Про Россию:
Working to promote democracy
JIM LEHRER: On Chechnya and Russia, the U.S. and the rest of the western world has been raising Cain with Russia from the beginning, saying 'You are killing innocent civilians.' The Russians have said essentially 'We're fighting terrorism, and, by the way, mind your own business.' What else -- what else, if anything, could be done by the United States?
GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH: Well, we could cut off IMF (International Monetary Fund) aid and export/import loans to Russia until they heard the message loud and clear, and we should do that.
This guy, Putin, who is now the temporary president, has come to power as a result of Chechnya. He kind of rode the great wave of popularity as the Russian military looked like they were gaining strength in kind of handling the Chechnya situation in a way that's not acceptable to peaceful nations.
And the real fundamental question for Russia -- will she be a market economy, or will she be one of these economies where a favored few elite are able to put money in their own pockets?
JIM LEHRER: But on Chechnya, specifically, you think we should not -- we should hold up International Monetary Fund aid. Anything else we should do?
GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH: Export/import loans.
JIM LEHRER: And just cut them off?
GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH: Yes, sir, I think we should.
Про экономику:
Keeping an economic boom going
JIM LEHRER: Another kind of superpower we have right now is economic. What's your analysis, Governor, of why the U.S. economy has done so well for so long and continues to do so well as we speak today?
GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH: Well, first, we're heading into a new world of e-commerce and the Internet -- there's whole notion of productivity increases that none of us really ever envisioned five or 10 years ago. I believe -- I give a lot of credit to formation of capital into an entrepreneurial society. And I give a lot of credit to Reagan tax cuts in the '80s, which served as a basis for a lot of capitalists beginning to move throughout the system. And you've got to give Alan Greenspan a lot of credit because when he was able to wrench inflation out of our system, and provided for a much more stable platform from which entrepreneurs could flourish, so it's a combination of things.
And -- but there's no question -- the whole globalization and free trade and Internet commerce provides exciting opportunities.
JIM LEHRER: If you're elected president, would you see it as your responsibility to keep this economic boom going?
GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH: Sure, absolutely.
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