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PRESIDENT CLINTON: 1999 STATE OF THE UNION MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY
Moving Forward To Do The People's Business: An Active Agenda. This is a broad and innovative agenda that will keep America strong, prosperous, and growing in the new century. It reflects the President's commitment to a government that is fiscally responsible, modern and progressive; a government that is dedicated to giving people the tools they need to make the most of their own lives and to the values of opportunity, responsibility and community. Although the President is in his seventh year, his agenda is full of forward-looking policy, as if it were his first year. Building on a Foundation of Accomplishment. Thanks to the policies of the Clinton-Gore Administration and the hard work of the American people, the last six years have been a time of great progress: - The economy is strong, with the longest peacetime economic expansion in history, nearly 18 million new jobs, the lowest peacetime unemployment rate in four decades, and home ownership at an all time high;
- We have gone from annual budget deficits of $290 billion to a surplus of at least $76 billion saved this year, and are on a course for surpluses for the next 25 years;
- Welfare rolls have been cut nearly in half, the violent crime rate is at its lowest level in 25 years and pollution has been reduced while the economy has boomed.
Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century. As the President will say, this is a record not to rest on, but to build upon. This is the last State of the Union address of the 20th century and accordingly, it will seek to meet the great challenges that face us as we enter the 21st century. The President's program will: | January 1999 January 8, 1999 January 29, 1999 January 28, 1999 January 27, 1999 January 26, 1999 January 25, 1999 January 22, 1999 January 21, 1999 January 20, 1999 January 19, 1999 January 14, 1999 January 13, 1999 January 12, 1999 January 11, 1999 January 7, 1999 January 6, 1999 January 5, 1999 January 4, 1999 | |