Bush Obama now talking $300 bn in tax cuts (flag)
www.americablog.com — Plus ça CHANGE... But don't worry, if we just appease the Republicans this once, they'll stop being mean to us. President-elect Barack Obama plans to include about $300 billion in tax cuts for workers and businesses in his economic recovery program, advisers said Sunday, as his team seeks to ...
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News Flash: Obama to Fulfill Campaign Promises!
Angry Bear — Tom Bozzo is amazed at the reaction of leading figures in the left blogiverse to the W$J's "news" that there will be tax cuts as part of the stimulus. See Aravosis, Digby, Krugman, Marshall. Can we cancel the circular firing squad? As far as I can tell from the Journal's reporting, the main tax elements are largely indistinguishable from what Obama was promoting in the fall. Here, for instance, is a snippet of the third debate: [Bob Schieffer:] Senator Obama, you proposed $60 billion in tax cuts for middle- income and lower-income people, more tax breaks to create jobs, new spending for public ...

Obama's clever fiscal stimulus strategy
The Next Right — Barack Obama appears to be making significant overtures to cultivate Republican support for his fiscal stimulus plan with massive tax cuts (albeit short-term tax shifts rather than structural changes or actual cuts).  The Leftroots (and Paul Krugman) are fairly upset about this.  Kevin Drum says this attempt to win bipartisan support (rather than just the few Republican votes he absolutely needs to secure passage) is a bad idea, because Obama is making concessions he doesn't have to make and diluting ...

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www.msnbc.msn.com 1/5/2009 — President-elect Barack Obama plans to include about $300 billion in tax cuts for workers and businesses in his economic recovery program, as his team seeks to win over Congressional skeptics.
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www.politico.com 1/4/2009 — President-elect Obama plans to propose huge tax cuts for businesses and middle-class workers that will total about 40 percent of the package.
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