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Sunday, September 18, 2005
GOPers in House Want Cuts Equal to Katrina Spending
Although the Republican policy of continual tax cuts has robbed the treasury of trillions of dollars, House Republicans seeking to reduce the federal deficit are seeking to make budgetary cuts equal to the new spending on relief and rebuilding in the Gulf Coast. Douglass K. Daniel has the story for the AP.
House Republicans are looking at delaying some federal spending, including money for a prescription drug benefit under Medicare and thousands of highway projects, to offset the cost of rebuilding the Gulf Coast, a leading GOP fiscal conservative said Sunday.Pence's comments today are very telling. The American people should note that the Republican Party, which prides itself on being a more populist alternative to the "liberal elite" is at its core an elitist institution bent on cutting taxes for the extremely wealthy above all else -- even if that means less spending on America's infrastructure or delaying prescription drugs to senior citizens.
Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., said there is a need for dramatic spending cuts in "big-ticket items."
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Raising taxes or not making permanent the president's tax cuts is not the answer now, said Pence, head of the Republican Study Group, the spearhead group for the GOP's most conservative members.
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