AL GORE DISCUSSES ECONOMY WITH MISSOURI CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, FATHERS

"I want to talk with workers and fathers and mothers about the issues they talk about around their kitchen tables -- how they will afford to send their kids to college, save for retirement, or pay mounting medical bills. It's families like these who know exactly what is at stake in this election. They know about big choices, because they have to make them every day." -- Al Gore

Al Gore's economic plan would expand prosperity for all families by paying down the national debt, cutting taxes for the middle class and investing in health care and education. George W. Bush would endanger the nation's hard-won prosperity with a massive $1.6 trillion tax cut that primarily benefits the wealthy.

Gore's economic plan would benefit families by eliminating the national debt and its interest payments and offering $500 billion in middle-class tax cuts so all Americans can share in the nation's prosperity. Debt reduction will keep interest rates low to help families afford home mortgages and student and car loans. Gore's targeted tax cuts -- designed to help middle-class families -- would help families afford child and after-school care and leave enough resources to invest in education, health care and a secure retirement.