Submit a Story!

Obama Readies Massive Tax Cuts

 
The Wall Street Journal and New York Times lead off their business coverage today with word that President-elect Barack Obama's economic recovery plan will include a larger-than-expected tax cut of roughly $300 million for companies and individual taxpayers. The tax breaks don't end there. read more (link)

Tags:

Related Content
Obama Eyes $300 Billion Tax Cut
online.wsj.com 1/5/2009 — [Obama Eyes $310 Billion Tax Cut] Getty Images President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are crafting a plan to offer as much as $310 billion of tax cuts.
Obama Plan Includes $300 Billion in Tax Cuts
nytimes.com 1/5/2009 — The breaks for workers and businesses are nods to critics who are worried that the economic recovery program has been too focused on government spending. >
Group: Obama 'Loophole' Would Steer Funds Toward Big Capitalists, Hurt Small Business
onthehillblog.blogspot.com 1/5/2009 — President-elect Barack Obama's planned economic stimulus package may contain provisions that will allow wealthy venture capitalists to receive billions of dollars in federal contracts earmarked for small businesses, according to a California-based group that advocates for small business.
Is Obama relying too much on tax cuts?
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 1/5/2009 — 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 ...
Will he usher in a reign of futarchy?
marginalrevolution.com 1/5/2009 — Dr. Holdren, now a physicist at Harvard, was one of the experts in natural resources whom Paul Ehrlich enlisted in his famous bet against the economist Julian Simon during the "energy crisis" of the 1980s. Dr. Simon, who disagreed ...
The GOOG-Obama LovefestThe Big Money 1/5/2009
Google may have a big headache in China right now, but it's only too happy to see Barack Obama set up shop over here. According to the San Francisco Chronicle , CEO Eric Schmidt, co-founder Larry Page, YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, and three ...
UnderstimulatedThe Big Money 1/7/2009
Washington officials can't say for sure how many people are coming to town for Barack Obama's inauguration. Estimates have ranged from 2 million to 4 million . read more
America's budget: After the recession, the delugeThe Economist: Full print edition 1/8/2009
Barack Obama must couple short-term stimulus with long-term fiscal reform FOR all his talk of change, Barack Obama will start his presidency much as George Bush did: with a huge fiscal stimulus aimed at boosting an ailing economy and promoting some ...
Lexington: Leading the lawmakersThe Economist: Full print edition 1/8/2009
Until he becomes unpopular, Barack Obama will get most of what he wants from Congress “CHANGE begins at home,” say the billboards in Washington, DC. They are adverts for IKEA, a discount furniture store, urging people to spruce up their ...
The budget deficit: Waiting for God-only-knows-whatThe Economist: Full print edition 1/8/2009
America’s grim fiscal outlook could either be a nightmare or an opportunity for Barack Obama DURING one of his debates with Barack Obama, John McCain, the Republican candidate, kept referring to the “fiscal crisis” when he meant ...