81.   Raising taxes would spark opposition, and lawmakers are just as loathe to cut programs that pay money directly to people.

82.   Rather, he said, the federal government should pick up the tab for the uninsured by cutting other programs.

83.   Schools have cut physical education programs, which eliminates a good old-fashioned run around the gym or schoolyard.

84.   Rumsfeld was not happy with the idea that his authority to order service branches to cut weapons programs was being challenged.

85.   Several homelessness programs would be cut.

86.   Schaefer said Hilltop has a pre-natal care program and a support group for young mothers, but the funding for its young fathers program was cut several years ago.

87.   Some want to cut other programs, like agriculture, instead.

88.   Speaking to reporters from his ranch in Crawford, Texas, President Bush credited his tax cut program for stimulating growth.

89.   Some smaller government programs would be cut even more deeply in percentage terms than the health programs.

90.   That change was forced on them by Democrats who said they were trying to cut programs for the poor to give a tax cut to the rich.