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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: nihil who wrote (48205)	10/18/2000 5:34:20 AM
From: ColtonGang	Respond to of 769667

Bloomberg news: During the tax-cut discussion, moderator Jim Lehrer asked Bush if Gore was correct in saying that the Republican candidate's tax cut would benefit the wealthiest 1 percent of the population. ``Of course it does,'' Bush said, adding that the richest taxpayers contribute 62 percent of the tax revenue so they would get a sizable share of the cuts. Another sharp disagreement came when someone in the audience asked the candidates if they favored legislation that would give people more say in their medical care. ``We have a direct disagreement on that,'' Gore said. He then asked Bush twice whether he supported a bipartisan bill approved by the House last year that would have made it easier for patients to sue HMOs and to challenge denials of service. Bush did not directly answer Gore's questions, on that issue and on several others. ``Bush was on the defensive, and he refused to answer question after question,'' said Mark Fabiani, Gore's deputy communications manager. ``These are key questions and Bush was either unable or unwilling to answer them.'' ALSO>>>>>>>>>>>>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28747-2000Oct18.html