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- <title>
- Mar. 01, 1993: How The Plan Works
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Mar. 01, 1993 You Say You Want a Revolution...
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- COVER STORIES, Page 24
- How The Plan Works
- </hdr>
- <body>
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- <p> Clinton's proposal to rev up the economy and cut the deficit
- signals a fundamental shift in priorities. The complex package,
- described in a 145-page document called A Vision of Change for
- America, seeks to boost investment in job-creating programs
- while reducing spending elsewhere, especially in the military
- budget. To reduce the deficit $325 billion over four years,
- Clinton proposes dozens of tax increases and 150 spending cuts.
- The pain is widely distributed. Military and government employees
- get stung, while the wealthiest citizens take a direct tax hit
- and the middle class feels the heat of an energy levy. But children
- and workers currently unemployed find their burdens eased.
- </p>
- <p> * WHAT'S A BTU?
- </p>
- <p> The new energy tax on everything from electricity to gasoline
- will be paid at the wholesale level by distributors. But the
- pass-along costs will hit everyone. The tax is based on the
- heat-producing capacity of most fuels, as measured in British
- thermal units. In choosing this kind of tax, Clinton sought
- to spread the burden over all energy users and all regions of
- the country.
- </p>
- <p> AND AN EIC?
- </p>
- <p> For low-income taxpayers, Clinton's plan expands the earned-income
- credit to offset the increases in energy costs. The program,
- which will cost an additional $6.6 billion over four years,
- gives workers credit for what they earned in jobs, as opposed
- to money they received from welfare or other government programs.
- But many taxpayers already fail to benefit from the current
- provision because they find the forms too complicated to fill
- out.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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