Political Quotes

“every now and then, I like to thumb through my copy of ``Putting People First'' then-candidate Bill Clinton's book of promises to the American people. And I couldn't help but notice when I last picked it up that the centerpiece of the Clinton campaign was a middle-class tax cut. Let me read a little bit from the section entitled ``Rewarding Work and Families'' middle-class taxpayers will have a choice between a children's tax credit or a significant reduction in their income tax rate.'' That was candidate Clinton speaking. Well, candidate Clinton became President Clinton and that one-time champion of the middle-class soon began singing an altogether different tune. This Congress passed a middle-class tax cut; 89 percent of that tax cut would go to families earning under $75,000 per year. President Clinton said no and vetoed it. He called it a tax cut for the rich. Mr. Speaker, as President Clinton gears up to become candidate Clinton again, I think the American people might want to join me in asking him. ``Mr. President, whatever happened to that middle-class tax cut?''”