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How Important Are Children? The Clash For Resources

THE NATION'S TOTAL indebtedness is approaching $9 trillion, and annual federal budget deficits have been at record levels in recent years. The president’s 2008 spending plan sets as his goal a balanced federal budget—a dramatic policy shift for a chief executive who, since 2001, has presided over large deficits while cutting taxes. This political reality (analysts say that President Bush is calling the bluff of Democrats) may present that party’s new congressional majorities with its greatest challenge: saluting its pledge to demonstrate greater fiscal responsibility than Republicans while, at the same time, promoting ambitious domestic policies that . . . [Full Text of this Article]

John K. Iglehart, Founding Editor

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