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Bush Promised to Fund it All and Have 'Money Left Over.'
Feb. 17, 2001 George W. Bush
My job is to make sure no one forgets. ... My budget will fund our priorities, from education to defense to protecting Social Security and Medicare. It will pay down our national debt. And when we have done all that, we will still have some money left over.
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Instead He Pushed the Budget into the Red with Record Speed
Mar. 7, 2003 Congressional Budget Office, AP
• According to CBO, “President Bush's proposed new round of tax cuts and the rest of his budget would produce unabated federal deficits over the coming decade totaling a massive $1.82 trillion.” (Graph of budget reversal.)
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Health Care Promise
Mar. 22, 2001 George W. Bush
Health care is a priority in our budget. We ... double the number of folks who will be served by what's called community health centers.
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Health Care Reality
• Overall Budget: The 2004 Bush Budget proposes a 7% ($399 million) cut to the Health Resources and Services Administration, which includes most of the government’s efforts to improve health care.
• Safety-Net: Bush proposes eliminating all $105 million for the Community Access Program, which makes grants to local health providers.
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Health Research Promise
Mar. 22, 2001 George W. Bush
We've increased funding so we can double the NIH budget by 2003 from when that initiative first started.
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Health Research Reality
• The CDC AIDS Prevention program would be frozen at $691 million, a real after-inflation cut.
• CDC: Bush proposes just a 1% ($61 million) increase in the budget for CDC – well below the rate of inflation.
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Social Security Promise
Mar. 22, 2001 George W. Bush
(T)he budget I set up says the payroll taxes are only going to be spent on one thing, and that's Social Security -- that the Congress won't be using the payroll taxes for other programs.
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