Cheney defends Bush tax-cut plan Critics continue attack, saying proposal benefits rich, will increase deficit 01/11/2003 By G. ROBERT HILLMAN / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney rebutted critics of the administration's sweeping tax cut proposals Friday in what is becoming an increasingly difficult sell among Democrats and some Republicans on Capitol Hill. And within minutes of his rebuttal, Senate Democrats were back on the attack. "I believe there ought to be a tax cut, but I don't believe that we ought to have a $675 billion, 10-year tax cut at a time when we...