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Lawmakers and Financial Experts Question Obama's Tax Cuts

 

Published 1/8/2009 by Shailagh Murray at Wash Post In Congress

At least two tax cuts that are part of Barack Obama's stimulus package have been criticized by lawmakers, tax experts and economists for being potentially too expensive and ineffective, signaling that they are likely to face resistance on Capitol Hill as congressional leaders begin direct... (link)

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