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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>
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
COVER STORIES, Page 24
How The Plan Works
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<body>
<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.
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