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"...the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy … when most people are working harder for less; when others cannot work at all; when the cost of health care devastates families and threatens to bankrupt our enterprises, great and small; when the fear of crime robs law-abiding citizens of their freedom; and when millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives we are calling them to lead, we have not made change our friend."
--Bill Clinton inaugural address, January 20, 1993
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Based on the excerpt, what was Bill Clinton’s opinion of the state of affairs in the United States when he was elected president in 1992?
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Clinton thought that healthcare reform and other changes were necessary in the United States.
Clinton thought that healthcare reform and other changes were necessary in the United States.
Clinton thought that poverty was less of a problem than the standard of living in the middle class.
Clinton thought that poverty was less of a problem than the standard of living in the middle class.
Clinton thought that the people of the United States should prepare for hard times and mutual sacrifice.
Clinton thought that the people of the United States should prepare for hard times and mutual sacrifice.
Clinton thought that the United States would continue its years of prosperity and economic well-being.
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