Bill Clinton, the George Bush of Our Time

NOW

"I have decided today to propose that we establish a deficit-reduction trust fund and put every penny of new taxes and the budget cuts proposed in my budget into the trust fund so that the American people know that it has got to go to deficit reduction." -- BILL CLINTON, MAY 12, 1993

"The President's proposed 'tax-increase trust fund' is just a gimmick to make his unpopular tax increases look good." -- SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER ROBERT DOLE, MAY 12, 1993

THEN

"I have a brand-new idea. Taxpayers should be given the right to check a box on their tax returns so that up to 10% of their payments can go for one ! purpose alone: to reduce the national debt." -- GEORGE BUSH, AUG. 20, 1992

"I don't understand how earmarking a portion of the individual taxpayer's taxes for debt reduction can make a difference when we're running a deficit. It's really just a gimmick." -- ALICE RIVLIN, NOW DEPUTY BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR PRESIDENT CLINTON, AUGUST 1992