washingtonpost.com - 1/8/2009
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politico.com - 1/4/2009
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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
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 ...
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Democrats criticize Obama's proposed tax cuts
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realclearpolitics.com - 1/8/2009
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Business Side of the Ledger
Talking Points Memo —
New scrutiny for Obama's business tax cut proposals.
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A Questionable Tax Break on Obama's Plate
TPM Election Central —
... Its name is not often used in press coverage -- it's described as "a measure that would allow companies to deduct large portions of recent losses" from their taxes by the Post -- but its full name is the "net operating loss carryback". And it's a pretty nice score for the housing industry from the Obama team. ...
Obama's Economic Push: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Open Left - Front Page —
... Second, while some of the tax cuts Obama is championing are targeted at the middle-class, the Washington Post reports that others are corporate giveaways that economists and lawmakers of both parties have previously derided as wholly ineffective, or worse - a reward to the very economic actors that created the current crisis. ...
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wouldyoudothatifbarackwaswatching.com 1/27/2009 —
$300 Billion in Tax Cuts?
talkingpointsmemo.com 1/5/2009 — I'm going to dig more into the details on this tomorrow. But this is starting to sound like a pretty big chunk of the stimulus bill is aimed at garnering GOP support.
I really hope we're not putting the cart before the horse here.
And these ...
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