Bill Clinton Quotes
Let us rededicate ourselves to the principle that all Americans have the tools to make the most of their God-given potential. For Indian tribes and tribal members, this means that the authority of tribal governments must be accorded the respect and support to which they are entitled under the law. It means that American Indian children and youth must be provided a solid education and the opportunity to go on to college. It means that more must be done to stimulate tribal economies, create jobs, and increase economic opportunities.
Clinton, Bill. "Proclamation 7144 - National American Indian Heritage Month, 1998." Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1998, Book 2, U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000, p. 1928.
Devolution is the decentralization of government. Wales and Scotland were originally countries different from England. They came under the control of a single king but recently have obtained more autonomy—not unlike states in the United States. This reform was opposed by some politicians.
It has been the blue collar worker who has borne the economic brunt of globalization in the industrial democracies. It was their jobs who moved off shore, their wages that were under pressure from low wage workers in emerging nations.
This was the first time that the Environmental Protection Agency had vetoed a permit for a mountain top removal coal mining project that had been granted by the Army Corps of Engineers. The proposed project, Spruce 1, would have removed the entire top of a mountain. It would have created a number of jobs, but it also would have polluted a number of streams in the area and would have affected the ground water of people in the area. What made this a most difficult political decision was that the economic damage was clear as was the science showing the water damage. The people in the community were split over which was the worse alternative.
The companies that pay well usually compete for highly talented people who want more than a good salary to move to a particular community.
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Clinton was previously Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992, and the Arkansas Attorney General from 1977 to 1979. Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III – he changed to his stepfather's name at age 15.
