news.yahoo.com - 1/9/2009
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AP - President-elect Barack Obama's proposed tax cuts ran into opposition Thursday from senators in his own party who said they wouldn't do much to stimulate the economy or create jobs. Senators from both parties agreed that Congress should do something to stimulate the economy. But Democratic senators emerging from a private meeting of the Senate Finance Committee criticized business and individual tax cuts in Obama's stimulus plan.
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/5/2009
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com —
I don't know yet. But news reports this
morning certainly raise questions. Let's lay out the basics
here. Other things equal, public investment is a much better way to provide economic stimulus than tax cuts, for two reasons. First, if the government ...
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Is Obama relying too much on tax cuts?
politico.com - 1/4/2009
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politico.com —
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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Obama plans to unveil big tax cuts
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