Word: deficits
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...speech, which followed similar addresses in Kansas and Iowa, Dole said that his first priority as president would be to decrease the deficit without raising the tax base...
...Public enemy number one today is the federal deficit," said the two-time presidential contender. "At no point [since the deficit problem began] has our government been willing to face and weigh the tough choices, to act resolutely to cut spending...
Dole said that in order to reduce the deficit, he would demand both a line-item veto and a balanced-budget amendment to the constitution. Dole said that as president he would call for a Constitutional Convention if the balanced-budget measure failed to win Congressional approval...
However, other members of the club felt thatDole over-generalilzed the issues, shying awayfrom specifics. Group members particularlyattacked Dole's handling of the deficit issue,noting that while he said he was committed toreducing the budget, he still claimed to supportall current spending programs...
Guiliani noted, however, that "tax evasion gets much too little attention." He said that some cases involve nearly $1 billion in evaded taxes, and that "we would not have the deficit problems that we have" if people stopped evading taxes...