Every year Congress and the president sign laws that make us do more things and gives us less money to do it with. I see people in my state, middle-c… - Bill Clinton
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Every year Congress and the president sign laws that make us do more things and gives us less money to do it with. I see people in my state, middle-class people — their taxes have gone up in Washington and their services have gone down while the wealthy have gotten tax cuts. I have seen what's happened in this last four years when — in my state, when people lose their jobs there's a good chance I'll know them by their names. When a factory closes, I know the people who ran it. When the businesses go bankrupt, I know them. And I've been out here for 13 months meeting in meetings just like this ever since October, with people like you all over America, people that have lost their jobs, lost their livelihood, lost their health insurance.
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Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III ; 19 August 1946) is an American politician and the 42nd president of the United States of America, and the husband of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Birth Name:
William Jefferson Blythe III
Also Known As:Slick Willie•The Comeback Kid
Alternative Names:
William Jefferson Clinton
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William Jefferson Blythe
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William J. Clinton
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William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton
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William Clinton
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WJC
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