Word: gephardts
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Voters are disillusioned by the "dollar chase" of political campaigns and are fed up with the skyrocketing federal deficit, Gephardt said...
...Gephardt also said Americans are becoming "economic adversaries" of each other because of growing suspicion, fear and doubt of public institutions...
...need to restore values that call citizens to larger purposes that rise above narrow interests of the day," Gephardt said...
According to Gephardt, three-fourths of the public debt has been accumulated since 1981, and Americans think that 40 cents of every dollar are wasted by the federal government...
Passing the balanced budget amendment, which will be considered in congress on June 1, would be a first step in treating these problems, said Gephardt. He also called for an extensive campaign finance reform bill which would include caps on campaign expenses...