From: b645zaw@utarlg.uta.edu (Stephen Tice)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc
Subject: Debate 2:  "Would you define in specific dollar goals how much..."
Date: 16 Oct 92 04:07:00 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Arlington
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Moderator:  I think we have a question over here.

Questioner: This is for Governor Clinton. In the real world, that is
            outside of Washington DC, compensation and achievement are
            based on goals defined and achieved. My question is about
            the Deficit. Would you define in specific dollar goals how
            much you would reduce the deficit in each of the 4 years 
            of a Clinton Administration -- and then enter into a legally
            binding contract with the American People, that if you did
            not achieve those goals that you would not seek a 2nd Term?
            Answer "Yes" or "No" and then comment on your answer please.

Clinton:    No. And here's why. And I'll tell you exactly why. Because
            the deficit now has been building up for 12 years. I'll tell
            you exactly what I think can be done. I think we can bring 
            it down by 50% in 4 years, and grow the economy. Now I could
            get rid of it in 4 years in theory on the books now, but to 
            do it you'd have to raise taxes too much, and cut benefits 
            too much to people who need them, and it would even make the
            economy worse. Mr. Perot will tell you for example that the
            expert he hired to analyze his plan says that it will bring
            the deficit down in 5 years, but it will make unemployment
            bad for 4 more years. So my view is Sir, you have to increase
            investment, grow the economy, and reduce the deficit, by 
            controlling health care costs, prudent reductions in defense,
            cuts in domestic programs, and asking the wealthiest Americans
            and foreign corporations to pay their fair share of taxes.
            And investing in growing this economy. I asked everybody 
            to look at my economic ideas and 9 Nobel prize winners and 
            over 500 economists and hundreds of business people including
            a lot of republicans said this the way you gotta go. If you
            don't grow the economy you can't get it done. But I can't
            foresee all the things that will happen, and I don't think 
            the president should be judged solely on the deficit. Let 
            me also say we're having an election today. You'll have a
            shot at me in 4 years and you can vote me right out if you
            think I've done a lousy job. And I would welcome you do that.

So I reckon there is no deficit reduction goals in Democrat Bill's plan
which he himself will sign on to. All talk. So there ain't no problem 
voting him out, since there ain't no reason to vote him in.

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  Stephen D. Tice          Ever seen that ball cap... The one that says,
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{ ps. Thank you Mr. Questioner, whoever you are. }