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■ President Bush, speaking on April 15: “Excessive federal spending threatens economic vitality. What we want is a stronger economy, not larger federal government.” . . . Tax Freedom Day arrives on May 3, latest date ever, according to Tax Foundation, which annually calculates day Americans will have earned enough money to pay off all their taxes. . . . In Associated Press poll, 69 percent of Republicans and 62 percent of Democrats say income taxes are “too high.” . . . Bush, who has not returned to Yale since own graduation and won’t attend alma mater’s 300th-anniversary celebration, agrees to give commencement speeches at the U.S. Naval Academy and Notre Dame.

■ White House political aide Karl Rove, quoted by Associated Press: “We intended to have a smaller profile than the previous administration.” . . . Attorney general John Ashcroft, on press interviews with Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh: “I do not want anyone to be able to purchase access to the podium of America with the blood of 168 innocent victims.”

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■ President Bush, speaking on April 15: “Excessive federal spending threatens economic vitality. What we want is a stronger economy, not larger federal government.” . . . Tax Freedom Day arrives on May 3, latest date ever, according to Tax Foundation, which annually calculates day Americans will have earned enough money to pay off all their taxes. . . . In Associated Press poll, 69 percent of Republicans and 62 percent of Democrats say income taxes are “too high.” . . . Bush, who has not returned to Yale since own graduation and won’t attend alma mater’s 300th-anniversary celebration, agrees to give commencement speeches at the U.S. Naval Academy and Notre Dame.

■ White House political aide Karl Rove, quoted by Associated Press: “We intended to have a smaller profile than the previous administration.” . . . Attorney general John Ashcroft, on press interviews with Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh: “I do not want anyone to be able to purchase access to the podium of America with the blood of 168 innocent victims.”