Tax Cuts Still Cornerstone of Bush Economic Plan
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President Bush&#39;s speech on Thursday to the Republican convention offers him a chance to seize the initiative in an economic debate that polls show is being won by his Democratic rival, John Kerry.
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Congress on Thursday rushed to pass a $145.9 billion package of tax relief that would extend three popular middle class tax cuts and hand President Bush his fourth major tax victory since taking office.
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PINEY POINT, Maryland  - President Bush on Monday   pitched his tax cuts as the best way to help U.S. workers, but   said the country's dependence on foreign oil was threatening   economic growth.
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US President George W. Bush said on Saturday his tax cuts were working to lift growth but a senior aide acknowledged that the economy hit a &quot;soft patch&quot; over the last six or eight weeks.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Through thick and thin, President Bush has consistently extolled the virtues of lowering taxes to make the economy stronger.
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President Bush continued his call Sunday for a simpler tax system and aides said he is considering a flat tax, which would have the same income-tax rate for most taxpayers
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President Bush is likely to tout tax reform as a broad campaign theme but nothing as sweeping as a national sales tax, despite recent warm words, Republican sources said on Thursday.
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Supported by a larger Republican majority in Congress, President Bush is likely to forge ahead in his second term with efforts to cut taxes on investment, allow
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Trimming bulging deficits that threaten the US economy should be a priority for a second-term Bush administration, analysts say, but a commitment to a tax-cutting agenda may thwart the effort.
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President Bush is not ruling out raising taxes on people who earn more than &#36;90,000 as a way to help fix Social Security's finances.
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WASHINGTON - With lopsided margins in both houses, Congress gave President Bush his fourth tax cut in four years, extending three popular middle-class tax breaks and reviving some expired business tax incentives just six weeks before the election.    Many Democrats complained during the debate Thursday that majority Republicans who control Congress should have offset the lost revenue to keep the nation's soaring deficits from getting worse...
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With direct private fund-raising for  the presidential campaigns ended, President Bush has maintained  the traditional Republican edge among business leaders,  according to government data.
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Even after a decade under a Republican administration that made tax cutting a priority, New York State still burdens its businesses with such high taxes and other costs that its
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Convinced the US economy is prospering, President Bush in his second term will put even greater emphasis on tax reform, economic experts said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2004 -- On the campaign trail, President Bush promised a bold domestic agenda, a commitment he reiterated today, starting with a pledge to keep taxes low.
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The Economist is currently reporting the results of a survey of professional economists. When asked the majority seemed to feel that the economy was safer in Kerry's hands than in Bush's. The Bush tax cuts seem to have gone down particularly poorly with this group.     On the more positive side for Bush, a significant number of the economists say they don't think the problems of the US economy are entirely his fault.
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President Bush combined two fundraising trips for threatened GOP incumbents Monday with a tour of a family-run manufacturing business he pointed to as proof that his tax cuts are helping the economy.