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Bill Clinton: “Well, my first reaction was that it was a huge shift in lowering taxes on people with incomes above $100,000 and hurting…”

On the recordMay 20, 1993
Well, my first reaction was that it was a huge shift in lowering taxes on people with incomes above $100,000 and hurting people, both elderly people and working people just barely above the poverty line. It's basically a $40 billion shift away from wealthy Americans right onto people just above the poverty line, the elderly and the working poor. So I don't support that. I think that's a mistake.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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