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Daschle frames tax cuts as cause of Economic woes
Senate leader Tom Daschle blamed the Republicans 1.35 trillion tax cut package for most of the nations economic woes. He proposed a seven point Democratic alternative including job creation measures and increased homeland defense spending. He rejected the notion that the war on terrorism alone drained surpluses. He criticized Republicans for fiscal laxity and warned against cutting federal services or tapping Social Security. Daschle praised Bush personally but targeted GOP fiscal policy overall as skewed to the affluent. A separate report noted a talc filled threatening letter to Daschle was a hoax while FBI and Army investigators treated it as a crime. Bush push for an economic security plan faced crossfire with Democrats and Republicans trading barbs over policy and timing.