Kerry Shifts Campaign Focus from Iraq to Economy
Sun May 16, 2004 10:01 AM ET
By Patricia Wilson
BOSTON (Reuters) - Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry offered on Sunday an economic agenda promoting middle-class growth and opportunity as an alternative to President Bush's "special favors" for the wealthiest Americans.
…But the Massachusetts senator said 98 percent of Americans and 99 percent of U.S. business would still get tax cuts if he were elected president on Nov. 2. Bush and his Republican allies have portrayed Kerry as a typical tax-raising liberal.
"We know that the measure of a strong economy is a growing middle-class where every American has a chance to work and an opportunity to succeed," Kerry said. "For three years, the American people have been asking this White House, 'What are you going to do about this? And for three years, they've basically told us: 'You're on your own."'