
-- I could support the minority view, but I guess I would have
voted for the majority.
If we'd have listened to that view, Saddam Hussein
would be in Saudi Arabia today, controlling three-fifths of the
world oil and he'd have a nuclear weapon. And because we made a
tough decision that didn't play both sides of the aisle, the
fourth largest army in the world was defeated by your sons and
your daughters. And it's a proud moment, and don't let them try
to convert it into something bad. (Applause.)
on every issue, whether it's the right to work --
one day he's on one side of it, another day when he's talking to
the labor bosses he's on the other side of it. On term limits,
I'm for it -- one day he says he's for it and the next day he's
against it. on the free trade -- whatever it is -- he's on one
side and then another.
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There's a pattern here of deception. And you cannot
have a President who's going to try to be all things. You've got
to make the tough decision, and when you're right get a little
credit if you can. But when you're wrong admit your mistakes and
go on trying to lead this great country. (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Let's keep him in Arkansas --
THE PRESIDENT: Well, let's do that, and let's also
not turn the White House into the waffle house. We can't have
that. (Applause.) We had breakfast at the Waffle House today --
a little symbolism. Very good breakfast, I might add, but there
was a message in that. I don't think the American people want a
President who's going to try to be all things to all people.
You know, let me put it this way. Sometimes as
President you're faced with pretty tough decisions. Sometimes
the phone rings at night and you've got to make a call, or in the
day you've got groups coming to compete for your interest and
your activities and whatever it is -- your vote. But it's a
wonderful thing, the presidency of this country. I want to be
elected not to keep a job, but I want to continue to try to help
the young people.
Today the young people go to bed at night without
the same fear of nuclear war that they had four years ago, and we
helped accomplish that for the whole world. (Applause.) Today
democracy is on the move to the south and across the world. And,
yes, we're caught up in an international economic slowdown, and
some places, a recession. But our economy -- you'd never get it
from this media -- our economy is doing better than Canada and
Germany and England and Japan and France. (Applause.)
And now my goal -- my goal is to make it even better
still. We've got to help the people of this country. And it's
the United States that's going to lead our way to economic
recovery at home and to global economic recovery so we can sell
more products from this state all around the world. (Applause.)
so the job is not yet finished. And, yes, we have
changed the world. And, yes, I'm proud that interest rates are
far less than they were when we came in and inflation under
control SO every senior citizen is not threatened by being wiped
out by this cruelest tax of all. But we've got much to do.
so I came here today to say we are not a nation in
decline. Do not listen to the pessimists -- these liberal
Democrats posing as a friend of America. We are the number one
nation in the world. Now help me make it even better.
(Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four
more years!
THE PRESIDENT: The American Dream is still alive.
And let me say in conclusion the longer I am in this White House
the more I understand what it means to say we are one nation
under God. (Applause.) Don't you ever forget it. (Applause.)
And so with faith -- with faith and with your
support, we are going to show the pundits are wrong. We are
going to do what Truman did and show these pollsters don't know
what they're talking about. The American people will give us
this victory. Thank you -- and be sure to go to the polls.
(Applause.) And may God bless -- may God bless the United States
of America. Thank you very, very much. Thank you all.
(Applause.)
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