Word: deficits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bush refuses to accept economic reality. He claims the deficit is already declining and that tying government spending increases to inflation will solve the problem...
...need a president who will be honest about the economy. A president needs to confront the $150 billion deficit, not spend yet another administration ignoring and pushing it into our future. We need plans to fuel trade and raise the dollar. Neither candidate has been honest enough to campaign on a platform of increasing taxes, yet every president--including Reagan--has raised taxes. Bush's vow of "no new taxes" is demagogic. Dukakis has not provided an answer to this dilemma, but he will not do away with the needed social agenda to gain fiscal solvency...
...BUDGET DEFICIT...
Bush says the deficit is already declining, and will continue to be brought under control with modest measures. He proposes a cut in the capital gains tax, and a flexible freeze, under which he says total government spending can increase, but only at the rate of inflation...
...BUDGET DEFICIT...