Economic Development Futures Journal

Monday, November 08, 2004

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What Corporate America Wants in Return for Bush Round 2

With business groups claiming much credit for his win, they're asking for plenty in return: Trade deals, tax reform, deficit reduction... Corporate America is smiling today.

At the President's first post-election press conference on Nov. 4, a relaxed and jocular George W. Bush, basking in his popular majority win, dropped talk of cooperation with the depleted Democrats on Capitol Hill and instead vowed to press ahead with his conservative policy goals. "I earned capital in the campaign, and now I intend to spend it," said Bush. "I'm going to spend it for what I told the people I would spend it on."

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