Back to Work
Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
by Pres. Bill Clinton
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Budget & Economy
Too little government oversight caused 2010 recession.
S&P credit downgrade caused by dysfunctional politics.
Balanced approach to recovery: jobs, investment, and debt.
Get $4 trillion in banks back into economy.
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Corporations
More incentives for small business and technology transfers.
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Education
Pay off college loans with percentage of 20 years' income.
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Energy & Oil
Green energy: tax incentives for solar & wind.
Wind, solar, and retrofits create more jobs than coal.
Clean power from landfills, natural gas, hybrids, and CAF.
Pick 1 or 2 states; make them completely energy independent.
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Free Trade
Export more services; get to emerging opportunities.
Be the innovator of the new multipolar world.
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Government Reform
American Dream requires effective gov't AND private sector.
Anti-government attitude resulted in massive national debt.
Gov't has role in security, social services, & oversight.
Successful nations have strong economy and strong gov't.
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Homeland Security
Foster renewable-energy projects in the military.
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Jobs
American Jobs Act: prevent layoffs of teachers & cops.
Gov't pays reduced wages instead of layoffs.
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Principles & Values
America is an idea: play by the rules and pursue your dreams.
Liberal and Conservations can learn from each other.
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Tax Reform
Restrain spending AND raise taxes to reduce debt.
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Technology
Invest in infrastructure including social infrastructure.
Speed up process for approving infrastructure projects.
More high-speed trains, at higher speeds.
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Welfare & Poverty
Social & economic mobility depend on equalizing opportunity.
Expand Home Affordable Refinance Programs to millions.
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The above quotations are from Back to Work
Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
by Pres. Bill Clinton.
Biographies of past presidents:
- President George W. Bush
- The Faith of George W. Bush, by Stephen Mansfield
- Decision Points, by George W. Bush
- President Bill Clinton
- Back to Work, by Pres. Bill Clinton
- The Agenda, by Bob Woodward
- State of the Uion, "Report Card" on Bill Clinton
- President George H. W. Bush
- All the Best, My Life in Letters, by George Bush Sr.
- The Family, (the Bushes) by Kitty Kelley
- President Ronald Reagan
- Dutch, a Memoir of Ronald Reagan, by Edmund Morris
- President Jimmy Carter
- An Hour Before Daylight, by Jimmy Carter
- Jimmy Who?: biography of Jimmy Carter
- President Gerald Ford
- Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate,by Bob Woodward
- President Richard Nixon
- The Real War, by Richard Nixon
- Seize the Moment, by Richard Nixon
- Nixon's Ten Commandments of Statecraft, by James Humes
- President Lyndon Johnson
- The Lyndon Johnson Story, by Booth Mooney
- Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson, by Eric F. Goldman
- A Very Human President (LBJ biography), by Jack Valenti
- President John F. Kennedy
- Profiles In Courage, by John F. Kennedy
- Kennedy, the Classic Biography, by Ted Sorensen
- A Question of Character, A life of JFK, by Thomas Reeves
- A Nation of Immigrants, by John F. Kennedy
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