Reform Party presidential nominee Ross Perot Aug.19 derided Republican nominee Bob Dole’s tax cut proposal as “Washington at its worst.” On ABC’s Good Morning America, Perot said before cutting taxes, policymakers should know the government’s financial needs.” And you won’t know that completely until you redesign and reengineer Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security,” he said. Dole has proposed a 15% tax cut if he wins the presidential election Nov. 5. Perot accepted the nomination of the party he founded and largely funds.
Article extracted from this publication >> August 21, 1996