From: Brian Zeiler (bdzeiler@students.wisc.edu)
September 6, 1995
Lexis U.S. Newswire's National Desk
"Remarks by Senator Dole as Prepared for Delivery to Economic Club of Chicago"
"The White House is now predicting 2.5% growth for the rest of the century. They congratulate themselves because, in their view, 2.5% growth represents the outer limit of America's economic potential. In the Clinton Administration's world, America's economy has hit a glass ceiling. We can see greater prosperity. We can watch our competitors achieve it. But we can never attain it ourselves.
"Our whole history tells us that America can do better. Since World War II, our economy has averaged 3% growth. During the Reagan years, we averaged nearly 4% growth. Yet, the latest Economic Report of the President dismisses the chances for higher growth without inflation. The authors of the report react to those who believe faster growth is possible the way the Air Force reacts to UFO sightings, saying: 'certainly there is no convincing empirical evidence to support such claims.'"
Interesting comment -- I wonder about the level of his interest in the matter. As for the Air Force, that was a classic example. It wasn't a lie, either, depending upon who is supposed to be convinced. The other more frequent line is that there's "no evidence consistent with UFOs being a threat to the national security". I wonder if Dole even knows the USAF has been caught lying by the FOIA about their level and extent of persistent research and interest in the past. More interesting is that four of the five FOIA-obtained Air Force studies on UFOs either concluded extraterrestrial origin or recommended further research (F&G), while the disastrous and discredited Condon Committee's negative conclusions are always trumpeted to inquiring Congressmen or Cabinet officials. Of course, Condon left about 30% unsolved anyway despite their admitted bias from the start about being involved in such shameful pseudoscience.