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On the recordOctober 3, 1992
Let me give you the facts. He is proposing at least $150 billion in new taxes and at least $220 billion in new spending. ``Don't worry,'' he says, ``I'll take it all from the rich. I'll take it all from those who are the top 2 percent.'' But the problem is this: To get all the money he needs for that plan he's come up with, the $150 billion that he's promised in new taxes, Governor Clinton would have to get his money from every individual with taxable income over $36,600. And to pay for his other promises, he'll have to sock it to the cab drivers, the teachers, the nurses, and the day-to-day citizens. And we can't let him do that. Audience members. Boo-o-o!
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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