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Article: REP. BOUSTANY- 'THIS DEMOCRATIC BUDGET IS SIMPLY A TAX HIKE ON WORKING FAMILIES'

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March 5, 2008
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Rep. Charles W. Boustany Jr., R-La. (7th CD), issued the following news release:

U.S. Representative Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, R-Southwest Louisiana, today appealed to Democratic House leaders to rethink the Democratic budget proposal's tax increases and wasteful spending.

"Tax increases on working families and small business are no way to govern," Boustany said. "Growing our economy, helping American entrepreneurs and allowing more families to keep more of their money are what a responsible budget should do. This Democratic budget is simply a wasteful tax hike on working families. We need a budget ...

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