Clinton’s Republican opponents characterized the increase as the “largest ever increase in taxes on the middle class.” That misleading claim contributed to the Democrats’ deep mid-term election losses that year.
克林顿的共和党反对者将增税称为“有史以来对中产阶级最大规模的增税”。这一误导性结论导致民主党在当年的中期选举中惨败。