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

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (173687)	8/22/2001 10:01:08 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Democrats responded that the administration had squandered the surplus by pushing through an irresponsibly large tax cut, putting the government into such a squeeze that not only Democratic initiatives but Mr. Bush's own agenda, including a big increase in military spending, would be impossible to carry out. "I believe President Bush's campaign promises are unraveling," said Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. "He claimed we could afford his massive tax cut, a major defense buildup, more money for education, while paying down the debt and protecting Social Security and Medicare. He was wrong."