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Obama Stimulus to Include $300 Billion in Tax Cuts

HeadlineJan 05, 2009

The Wall Street Journal reports President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are crafting a plan to offer about $300 billion of tax cuts to individuals and businesses as part of the new administration’s massive stimulus package. The size of the proposed tax cuts is greater than many on both sides of the aisle in Congress had anticipated. Republicans and business leaders welcomed the idea of basing a bigger proportion of the stimulus plan on tax cuts.

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