online.wsj.com - 1/12/2009
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[Obama Plans to Keep Estate Tax] Getty Images Barack Obama plans to move to block the estate tax from disappearing in 2010.
econospeak.blogspot.com - 1/6/2009
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econospeak.blogspot.com —
Jonathan Weisman and Naftali Bendavid report: President-elect Barack
Obama and congressional Democrats are crafting a plan to
offer about $300 billion of tax cuts to individuals and businesses, a move aimed at attracting Republican support for an ...
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Obama Goes For Tax Cuts
nakedcapitalism.com - 1/5/2009
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nakedcapitalism.com —
The Wall Street Journal has sent a news
alert that says that Obama is mulling a stimulus
plan that will rely more heavily on tax cuts than initially envisaged as a way to win needed Republican support. The Journal says tax cuts could be as much as ...
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Obama Considering $310 Billion Tax Cut
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Obama Plans to Keep Estate Tax
Club for Growth —
That's the frontpage headline of today's Wall Street Journal.
Obama to keep 'death tax' alive
BloggingStocks —
... Despite pleading from Republicans to kill the estate tax, President-elect Barack Obama plans to do no such thing. According to the Wall Street Journal, Obama and congressional leaders "plan to move soon to block the estate tax from disappearing in 2010." ...
Obama to keep 'death tax' alive
BloggingStocks —
... Despite pleading from Republicans to kill the estate tax, President-elect Barack Obama plans to do no such thing. According to the Wall Street Journal, Obama and congressional leaders "plan to move soon to block the estate tax from disappearing in 2010." ...
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