THE DOLE BUDGET PLAN: How it would work

From: The Boston Globe | Date: October 9, 1996| Author: Peter G. Gosselin, Globe Staff | Copyright information

Bob Dole's race for the White House rests largely on his economic plan. The GOP contender says the plan would help America's families by cutting their taxes $548 billion. He says it would shrink government by cutting federal spending more than $1 trillion. He says it would do both while leaving defense intact and middle-class benefit programs like Social Security wholly or largely untouched.

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