Reuters: "White House Memo Seeks 2006 Budget Tightening"

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=3&u=/nm/20040527/pl_nm/campaign_bush_budget_dc

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has told government agencies to brace for slower spending growth and outright budget cuts if President Bush (news - web sites) is re-elected, including in homeland security, education and other domestic programs touted by his campaign.

White House officials played down the proposed cutbacks, spelled out in budget documents and a May 19 memo, leaked on Thursday, setting out rough spending guidelines for federal agencies for the fiscal year 2006 budget.

"Decisions about total levels (of funding) as well as for specific program levels will not be made for months," said J.T. Young, spokesman for the White House Office of Management and Budget.

The proposed cutbacks opened Bush up to attack from Democratic presidential rival John Kerry (news - web sites)'s campaign. It released copies of the memo to the press and questioned Bush's election-year commitments to homeland security, health care and education."

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1. As John McCain said. "It is irresponsible to even consider cutting taxes

in a time of war." Now we must kick this and start starving the Bush instead of letting him, starve the beast.

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2. People (and not the DU people who already "get it") need to...

...really understand the impact of the words "Decisions about total levels (of funding) as well as for specific program levels will not be made for months."

"for months"...as in "after the election." No specifics until AFTER he gets "four more years"...at least that's the plan.