Candidate Clinton vs. President Clinton

Candidate Bill Clinton: Cut taxes for middle classPresident Bill Clinton: Wants to raise themCandidate Bill Clinton: Vowed not to tamper with Social SecurityPresident Bill Clinton: Wants to tax more SS benefitsCandidate Bill Clinton: Proposed energy tax cutsPresident Bill Clinton: Wants energy tax increasesCandidate Bill Clinton: Claimed he had the ability to raise $45 billion by making foreign corporations pay their fair share of U.S. taxesPresident Bill Clinton: Modified and lowered his figure to only $11 billionCandidate Bill Clinton: Proposed Medicare payment cut of only $4.4 billion and ran ads attacking Bush for recommending more cutsPresident Bill Clinton: Wants at least $34 billion in Medicare cuts