rasmussenreports.com - 3/27/2009
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Democrats in the Senate are talking of cutting back President Obama's pledge of tax cuts for most Americans in the face of record deficits. But 63% of U.S. voters now say tax cuts would help the economy, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That’s up from 56% in ...
economistsview.typepad.com - 4/1/2009
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economistsview.typepad.com —
This will not please the tax cut fanatics
and proponents of the Laffer curve. Here's a link
to the report from the CBO discussed in this Economic View by Daniel Altman from the New York Times : Economic View A Bit of Doodling About a Tax-Cut Danger, ...
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The Myth That Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves
ombwatch.org - 4/1/2009
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ombwatch.org —
Slumdog Millionaire The House and Senate are debating
the FY 2010 budget resolution on the floor this
week and in anticipation of regressive amendments that would expand the cut to the estate tax enacted under the Bush administration, OMB Watch joined ...
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56 National Organizations Oppose More Tax Cuts for ...
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RASMUSSEN: More Voters Than Ever Say Tax Cuts Help the Economy. “Democrats in the Senate are talki…
Instapundit —
... RASMUSSEN: More Voters Than Ever Say Tax Cuts Help the Economy. “Democrats in the Senate are talking of cutting back President Obama’s pledge of tax cuts for most Americans in the face of record deficits. But 63% of U.S. voters now say tax cuts would help the economy, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.” ...
Poll: tax cuts would help economy
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... A substantial majority of Americans believe that tax cuts would promote economic growth, a new Rasmussen poll finds. 63% believe lower taxes would help, the highest level of support since Rasmussen has begun asking the question in the mid-nineties. That number also represents a 7% increase from ...
Two Thirds Of the People Think Tax Cuts Would Help the Economy
Say Anything —
Of course the greedy public sector disagree.
Democrats in the Senate are talking of cutting back President Obama’s pledge of tax cuts for most Americans in the face of record deficits. But 63% of U.S. voters now say tax cuts would help the economy, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
That’s up from 56% in February and marks the highest level found in years of tracking this question. Scott Rasmussen has posed this polling ...
A Recovery Party? Random Chills, Thrills & Myths
The Anchoress —
... and I wrote back - feeling a little bit like King Arthur in the last scene of Camelot, “someday you will tell your children about the mythical land of America, where people were basically free to do whatever they liked, express themselves freely, dare to dream…”
What worried me is that he didn’t argue. He’s all of 24, and no conservative by any means, and he rather agreed, and he wondered if a third party is the way to go.
If something isn’t done soon, America as we know it will be so over. Our “leaders” ...
Democrats losing support
PoliGazette —
... Democrats are losing support because Americans are angry with the bonuses AIG awarded to some of its employees. Additionally, many believe that the economic stimulus plan is (too) expensive and ineffective. Furthermore, Pelosi and Reid suffer from polls like this one, which show that more Americans than ever before believe that tax cuts are the best medicine against a recession. ...
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