Bush touts tax reform efforts but offers no new cuts
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President George W. Bush sought to put tax reform at the center of the US presidential election debate as the Democrats try to exploit weaknesses in the government's economic record.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday ruled out raising payroll taxes to help pay for Social Security reform, a transition experts have estimated will cost $1 trillion to $2 trillion.
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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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President Bush ruled out raising  payroll taxes to help pay for Social Security reform on  Thursday, leaving him few options other than a sharp increase  in government borrowing to bankroll transition costs estimated  at up to $2 trillion.
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WASHINGTON - Amid signs that the economy is cooling, President Bush is showcasing initiatives for a second term under the banner of an "ownership society" in hopes of bolstering his economic stewardship credentials.    His platform includes initiatives to help people buy homes, start businesses, hone job skills and set up tax-free retirement and health care accounts - plus a still unspecified tax-code overhaul...
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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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President Bush said on Saturday his tax cuts were working to lift growth but a senior aide acknowledged the economy had hit a "soft patch" over the last six or eight weeks.
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By Andrew Balls, James Harding and Christopher Swann in Washington. US business has little appetite for fundamental tax reform, seeing deficit reduction and government entitlement programmes as priorities for President George W Bush&#39;s second-term agenda.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush cleared the way for $136 billion in new tax breaks on businesses, farmers and other groups yesterday, quietly signing the most sweeping rewrite of corporate-tax law since 1986.
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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.
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President Bush acknowledged on  Thursday that the financial agenda for his second term,  including Social Security reform and spending curbs, will face  stubborn resistance in Congress.
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Does replacing personal income and payroll taxes with a national sales tax, an idea President Bush has shown interest in, help the U.S. tax system?
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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 Putting aside efforts to control the federal deficit before the elections, Republican and Democratic leaders have agreed to extend $145 billion worth of tax cuts sought by President George W. Bush without trying to pay for them.
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LIMA, Ohio  - President Bush said on Saturday his  tax cuts were working to lift growth but a senior aide  acknowledged that the economy hit a "soft patch" over the last  six or eight weeks.
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President George W. Bush on Friday called for a package of tax cuts and other measures totaling around $140 billion to shore up the fragile U.S. economy.
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A two-day White House-sponsored conference on the economy is aimed at boosting President Bush's proposals for more tax cuts, freer trade, tort reform and Social Security changes.