11.   Consumer groups, tax reform groups, deficit hawks and even business groups agree in principle that too many special favors are offered.

12.   Consumer groups, people pushing for tax reform, deficit hawks and even some business groups agree that there are too many special favors in the tax code.

13.   Deficit hawks blocked action on a permanent increase in the debt ceiling until Congress adopted the Gramm-Rudman requirement for a balanced federal budget within five years.

14.   Deficit hawks like Lawrence Kotlikoff of Boston University are not impressed.

15.   Deficit hawks say the grants waste taxpayer money.

16.   Deficit hawks in his administration won an argument to speed up the timing because they saw that Republicans were winning the battle for public opinion.

17.   Deficit hawks on Capitol Hill, though, want the money to reduce the federal deficit.

18.   Deficit hawks rejoice that Rivlin, whose expenditure-cutting swoops are the fiercest of all, is to head the OMB.

19.   Dole emphasized his record as a deficit hawk in deflecting Democratic criticism and national poll findings showing concern about whether his plan would wildly escalate the national debt.

20.   Deficit hawks call the system a taxpayer rip-off.