William J. Clinton's Statement: True Or True?

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Clinton's statement sounds pleasant and positive, but it can be difficult to determine exactly what Clinton's intent is. The statement by William J. Clinton is too broad to be true or false as a result of the words he uses that reference broad ideas, but if they are further defined the statement could be proven to be true. Some examples of when Clinton's statement is broad are when he discussed investments, good economics, and good jobs.
Clinton explains that investments will create more jobs. However, the word investments is very broad, because time, money, and resources can be invested in education, but it is not specified which is being invested. For example, it can be said that investing in education would create more job opportunities for teachers, but the problem with the undefined investment appears. If time is invested, but not money, then teachers would be underpaid and this would contradict the later statement that wealth would be created for all, since teachers would not be paid enough. This contradiction would make Clinton's statement false, but if Clinton specified that time, money, and resources would be invested, then the problems presented would solve themselves and the statement would be true. For example, by investing time, money, and resources into education teachers would be properly …show more content…

When he describes economics as good it can be assumed that he is referencing economics that is the most practical and beneficial for all those involved. However, the word good has many definitions and can easily be misunderstood. People have different opinions on what good economics means, so those who read the statement will have different interpretations. Those interpretations may or may not prove to be true, which is why it is difficult to determine if the statement is true or false. If Clinton has used a different word, such as efficient, then that would clearly define his