Bill Clinton moved on Friday to unify Democrats around President Barack Obama’s message as he threw his full support behind the president’s plans to ease the housing crisis, help with student loans, and create jobs.
“I like the jobs plan, I think it would help,” Clinton said in a speech at his alma mater, Georgetown University, in Washington. “I like the student loan plan.”
Citing the high level of unemployment for young graduates in the United States, Clinton said the national direct loan plan for students is “a huge deal.”
“I support what he’s trying to do with the jobs plan,” Clinton said.
“I strongly support what has been done,” he added, saying the president’s plan also is “not inconsistent with bringing down the deficit.”
The 42nd president rattled off a host of economic kickstarts, framing the recommendations in 48-minute speech as a choosing a shared partnership with government over an “anti-government” ideology that has been a dominant force in politics for the past three decades.
Clinton urged a tax holiday to bring back corporate earnings held overseas, using the proceeds to fund an infrastructure bank. He also backed the Obama administration’s efforts to create green jobs, noting that “no matter what you read among the skeptics,” environmental jobs have grown twice as fast as non-green tech jobs.
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