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Article: Clinton Backs off Tax Cut
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 20, 1992
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WASHINGTON Bill Clinton has backed off the middle-class tax cut
proposal that formed the center of his heated primary battles with
former Massachusetts Sen. Paul E. Tsongas.
The move could help Clinton, the presumptive Democratic
presidential nominee, better promote his goal of reducing the federal
deficit. And it could win him Tsongas' active support. But for a
candidate who already has had to battle voter doubts about his
credibility, a change in such a well-advertised position almost
certainly will bring new problems.
Speaking to reporters at a breakfast in Washington earlier this
week, Clinton hedged his position, saying his campaign was revising
its economic platform and would ...