○  克林顿总统1999年联邦国情咨文演说  ○

toletourgrowingoldplaceanintolerableburdenonourchildrenandtheirabilitytoraiseourgrandchildren.

oureconomicsucceandourfiscaldisciplinenowgiveustheoortunitytoliftthatburdenfromtheirshoulders,andweshouldtakeit.

savingsocialsecurity,medicare,creatingu.s.accounts,thisistherightwaytousethesurplus.ifwedoso,ifwedoso,wewillstillhaveresourcestomeetcriticalneedsandeducationanddefee.

andiwanttopointoutthatthisproposalisfiscallysound.listentothis,ifwesetaside60percentofthesurplusforsocialsecurityand16percentformedicareoverthenext15years,thatsavingswillachievethelowestlevelofpublicly-helddebtsincerightbeforeworldwariin1917.

sowiththesefourmeasuresavingsocialsecurity,strengtheningmedicare,establishingtheusaaccounts,suortinglong-termcare,wecanbegintomeetourgeneration''shistoricreoibilitytoestablishtruesecurityfor21stcenturyseniors.

now,therearemorechildren,frommorediversebackgrounds,inourpublicschoolsthatanytimeinourhistory.theireducationmustprovidetheknowledgeandnurturethecreativitythatwillallowourentirenationtothriveintheneweconomy.

todaywecansaysomethingwecouldn''tsaysixyearsago.withtaxcreditsandmoreaffordablestudentloa,withmorework-studygrantsandmorepellgrants,witheducationiras,thenewhopescholarshiptaxcutthatmorethanfivemillionamericawillreceivethisyear,wehavefinallyopenedthedoorsofcollegetoallamerica.

withoursuort,nearlyeverystatehassethigheracademicstandardsforpublicschoolsandavoluntarynationaltestisbeingdevelopedtomeasuretheprogreofourstudents.withover$1billionindiscountsavailablethisyear,wearewellonourwaytoourgoalofcoectingeveryclaroomandlibrarytotheinternet.

lastfall,youpaedourproposaltostarthiring100,000newteacherstoreduceclasizeintheearlygrades.nowiaskyoutofinishthejob.

youknowourchildrenaredoingbetter.satscoresareup.mathscoreshaveriseninnearlyallgrades.butthere''saproblem.whileourfourth-gradersoutperformedtheirpeersinothercountriesinmathandscience,oureighth-gradersarearoundaverage,andour12th-gradersranknearthebot

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