Harry Reid said "In addition to having two sets of books, in addition to extending the year another month, as my friend from Illinois has said-- that is great, because in doing that, we will never have a Y2K problem; we just keep adding months to the year--are you aware also that the earned-income tax credit, the program Ronald Reagan said was the best antiwelfare program in the history of this country, they tried, as one of their schemes, to take that money away from the working poor in America so they could balance their so-called budget? Is the Senator aware of that?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordOctober 28, 1999

In addition to having two sets of books, in addition to extending the year another month, as my friend from Illinois has said-- that is great, because in doing that, we will never have a Y2K problem; we just keep adding months to the year--are you aware also that the earned-income tax credit, the program Ronald Reagan said was the best antiwelfare program in the history of this country, they tried, as one of their schemes, to take that money away from the working poor in America so they could balance their so-called budget? Is the Senator aware of that?

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Harry Reid

Democratic · Nevada

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing budget issues and the earned-income tax credit during a Senate floor debate.

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