Bill Clinton plans private summit on global woes
Bill Clinton plans private summit on global woes
Tue Jul 12, 8:18 PM ET
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton says he is intent on finding ways the private sector can solve some of the world's most pressing problems from poverty to terrorism.
As host of a meeting in New York later this year of private and public sector leaders, Clinton said in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday there are plenty of problems governments simply cannot address.
"What I'm trying to do is figure out what private sector people can do," said Clinton, 58, who left office in 2001 after eight years in the White House which saw the longest-ever U.S. economic expansion but were dogged by personal scandal.
"It's unrealistic to think all the world's problems will be solved only by government actions," he said at his home in suburban New York.
"If I were president and I had a Congress that was two-thirds Democrat and we were starting with a budget surplus of prosperity, there would still be needs in the world I would like to see met that the American government could not meet entirely," he said.
"If you're a nongovernmental organization or a corporation, you can say, 'I'm going to do this and do it now."'
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SOURCE - http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050713/pl_nm/people_clinton_dc;_ylt=ArLCPZkFhlU5LViAb.36hLN34T0D;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
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Tue Jul 12, 8:18 PM ET
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton says he is intent on finding ways the private sector can solve some of the world's most pressing problems from poverty to terrorism.
As host of a meeting in New York later this year of private and public sector leaders, Clinton said in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday there are plenty of problems governments simply cannot address.
"What I'm trying to do is figure out what private sector people can do," said Clinton, 58, who left office in 2001 after eight years in the White House which saw the longest-ever U.S. economic expansion but were dogged by personal scandal.
"It's unrealistic to think all the world's problems will be solved only by government actions," he said at his home in suburban New York.
"If I were president and I had a Congress that was two-thirds Democrat and we were starting with a budget surplus of prosperity, there would still be needs in the world I would like to see met that the American government could not meet entirely," he said.
"If you're a nongovernmental organization or a corporation, you can say, 'I'm going to do this and do it now."'
(...)
SOURCE - http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050713/pl_nm/people_clinton_dc;_ylt=ArLCPZkFhlU5LViAb.36hLN34T0D;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
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