My Life, by Bill Clinton: on Jobs


Bill Clinton: 1990: AFL-CIO refused endorsement; Locals endorsed anyway

In April, the AFL-CIO refused for the first time to endorse me. Bill Becker, their president, had never really liked me. He thought the sales tax increase was unfair to working people, opposed the tax incentives I'd supported to lure new jobs to Arkansas, and blamed me for the failure of the tax-reform referendum of 1988. He was also furious that I had supported a $300,000 loan guarantee to a business involved in a labor dispute.

Within two weeks, 18 local unions defied Becker and endorsed me anyway. They didn't fall into the classic liberal trap of making the perfect the enemy of the good. If the people who voted for Ralph Nader in 2000 hadn't made the same mistake, Al Gore would have been elected President.

Source: My Life, by Bill Clinton, p.357-8&928-9 Jun 21, 2004

Bill Clinton: $15B for jobs in poor communities

I recommended a minimum wage increase, expanded family leave, a child-care tax credit, and trigger locks on guns. I also asked Congress to pass the Equal Pay and Employment Non-Discrimination acts; to establish a new American Private Investment Corporation to help raise $15 billion to create new businesses and jobs in poor communities.
Source: My Life, by Bill Clinton, p.843 Jun 21, 2004

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