These reductions for the lowest - income groups were so
large because President Reagan doubled the personal exemption,
increased the standard deduction, and tripled the earned income
tax credit (EITC), which provides net cash for
single - parent families with children at the lowest income levels.
A $ 1.2 million donation to Californians Working Together, the group formed to support Prop 30, the
tax increase ballot initiative, was the national union's
largest single contribution.