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Former President Bill Clinton has a new book out, Back to Work. Its subtitle is: Why We Need Smart Government For A Strong Economy. . .
'"I think what theyre doing is great, he said. Occupy Wall Street has done more in the short time theyve been out there than Ive been able to do in more than the last eleven years trying to draw attention to some of the same problems we have to address, he said.
Without once looking around, but completely engaging me, the statesman continued. There are a lot of young people out there, I see a lot of unemployed students and they are upset, he said. They dont know where the jobs and opportunities are for them, and they are worried about how theyre going to pay off their student loans without going broke.
But I learned instantly that Bill Clinton doesnt just acknowledge problems he has solutions at the ready. He went on to say that student loan reforms were absolutely necessary and that limiting annual loan payments to small percentages of income made sense to not impoverish students as they struggle up the ladder in pursuit of the American Dream.
I asked if the Occupy Wall Street movement should have a platform. I was getting into another area he is passionate about, delivering messages on point. Yes, he said, But it doesnt have to be a platform; it doesnt have to be twenty pages. They should start with three or four points to generate a political movement to get heard more clearly.
There was more, but as he touched quickly on two other points as to how we got here, he said, Thats in the book. I wasnt being sold on the book; I just had my copy signed. I was being steered to the address of important issues in the book and Mr. Clintons suggestions for getting back on track to fixing them.'
http://www.forbes.com/sites/shahgilani/2011/12/06/the-rumors-about-bill-clinton-are-true/