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But while in Richmond the fiscal outlook, despite a lessening of the long economic boom, was still relatively good, Sen. Robb in Washington was painting a bleak picture of America’s fiscal health.
Speaking in unusually blunt terms, Sen. Robb charged that the Administration and Congress are playing game to disguise the true extent of the deficit piess.
President Bush, he said, should both define the problem and propose solutions, including a call for higher taxes. Sen. Robb said if new taxes are needed, and he apparently thinks they are, support will come from both parties.
Perhaps, the junior Senator from Virginia can afford the political risk of suggesting tax increases since he won’t be up for re-election until 1994.
Yet he went even further by saying it might be time to consider cutting such sacred cow entitlement programs as Social Security, Medicare, government pensions and the like that make up about 60 percent of the budget and are generally considered untouchable.
Not many of his congressional colleagues are likely to jump aboard that risky bandwagon, particularly since Social Security is not only paying for itself but generating huge amounts of surplus funds.
Still Sen. Robb has a good point
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