fivethirtyeight.com - 12/31/2008
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Rather devoting $1 trillion dollars to deficit spending, as Mitch McConnell warns us that Obama's stimulus package is wont to do, perhaps instead Obama should limit the package to $675 to $775 billion and devote a significant fraction of that to tax cuts rather than spending increases . Wait, ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 12/29/2008
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
By Paul Kane Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
(R-Ky.) voiced skepticism today about the emerging economic stimulus...
plan, applying a brake to Democratic plans to quickly pass up to $850 billion in spending and tax cuts soon after President-elect ...
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McConnell Puts the Brakes on Stimulus Plan
michellemalkin.com - 1/7/2009
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/7/2009
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
On Sunday, Mitch McConnell’s proposed cutting the 25
percent income tax rate to 15 percent, which he...
described as a move to help the middle class. As usual with conservative tax proposals, this is true as long as you see “the middle ...
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McConnell’s Middle Class
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