Bush Backs Off Idea of National Sales Tax
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President Bush is distancing himself from suggestions that he wants to replace the federal income tax with a national sales tax, saying "People shouldn't worry about me raising taxes."
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WASHINGTON, Oct 2  - US President George W. Bush said Saturday he would renew some of the huge tax cuts that form a cornerstone of his economic rejuvenation policy and chided Democratic challenger John Kerry for opposing the cuts.
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President Bush today hailed "pretty good progress" in Congress toward passing a domestic spending package, but he warned that he would veto any tax increase and demanded that the bill include money for the war in Iraq with no strings attached.
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President Bush on Thursday brushed off mixed reviews of his performance at the third and final debate against Democrat John Kerry, saying that what the voters think is more important.
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Representative Charles B. Rangelâs proposal has shaped the debate over whether to keep President Bushâs tax cuts.
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The Bush administration came out today in opposition to Democratic proposals to hold down the scheduled 17 percent increase in Medicare premiums next year, saying that
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President Bush said today that John Kerry cannot pay for his domestic proposals unless taxes are raised on the middle class.
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President George W. Bush warned on Wednesday he will veto the new U.S. farm law if it raises taxes or fails to cut off subsidies to farmers and land owners making more than $200,000 a year.
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President Bush sought momentum on Saturday from his second debate with Democratic Sen. John Kerry by attacking Kerry for saying he has a consistent position on Iraq and would not raise middle-class taxes.
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President Bush's campaign to make the tax code simpler, fairer and more pro-growth is likely to involve incremental changes to the current system rather than a sweeping effort to scrap the venerable income tax for a radically new approach, such as a national sales tax.
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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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President Bush has won very few Democratic converts in Congress for his plan to use payroll taxes for voluntary personal accounts under Social Security, party leaders said Tuesday, accusing the White House of using the issue to distract attention from more pressing national problems.
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President Bush dangled his support for legalizing prescription drug imports before voters during this year's campaign, but his administration declared Tuesday it's too costly to do safely.
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President George W. Bush will not actively seek to ban gay marriage in the United States during his second term in office -- a stance certain to anger the social conservatives who helped re-elect him.
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President George W. Bush on Wednesday backed away from a U.S. claim that Iran's leaders directed an effort to give bomb devices to Iraqi militants and said he was not using the charges as a pretext for a war with Iran.
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President Bush scoffed on Saturday at Democrat John Kerry's claim he has had only one position on Iraq and would not raise taxes on middle-class Americans as Bush sought momentum after the second debate with his challenger.
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The US Congress put off sending to President George W. Bush a $388 billion spending measure to fund 14 cabinet-level departments until December while lawmakers argue over how the budget process works.