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Excerpt
from Dallas Morning News,
Clark says he's 'proud to be a Democrat,
September 25, 2003. |
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Clark, who has only just begun sketching out a domestic
agenda, said he was determined to attack the ballooning
federal deficit. He said he was prepared to "put
all government programs on the table, including the
military programs."
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Excerpt from BusinessWeek
Howard Gleckman & Paul Magnusson, Wesley Clark:
Marching Down the Middle,
October 13, 2003.
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ATTACK THE DEFICIT:
Clark would use some revenues generated by his upper-bracket
tax hike to fund a still-evolving health-care plan and
other initiatives. The rest -- maybe $500 billion -- would
go for deficit reduction. But even that would trim cumulative
deficits by just 10% over the next decade, according to
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Excerpt from
Speech,
Job Creation Plan,
September 24, 2003. |
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this $100 billion, two-year Job Creation Plan will not
increase the deficit. It simply moves $100 billion from
tax cuts for households making more than $200,000 a year
and directs it to job creating funds that will help middle-income
and working class families. |
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Excerpt
from Boston Globe,
Short-term deficit is ok in recession, but not long-term,
September 20, 2003. |
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Clark said there was nothing wrong with short-term
deficit spending during a recession, but criticized
the first Bush tax cut for creating a long-term deficit.
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Excerpt
from Clark04.com,
100 Year Vision,
September 18, 2003. |
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We need to return to the aims of the 1990's when we
sought to balance our federal budget and reduce the
long term public debt.
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Excerpt
from CNN,
Crossfire,
August 1, 2003. |
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Clark said there was nothing wrong with short-term
deficit spending during a recession, but criticized
the first Bush tax cut for creating a long-term deficit.
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Excerpt
from Speech,
New Democratic Network,
June 17, 2003. |
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We need to put the right kind of demand stimulus back
into the economy. A stimulus that's efficient in terms
of how much it costs us, in terms of the deficit. A
stimulus that's fair in terms of rewarding the people
who need it the most, not the wealthy. And a stimulus
that's long term, fiscally responsible in terms of not
creating huge deficits that our children have to deal
with or that we have to deal with ten years out.
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Excerpt from NBC,
Meet the Press,
June 15, 2003. |
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I think that the tax cuts were unfair. And, finally,
I mean, you look at the long-run health of the country
and the size of the deficit that weve incurred and a
substantial part of that deficit is result of the tax
cuts.
You have to ask: Is this wise, long-run policy? I think
the answer is no.
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