Here is Gephardts discussion of how the Tax Cuts hurt Americans, from a speech given April 23, 2003.
"Here's how we beat George Bush in 2004 — we simply tell the truth. This president says we need tax cuts. But his budget cut funding for children's hospitals, disease control, rural health care, and professional medical training. He even cut 11 billion dollars in funding for public and teaching hospitals — the health care providers for the majority of poor and uninsured patients. That's not health care. That's someone who couldn't care less.
We have a story to tell about George W. Bush.
Under this president, a billion dollars was cut from health care for children in poverty. And he's created a fiscal crisis in almost every state — forcing states to slash Medicaid, devastating health care programs for the poor and people with disabilities. Medicaid is the lifeline for millions of Americans. Just because George Bush is sinking the economy doesn't mean our most vulnerable should have to go down with it. We have a story to tell about George W. Bush.
George Bush passed his 'No Child Left Behind' education bill, but then cut the funding to pay for it by six billion dollars. We have a story to tell.
He's cut funding for after-school programs, teacher training, school safety. All the while he's trying to shift what few dollars are left into private schools. This president isn't leaving a child behind. He's leaving the whole class behind with them. We have a story to tell."
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