WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential contender John Edwards says it is more important to invest in universal health care and lifting people out of poverty than to reduce the budget deficit.
The 2004 vice presidential nominee said in an interview broadcast Sunday said "there is a tension" between the two directions, but he has made his choice.
"If I were choosing now between which is more important, I think the investments are more important," he said on ABC's "This Week."
Edwards' proposal, which includes tax cuts and a million housing vouchers for the poor, may place him at odds with Democrats in charge of the congressional spending committees.
The incoming Senate and House Appropriations Committee chairmen, Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia and Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin, have announced a plan to fund most domestic agency accounts at 2006 levels.
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BIG BAZOO's take: Get ready to usher in the Uber-liberals for the Democratic nomination for President...Failed Dem. Senator John Edwards says America should shoot it's wad on national health care and poverty! The national debt be damned!! Liberal plan on confiscatory tax rates and re-distribution of wealth to fund their socialist cradle-to-grave social programs...this 110th Congress and '08 Prez candidates are dangerous for America!!
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