President�s big plans will carry a big price tag
SECOND-TERM GOALS: President Bush wants to revamp Social Security, overhaul the tax code, improve education, battle AIDS and poverty while waging war in
Iraq and fighting terrorists.
THE PROBLEM: The Congressional Budget Office sees $2.3 trillion in accumulated deficits over the next 10 years, not including the costs of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
QUOTE: �All he talked about today were things that will increase the deficit,� said Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D. �He�s going to have to at some point confront reality.�
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