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Bush schimpft über Wirtschaftspessimisten -"Ã-konomie schaltet in höchsten Gang"
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Dow Jones News Services
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By Alex Keto
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The Bush administration Thursday lashed out at people who are pessimistic about the economy but then refused to identify exactly who it was referring to.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said President George W. Bush intends to make the case that the U.S. economy is strong and it will get stronger in the coming months.
The first opportunity for the president to make this case is during a speech Thursday in front of the National Federation of Independent Business in Washington.
"The president today is going to directly take on the pessimist who opposed the tax relief... and the policies that we pursued to get the economy growing stronger. He'll challenge the pessimist who doubted that the economy was recovering, who said the businesses and households would not spend their tax savings, and who said that we were headed for a double-dip recession," McClellan said.
"He looks forward to taking on those critics and their gloomy predictions with his optimistic vision for this country," McClellan added.
However, when asked who these critics are, McClellan declined to answer the question.
"I think you hear from them. You know exactly who they are," McClellan said.
McClellan said the critics try to talk down the economy,"when the economy is moving in the right direction."
During his speech, Bush said he believed the economy is now"shifting into high gear."
The president's message on the economy has changed significantly over the past year. A year ago, when Bush was pushing his third tax package through Congress, Bush repeatedly warned the economy was faltering and there was a risk it could fall back into a period of negative growth.
However, once the tax package was passed, Bush took a more benign view of the economy and said it was on the path to recovery.
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