111.   The wealthy did not need such a major tax cut, and the poor and elderly certainly did not request that aid programs be cut to help support it.

112.   Their last hurdle is deciding whether to finance their bill by raising non-income taxes, by cutting non-health programs, or by dropping some provisions from their bill.

113.   They blame schools for cutting physical education programs and for stocking the cafeterias with junk food instead of fresh fruits and vegetables.

114.   They point to the fact that dozens of Ohio counties, faced with dwindling resources from the state, have cut or are threatening to cut anti-poverty programs.

115.   They say that the pressures of managed care have forced them to cut training programs, too, and that no federal program has cushioned their financial losses.

116.   They say they are having to cut local programs to send money to poorer districts.

117.   They can sell assets, plead for more money from parishioners, dip into reserve funds or cut social programs.

118.   They did not specify what programs would be cut.

119.   This was not done for ideological reasons the way, for example, the Republicans want to cut welfare programs and turn them over to the states for administration.

120.   Those issues are meant to appeal to those Americans who have been turned off by the attempts of congressional Republicans to dismantle or cut social programs.