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DFL DISPATCH February 26, 2003 IN THIS ISSUE: A Closer Look at the Bush and Pawlenty Budgets: More Rhetoric vs. Reality Wellstone Symposium * * * * * * * * * * BALANCING THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF OUR CHILDREN, SENIORS AND SICK: IS THIS SHARED SACRIFICE? - The Dispatch has collected some key examples of rhetoric coming from Bush and Pawlenty and compared them with the realities of their recent budget proposals.  The obvious conclusion is that their proposals claim to balance the budget and resort to heaping much of the burden onto those who can least afford it:  our children, seniors and sick.  Furthermore, both Bush and Pawlenty are refusing to address the difficult funding questions, opting instead to pass the buck to local units of government. Higher Education Rhetoric: ``I want to thank the good folks here at Rochester Community and Technical College for your hospitality...The most important issue