Senator Gregg Defends Bush's Budget

Click here to see comments made and questions answered by Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) regarding the President's FY 06 budget. Gregg is chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. In this particular news conference, Gregg discussed the President's attempt to "discipline the fiscal house of the federal government," and defended some of the President's budget proposals to cut spending in order to reduce the deficit. What Gregg fails to mention is that Bush's tax legislation since 2001 is responsible for 48 percent of our current deficit, yet Bush's proposal for how to deal with the deficit is coming in the form of major cuts to non-defense domestic programs. This discipline will hurt public schools, people on food stamps, National Parks, and affect scores of other programs. True fiscal discipline by Bush would involve more responsible tax policies, because right now Bush is proposing that our current deficit be paid for by people who cannot afford it, all while giving massive tax breaks to very wealthy people.
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