The Washington Post, May 8th, 1990
THE WHITE House continues to say the right things about the budget deficit. The key to putting the budget back in order is a tax increase. Without one the Democrats won't countenance the spending cuts that will also be required, and the spending side of the budget can't bear the entire burden alone. Indeed, neither George Bush nor even Ronald Reagan has ever proposed enough spending cuts to do the job. "Read my lips," was Mr. Bush's famous and winning campaign position on raising taxes. Now we are being invited to read his ellipses instead. Sunday he had the leaders of both houses of Congress ...
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