Title

George Bush first budget as President

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

10 Feb 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:05

Description

Nick Peter reports from Washington on the first budget speech to Congress by new President George H. W. Bush (includes excerpts). The President first spoke about wanting to create a stronger America, and reach out to the Soviet Union and then outlined the idealogical basis behind his budget proposals including no new taxes.

Contributors

Nick Peters; George H. W. Bush

Keywords

USA; Budgets; Social security; Taxation; Economics; USSR; International relations; Presidents; National budgets; Public expenditure; Economic growth

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