...Even as Democratic leaders continue to accuse Mr. Bush of having a reckless fiscal policy, they have refused to discuss dismantling his tax cuts or even to engage in a debate with him about the best way to stimulate economic growth.
“It’s always the same old tired line with them — ‘Tax and spend, tax and spend, tax and spend,’ ” said Senator Kent Conrad, the North Dakota Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. “We’re not going there.”
At least not now. Democratic leaders say they see no need to revisit Mr. Bush’s tax cuts for several years because they are not set to expire until the end of 2010. And they contend that the government could increase revenues as much as $100 billion a year simply by closing the “tax gap,” taxes that are owed but not paid.
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