Kerry Touts Plan to Balance Budget

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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Kerry.html

Kerry Touts Plan to Balance Budget
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BELOIT, Wis. (AP) -- John Kerry was touting his plan to rein in wasteful government spending and balance the federal budget as his string of campaign buses wound into the Midwest.

``We can do this,'' Kerry said in remarks prepared for delivery on Tuesday. ``We can return to the days where we balanced the budget, grew our economy and spent your money responsibly. We can balance our federal budget so you can grow yours.''

Kerry promises to pay for all new government programs and cut the federal deficit in half in four years. To do that, he wants the power to veto individual spending decisions made by Congress and enforce budget caps with automatic spending cuts.<snip>

Kerry's economic platform also calls for eliminating tax cuts for wealthier families passed during the Bush administration.<snip>

[Capn Sunshine]

1. Know what 's cool about this?

No less than Paul Krugman has run the numbers on this and the NUMBERS WORK.

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2. Now that is COOL!

:-)