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in population groups like Native Americans a little louder and maybe you can hear. Can that have traditionally been lower income, you hear now? I will do the best I can, and there is no other way to do it in the near you do the best you can. term, apart from dramatically increasing the Mayor Archer, County Executive Ed number of young people who—and perhaps MacNamara, Congressman Carr. Folks, Bob not-so-young people—who go to and finish Carr gave a good speech, and you ought to college. There is no other near-term way for give him a good vote on November the 8th us to turn our society around on this eco- and send him to the Senate. nomically. And I hope you will support Howard Wolpe So what I’m really hoping will happen as and . I thank Senator Rie- a result of this direct loan program is that gle, Senator Levin, Congressman Conyers, enrollments will continue to rise dramatically Congressman Ford, Congressman Kildee, and people who do not drop out will continue Congressman Dingell, Congressman Bonior, to drop dramatically, so that our country be- and two people you ought to send to Con- comes a more educated place and our econ- gress, Bob Mitchell and Lynn Rivers, I thank omy will become more powerful and our so- them all for being here. I’m glad to see your ciety will become more equal because people secretary of state, Dick Austin. And I want will be able to compete and win in a global to ask you to support Judge Conrad Mallett, economy. That is the ultimate goal of this who is not here today. I thank the Straight entire enterprise. And from what I’ve heard Gate Gospel Choir; the Murray Wright High today, I think it’s been an effort worth mak- School Band; the Mason Drummer Corps; ing. and Jennifer Holiday, was she great, or what? I thank you all for being here. Ladies and gentlemen, we’re a week be- Q. Mr. President, on behalf of the Univer- fore election. There have been some clouds sity of and our sister institutions, in this election, but they’re starting to clear. we want to express our gratitude for your The Sun is coming out. The choice is becom- meeting with us today and sharing in this dis- ing stark and clear and unambiguous. Do we cussion. want to go forward or turn back? Do we want I should point out that the President and to support people who vote for ordinary I had a brief discussion before we came in, Americans or people who just vote for orga- and we’ve agreed that we are going to ar- nized interest groups? range a little basketball match-up the first [At this point, there was a disruption in the week in April between Arkansas and Michi- audience.] gan out in Seattle. [Laughter] Of course, we’ve got to do a little bit to get there first. You know, 21 months ago—let them talk, The President. That’s right. let them talk. Wait, wait a minute. They Q. The rematch. couldn’t get a crowd like this. They had to Q. Thank you very much for returning to come to ours. We welcome them here; let Michigan. them come. And we welcome a little free The President. Thank you. speech and debate. If we had more of it, we’d be doing even better in this election. NOTE: The President spoke at approximately Let me ask you something, folks. When 10:40 a.m. at the at Dear- we came here 21 months ago, you elected born. A tape was not available for verification of the content of these remarks. me President to change this country and to move this country forward, to face up to 30 years of social problems, 20 years of eco- Remarks at a Rally for Democratic nomic stagnation, 12 years of their trickle- Candidates in Detroit, Michigan down economics, and 4 years of the worst November 1, 1994 job growth since the Great Depression. We said we could change that, and we’ve been Thank you so much. Can you hear me in working at it steadily, to make this Govern- the back? Well, I’m doing the best I can. ment work for ordinary people, to get this But if you’ll be a little more quiet, I’ll be economy going again, to empower people so

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they can compete in this global economy, and and get a good education and not drop out to make this world safer and more secure. and not turn back. In Michigan alone, And I tell you, folks, there are still a lot 580,000 people will be eligible for better of problems in America, but we have made terms on their college loans because of this a very good start. This country is in better administration and its partners in the Con- shape, and we don’t need to go back now. gress. If you look at Michigan alone, because of And let me just say this. I noticed that Mr. the work of our administration, with the help Carr’s opponent ran a television ad using my of these Members of Congress behind us, voice against him, saying if it hadn’t been 11⁄2 million workers are now protected by the for him we wouldn’t have passed the eco- family and medical leave law, so they can take nomic program. Well, that’s why your unem- a little time off when a baby is born or a ployment rate is down; that’s why your jobs parent is sick; 400,000 working families with are up; that’s why this country is moving for- children in their home got a tax cut so they ward. won’t fall into poverty if they’re working full But I want to give you another one, and time and raising their kids. You heard the I bet you won’t see this in his television ad. mayor talking about the crime bill: more po- If it hadn’t been for Bob Carr, we would lice, more prisons, tougher punishment, and never have had the votes to reform the stu- prevention to give our children something to dent loan program; we wouldn’t be having say yes to as well as something to say no to. 20 million more Americans eligible for lower We brought down the deficit that the other interest rates, lower costs, better repayment party only talked about. We slashed the bu- terms. If the other fellow had been there, reaucracy they only complained about. We it never would have happened. And that’s the cut the regulations that they gagged over but kind of choice we’re facing in this election. never did anything about. When we put this economic strategy forward, the Republicans What have they done? They said no to stu- said if it passed, the economy would collapse. dent loan reform. They said no to the crime Well, they were wrong. In 21 months we bill. They said no to family leave. They said have cut the deficit 3 years in a row for the no to the reduction of the deficit. They said first time since Truman was President. We no to economic recovery. That’s what they have shrunk the Federal Government, but did. They killed campaign finance reform we have invested more in your jobs, your fu- and lobby reform and the Superfund bill to ture, and we have 4.6 million new jobs in clean up the toxic waste dumps. America. In Michigan, we’ve seen a 11⁄2 per- And now they have told us what they will cent plus drop in the unemployment rate. do if you put them in office. They want to Is there more to do? You bet there is. Yes, take us back, back to trickle-down econom- there is. But if there’s more to do, we ought ics; back to massive tax cuts for the wealthy. to keep on doing what we’ve been doing for They have made you a trillion dollars’ worth 21 months, not go back to what worked so of promises. Elect us, they say, and all will poorly for 12 years before. be easy: tax cuts, spending increases, a bal- It was in the last 21 months that we ex- anced budget. Does it sound familiar? panded the Head Start program, that we Their contract on America doesn’t say passed a law to immunize all the kids in this much about how they’re going to pay for this. country under the age of 2 by 1996, that we But they do say that if you give them power, passed laws to have apprenticeship programs they will cut $9 billion worth of college loans all over this country to help people who don’t for over 3 million students. We ought to be want to go to college move from school to sending more people to college, not less peo- work into good jobs, not dead-end jobs. ple. Vote for the Democrats, and keep this We passed the reform in the student loan country moving forward. laws to provide for lower cost, longer repay- Listen to this. This is their argument. This ment student loans, so that every middle is their argument. They say, ‘‘Well, this is class student in this country and every poor a tough election for Republicans. The Demo- kid in this country can afford to go to college crats took our issues away. We were always

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for jobs, against crime, against big Govern- form in the Persian Gulf there, in the desert, ment. We were active in foreign policy. Now, and all those soldiers from other countries the Democrats have given us 3 years of defi- looking at them. I wish you could see the cit reduction in a row for the first time since faces of the Haitians holding up their little Truman, the smallest Federal Government ‘‘Thank you, America’’ sign when President since Kennedy, the toughest crime bill ever, Aristide went home and democracy came a growing economy in a safer and more se- back to those people. They aren’t cynical cure world. We would be saying, if we did about America. it, that we should build a statue to the Re- Folks, 90 percent of the cynics about publicans if we’d done it. But, my goodness, America are in America. They listen to peo- the Democrats did it. How are we going to ple who are screaming all the time, who are run this race?’’ shouting all the time, who are trying to divide ‘‘I know,’’ they say. ‘‘We will deny that it this country all the time. Let me tell you happened. We will take the cynicism of the something. This is a very great country, and public and build on it. We will take the skep- its best days are ahead of it. Our best days ticism of the public and feed it. We will take are ahead of us. the unbelievable reluctance of people to be- We have challenges ahead of us. We do lieve in this country again, and we will stoke not need the easy promises and the failed it. We will divide the people. We will throw policies of the past. We need to say, ‘‘This a smokescreen over the election. We will at- is America. We’re getting this economy tack them for big Government and taxes, going. We’re educating our people. We’re even though they cut taxes on working peo- making this Government work for average ple and gave us less Government and moved Americans again. This world is going to be the economy forward and made the country safer and more prosperous. We are going safer.’’ That’s what their program is. Their into the future.’’ program, my fellow Americans, is to keep ev- Say no to the failed policies of the past. erybody shouting, keep the country in a tur- Say yes to going to the future. Say no to fear moil, keep the people upset. and yes to hope. Say no to the people who Let me tell you something. This country are always trying to denigrate everything we has problems. There are still too many peo- do to move this country forward. And say ple who are worried about losing their jobs, yes to Bob Carr and the other Democrats who haven’t gotten a raise, who are afraid who are running for you and your future. they’ll lose their health care, who are looking Thank you, and God bless you all. Thank for work and don’t have it. But the country you. is in better shape than it was 21 months ago. Don’t let them sucker you. Keep going NOTE: The President spoke at 12:31 p.m. in the where we’re going. Show up on election day. Cobo Hall Convention Center. In his remarks, he Stand up for what is right. Don’t turn back. referred to Mayor Dennis W. Archer of Detroit; We can do better. Howard Wolpe, candidate for Governor; Debbie I just got back from an incredible trip. I Stabenow, candidate for Lieutenant Governor; saw our fine soldiers in the Persian Gulf Conrad L. Mallett, Jr., candidate for Michigan Su- standing up for freedom there. I saw the preme Court chief justice; and singer Jennifer Holiday. peace in the Middle East. I saw the faces of millions of people looking at America, looking to America for support. Let me tell you something, folks. From Northern Ireland Interview With Dominic Carter to Haiti to the Persian Gulf to the Middle of New York 1 Television, East to Korea, people say, ‘‘We like the New York City United States. It’s a country of energy, a November 1, 1994 country of freedom, a country of growth, a country of tomorrow.’’ They are not cynical Mr. Carter. Thank you for appearing here about us. I wish you could have seen the on New York 1, sir. faces of our young men and women in uni- The President. Thank you. Glad to do it.

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