Al Gore possible presidential campaign, 2016/Taxes
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Al Gore |
Vice President of the United States (1993-2001) U.S. Representative (1977-1985) U.S. Senator (1985-1993) |
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- Al Gore said in an October 2000 presidential debate against George W. Bush, "I will balance the budget every year. I will pay down the national debt. I will put Medicare and Social Security in a lockbox and protect them. And I will cut taxes for middle-class families. I believe it's important to resist the temptation to squander our surplus. If we make the right choices, we can have a prosperity that endures and enriches all of our people." He criticized Bush's tax plan in the same debate, saying, "Under Governor Bush's tax cut proposal, he would spend more money on tax cuts for the wealthiest 1 percent than all of the new spending that he proposes for education, healthcare, prescription drugs and national defense all combined. Now, I think those are the wrong priorities. Now, under my proposal, for every dollar that I propose in spending for things like education and health care, I will put another dollar into middle class tax cuts. And for every dollar that I spend in those two categories, I'll put two dollars toward paying down the national debt. I think it's very important to keep the debt going down and completely eliminate it. And I also think it's very important to go to the next stage of welfare reform."[1]
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