A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton, by Carl Bernstein: on Environment


Bill Clinton: 1981: Dumbest mistake: paid for roads by car tag fees

registered vehicle. Thus, in a state full of old pickups & junkers, the less-well-off generally paid higher tax fees than the swells who drove around in faster, newer, lighter, costlier cars.

“I could sign the bill into law and have a good road program paid for in an unfair way, or veto it and have no road program at all. I signed the bill. It was the single dumbest mistake I ever made in politics until 1994 when I agreed to ask for a special prosecutor in the Whitewater case,” said Bill.

Source: A Woman in Charge, by Carl Bernstein, p.156 Jun 5, 2007

  • The above quotations are from A Woman in Charge
    The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton,     by Carl Bernstein (published June 5, 2007).
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