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Don Nickles: “We cannot continue that rate of growth. Earned income tax credit, a program that this President is very proud of, the…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 1995
We cannot continue that rate of growth. Earned income tax credit, a program that this President is very proud of, the last 4 years has grown at 11, 55, 18 percent, 1994 at 22 percent, 1995 at 55 percent. That is an exploding entitlement program that this President expanded. I could go on. Food stamps in the last 4 years has grown 17, 25, 21, and 11 percent. Last year, zero percent. We can see it has exploded in growth. In 1990 we spent $15 billion in food stamps; in 1994, $25 billion in food stamps.
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Don Nickles
Oklahoma

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Discussing the growth of entitlement programs during a Senate floor debate.

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