Deficit-Dole, Bob (Robert Joseph)-[Republican], 1988

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Identifier: P-1065-44008

So how are we going to deal with the deficit? Nobody's told you. No other candidate will stand up and say, I'm going to do this. What we ought to do is to have a spending freeze. But what it really means is that say 1989, we don't spend any more money than we spent in 1988. Then you're going to keep interest rates down. Then you're going to keep inflation rates down. Then you're going to find more jobs for more people of all ages. So the deficit's public enemy number one. Soll for president.

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In this 1988 political advertisement, Agent: Dole, Robert Joseph (Bob), the Republican presidential campaign for Bob Dole emphasized his position on reducing the federal deficit. Dole proposed a spending freeze in 1989 to help lower interest rates and inflation while promoting job growth. The advertisement underscored this proposal through speeches and newspaper headlines that highlighted Dole’s commitment to addressing the deficit.