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Article: Bush defends tax cuts, emerging budget deficits; Democrat opposition: He says 'it makes sense' to spend money to win the war, protect nation
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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- January 8, 2002
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush, facing election-year criticism
from Democrats, defended his tax-cutting policies Monday and blamed
emerging federal budget deficits on the recession and America's war
against terrorism.
He hinted at plans to dramatically increase spending on the
military and defenses against terrorism.
"It makes sense to spend money necessary to win the war. It makes
sense to spend money necessary to protect the homeland," the
president said, calling those his top budget priorities.
According to congressional officials, Bush's $2 trillion budget,
to be unveiled Feb. 4, is expected to propose about $730 billion for
domestic and defense programs, excluding automatically paid ...