Transcripts For CSPAN3 Clinton Campaign Appearance 20151121

CSPAN3 Clinton Campaign Appearance November 21, 2015

Do you have any skim . Thank you, and bill clinton. But deceive. Glad to see you. Good to see. How long have you worked here . Nice to see you. Thanks. Hello. Good to see you, im governor clinton. I worked here a long time. You come with me. We will do it. I got to ask her a question. What kind of political changes do you think its important for president ial candidate have a background in Foreign Affairs and the military . Bill clinton i think its important for president ial a cleare to demonstrate vision for what our National Security and Foreign Policy ought to be. To keep america safe and strong. Had to think you should add a lot of foreignpolicy experience before, president reagan had no foreignpolicy experience when he became president. President gorbachev in russia, whos been a real success had no experience when he became president of russia. On the longestserving governor in america. I have a lot of experience in International Economic relations, which will be at the center of our Foreign Policy in the 1990s. How we compete in the international economy. I should be required to demonstrate an understanding of where a country is in what it takes to keep us safe and strong, to define what foreignpolicy our National Security is, in the post world war era. I dont think we should only say that people with foreignpolicy experience can run for president , this plenty of evidence that we had many good presents that didnt come out of the Foreign Policy area. Grexit world is getting to be bill clinton thats not the most difficult part of the job. The most difficult part of the job is what to do at home. I think its pretty clear what we should do when dealing with the soviets, i do think in the debates which come up, everyone will be given an opportunity to say what do you think the National Interest of the country to what is it appropriate use force, had we keep america safe and strong, how can we relate to the soviet union . We had many good president s who came out of domestic politics, but who understood our country. Reagan, whoident had more success in foreignpolicy arguably than the mystic policy, no experience. And president gorbachev came out of a lifetime of domestic politics and has had far more success abroad and at home. Your e relying on bill clinton not just that. Why graduated from the school of Foreign Service with a degree in international affairs, i would be the only president ever elected to actually studied Foreign Affairs in college. The Foreign Relations committee of the United States senate, and i spent 11 years working on Global Economic affairs. Im very involved in a portion of that. I think the more important thing what to do, know and you have good judgment, and what is your policy judgment. Thank you. Bill clinton an excellent question. Im sorry you didnt get a chance to get out there. I like to wish you good luck in the future. Bill clinton whats your name . Shane sergeant. Bill clinton good to meet you. Hello. Whats your name . Do you teach here . I have a daughter belongs to be a scientist. She has a mother who was a real lawyer and a father who was a lawyer politician, and shes very interested in it, but she doesnt want a lifetime in it. She was to be a scientist. Seventhgradeed in the little rock Public Schools. In matha Magnet Program and science. She entered the math science track. Im real proud of her. [inaudible] bill clinton im hoping for. Jennifer hartshorn, librarian. Bill clinton to the kids make good use of the library . Yes. On the middle of moving every thing around. Bill clinton thanks for letting me use the room. The bookkeeper . You balance the books . This gentleman was in the meeting. What is your name . John gray. Bill clinton what do you teach . Anatomy. Bill clinton good to meet you. Good to see you. I want to ask you some questions. I thought it was supposed to be the other way around. Bill clinton you can ask me questions too. Im an english journalism teacher. Bill clinton they are doing a terrific job. Is this is where im supposed to sit . Ok. Where my supposed to be . All right, come on. Lets sit down. Where you going to sit . [laughter] bill clinton oh, i see. Me to sit facing the coke machine. I just do what im told. If you believe that, ive got some land in arizona. Thank you. Were too proud of your students . Rent younto wew proud of your students . [inaudible] bill clinton are you the only counselor here . And whats the size of the school . Do have standards on that . We do have state standards. Bill clinton what are they . [inaudible] bill clinton good. The elements are standards . [inaudible] when the counselor in the middle school. In 1983, we rebuilt our school, was the first time we ever required element tree counselors. We gotten some pretty stiff standards. We wound up hiring 1400 statewide. It was a good investment. Missouri has been doing that. I was amazed how far the south and midwest is in the guidance program. Bill clinton we got all these kids that have come into Great Schools with really troubled families, and even where parents are doing their best to a good job, they may be very poor and have no formal education. And then you got a lot of kids coming out from singleparent households. Morereally good we can get counselors in the earlier grades. The kind ofriches interactions these kids can have. How are the Schools Finance and arkansas . Bill clinton almost the reverse of New Hampshire. Theres a 50 state continuum. Hampshire, andew on the other industrywide. 90 of there, over Public School costs are paid at the local level. In hawaii, 100 of the Public School costs except for whatever they get in federal money is paid in the state level. Why has one School District and the property taxes estate tax. Its interesting, about two thirds of the kids in hawaii go to Public Schools. Theres a huge network of Church Schools in hawaii, mostly set up by mormon missionaries in times past. You got New Hampshire, which is almost completely local, hawaii, which is completely state. All others are in between. My state is appear close to hawaii, probably 62 state finance now. Maybe slightly more than that. Federal and the rest local. Topwe are probably in the before the last funding increase, we were 13th from the top in state funding. Now we are probably ninth, eight, Something Like that. Most of the Southern States are fairly high, for two reasons. One is that theres a historical aversion to property taxes in the south. And the south has a much higher percentage of kids living below the poverty line. If you dont have a high proportion of state funding, you dont get anything like school equalization, you dont even get close. Even though we have the majority state funding and we are continuing to change our School Funding formula, we try to equalize it again last time. Its a neverending struggle. Because the movement of student populations and white disparities of wealth. As you get closer if you have a High Percentage of it coming from the state. What are your taxes and arkansas . Women income taxing the sales tax, the sales tax, the sales taxes 4. 5 state with local option. The income tax maxes out at 7 . Is 49th inperty tax the country. Not only in dollars, but as a percentage of income. What percentage of your budget goes to education . Bill clinton over 70 . If you cant hire it. If you count higher ed. Public schools in arkansas alone take about half the state budget. What we call the Public School fund is what we send back to school either direct aid of transportation aid or vocational aid. Its a little under half. When you add the cost of department of education costs of the school in the public network, you were over half budget. Andpend between vocational Community College and for your college education, probably another 22 . I have to run the numbers since waslatest funding, but it 70 before, so its probably about 73 now. [indiscernible] bill clinton its interesting, in the 1980s, we were still come in spite of the fact that we had to school tax increases we were, increases, according to the last study, still one of the bottom 10 stage and overall state spending increases. The last numbers i saw, which were 89 or 90 numbers, we still were in the bottom five states in the percentage of income going state and local taxes. Just have the reverse, you have high local taxes and low state taxes, we have relatively high state taxes below local taxes. You do look and see how a state really stacks up. Have a state setting standards for local people expecting to pay. In cities with a small property base pay a higher tax rate and dont get equalize schools. Pay alinton even if you higher tax rate, you may not have is not money for kids. You are people paying higher taxes more money. Can you maintain approval of schools and accreditation . An equalization of Foundation Aid is 7 . That leaves us at the whim of the batters. Our community in the top five cities and towns tax wise in the state, and we are down at the bottom in teachers for student. Bill clinton you think you could build public support in an answer for greater state aid to schools, given the historic aversion to the Minnesota State tax . [indiscernible] i really dont know. I think the fear is, it is justified fear, that if you add another layer of taxation, it doesnt give you some immediate , then you perhaps just increase the taxes. Bill clinton good to see you, thanks. Are we going to play . What . What . Are we playing a game . What . Whos on what side . Senior citizens against the kids . No, i missed, come on. Let them go. This guys on the varsity. Bill clinton ill cover him. Bill clinton taken up take him up. Be careful. [applause] [applause] [no audio] [indiscernible] bill clinton they won. These guys are going to the state tournament. Tour of frankhis when high school in New Hampshire this week, governor clinton met with students for questionandanswer session. Franco high school is located in a community of about 8500 residents. Franklin high school is located in a committee of about 8500 students. Is a great pleasure that frank on high school is able to host a president for canada. I like to think our principal for arranging this visit, in our class time. Governor clinton was born in arkansas, and was educated at university, he received his law degree from yale university. He is married and has one daughter, and we are very privileged to have the governor here today. Governor speaks, however, i would like to introduce the president of franklins student council, jaime hernandez. [applause] on behalf of the Franklin High School student body, i would like to welcome governor clinton to her school today. I believe this is a great opportunity for the students of franklin to meet and hear the views of a president ial candidate. I would like to thank governor clinton for taking the time to come speak to us today, and i wish him the best of luck. Bill clinton thank you. [applause] bill clinton thank you. Id like to thank your principal and my friend the mayor for company may here. I want to say a word, jaime is seminervous, coming up here. Hes a better politician than i am, i think. He reminded me that this is homecoming week. I reminded him that if he makes a few more touchdowns, you might get another term, after he leaves the high school. Give him a hand, i think you did a great job. [applause] bill clinton thank you. All, itell you first of want to talk for a few minutes and then allow as much time as we have for questions. On them home in arkansas, i spend a lot of time in schools like this. I come from a family like most of your families, and average middleclass family. The publichrough schools, if it werent for the Public Schools and wouldnt be standing here today is a candidate for president. I decided to run in large measure because i worked for 11 years in my state to try and improve the economy and to try and improve Educational Opportunities for people like you. I believe there are limits to how much any governor can do without national leadership, national vision, and a National Partnership to open up Economic Opportunities for you. I grew up in a very different time than you did, i want you to think about this. When i was your age, we were in the middle of the cold war. The war between the soviet union and the United States for the hearts and minds of people in the world. The contest between democracy and communism, which was symbolized by huge arsenals of nuclear weapons. A young boy, we used to go School Assemblies and watch movies about what it would be like if an atomic fell on us. Come around all the time saying you got to make sure you have a bomb shelter near you, so there if there is a nuclear war, you can run to a bomb shelters or you will be under a lot of concrete if the bombs drop. You dont think about that much, do you . I hope you never have to think about it. President gorbachev and president bush have announced they are going to produce reduce more nuclear weapons. We are in a disarmament race. You will probably be able to raise your children in a world which you never have to think about that. On the other hand, the world i grew up in had one thing that everybody took for granted, americas economic supremacy. When i graduated from high school in 1964, with virtually no unemployment in america. We had a very high rate of economic growth, everybody who want to work at a job, and every year, you could look forward to making a little more money at your job than you did the year before. We had only 6 of the worlds people, we controlled about 40 of the worlds wealth. Less, we have a little than 5 of the worlds people, we still have over 20 of the worlds wealth, but its melting fast. The German Economy growing more rapidly than ours, the japanese economy growing faster than ours. Path, you cant see it in New Hampshire with all your economic problems, is to restore the Economic Leadership of the United States. So you are not the first generation of Young Americans to grow up into a world in which you dont do as well as your parents did. Thats the number one job of the next president. But even if we create new Economic Opportunities, they can only bc used by young people who are educated to do it. The main thing i want to say to you today is to ask you to believe a few basic things. They were growing up into a world in which what you can earn depends on what you can learn. Which just graduated from high school will not be enough. We need 100 of the people who get a high school diploma, and go to college and get two years of education and training if you want to be competitive in the world were living in. Willverage 18yearold change work seven or eight times in a lifetime. Even if you never change employers. So that its not only important what you learn in high school, its important that you take out of here the ability to continue to learn in your lifetime. Job, those of us in politics and government, is to create a structure of opportunity for you. To give you good schools and good teachers, and to give you some way of keeping score, so you know youre learning we need to know. And when you leave high school, i think we need a National Apprenticeship system, so those of you dont want to go college can get continuing training programs. All the countries we compete with do that. If you want to get a college education, i think our country owes you. Everyone of you, no matter what your family background, the right to borrow money and go to college. If you intern will pay it back, either as a small percentage of your income over several years after you get out of college, or with a couple of years of service to your country here at home in areas where we need your teachers, morere policemen, mourners is. Other things that need to be done. Thats what we know you. You will something to yourselves and your families and your futures. One of the biggest problems we have in American Education today is that there are too many students and parents who dont believe that all children can learn. There are too many students and parents who believe that how much you learn in school is basically determined by what iq you were born with, and what your Family Income is. The people we are competing with for the future believe that what you learn in school depends on how hard you work. Work hasean that hard to be boring, their lots of exciting things going on Education Today that should make learning fun. But what i hope you believe is that you have a responsibility to yourselves and your future to learn more, no matter how much opportunity we put out here, the effort to make will determine as much as anything else what you learn. Let me just close with this example. , aew years ago, in 1987 Representative Group of koreanamerican High School Seniors took a math test. And the koreans did much better than the americans. That should not surprise you, because th

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