○  克林顿总统1999年联邦国情咨文演说  ○

now,lastyear,wewiselyreservedallofthesurplusuntilweknewwhatitwouldtaketosavesocialsecurity.again,isay,weshouldn''tendanyofit,notanyofit,untilaftersocialsecurityistrulysaved.firstthing''sfirst.

second,oncewehavesavedsocialsecurity,wemustfulfillourobligationtosaveandimprovemedicare.alreadywehaveextendedthelifeofthemedicaretrustfundby10years,butweshouldextenditforatleastanotherdecade.tonight,iproposethatweuseoneoutofeverysixdollarsinthesurplusforthenext15yearstoguaranteethesoundneofmedicareuntiltheyear2020.

but,again–but,again,weshouldaimhigher.wemustbewillingtoworkinabipartisanwayandlookatnewideas,includingtheupcomingreportofthebipartisanmedicarecommiion.ifweworktogether,wecansecuremedicareforthenexttwodecadesandcoverthegreatestgrowingneedofseniors–affordableprescriptiondrugs.

third,wemusthelpallamericafromtheirfirstdayonthejobtosave,toinvest,tocreatewealth.

fromitsbegiings,americahavesulementedsocialsecuritywithprivatepeioandsavings.yettodaymillioofpeopleretirewithlittletoliveonotherthansocialsecurity.americalivinglongerthaneversimplymustsavemorethanever.

therefore,inadditiontosavingsocialsecurityandmedicare,iproposeanewpeioninitiativeforretirementsecurityinthe21stcentury.iproposethatweusealittleover11percentofthesurplustoestablishuniversalsavingsaccounts–usaaccounts–togiveallamericathemeatosave.

withthesenewaccounts,americacaninvestastheychooseandreceivefundstomatchaportionoftheirsavingswithextrahelpforthoseleastabletosave.usaaccountswillhelpallamericatoshareinournation''swealthandtoenjoyamoresecureretirement.iaskyoutosuortthem.

fourth,wemustinvestinlong-termcare.

iproposeataxcreditof$1,000fortheaged,ailingordisabledandthefamilieswhocareforthem.long-termcarewillbecomeabiggerandbiggerchallengewiththeagingofamerica–andwemustdomoretohelpourfamiliesdealwithit.

iwasbornin1946,thefirstyearofthebabyboom.icantellyouthatoneofthegreatestconcerofourgenerationisouraolutedeterminationnot

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