February 09, 1993
White House Staff Reduction
Q. Mr. President, are you going to share in the sacrifice, giving up perks?
Q. Mr. President, will you raise the corporate tax rate to 36 percent?
Q. Were you a Boy Scout, Mr. President?
The President. I gave up 350 staff members, a remarkable accomplishment. And Mr. McLarty answered the other question.
NOTE: The exchange began at 2:14 p.m. in the Oval Office at the White House.
William J. Clinton, Exchange With Reporters During a Meeting With Boy Scouts Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/220395
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