Bill Clinton: “One of the things we did in 1993, which was not an old, tired, liberal, big Government proposal--Ronald Reagan said it…”

“One of the things we did in 1993, which was not an old, tired, liberal, big Government proposal--Ronald Reagan said it was the best antipoverty program in American history with the earned-income tax credit--we doubled it in 1993 to help the working poor, to reward-- here is another thing I wanted to--most minorities work for a living; they are not on welfare. And there are a lot of people out there working, not making much money. So the earned-income tax credit says we're not going to tax people who work into poverty. This new tax program that has been proposed by the Speaker's Ways and Means Committee would penalize the working poor and especially working poor mothers. So I would say that I'd be glad to have his advice, but this is a case where he needs to neaten up his own house a little bit and get those--if he's for work and empowerment and not the big Government solutions, then they ought to change that tax package and stop punishing the working poor. Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Legislation”