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washingtonpost.com - 2/22/2009
Obama Targets Budget Deficit
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ft.com - 2/23/2009
FT.com / World - Obama aims to halve deficit by 2013
— ft.com — Barack Obama will this week set the goal of halving the budget deficit he inherited by the... end of his first term, while pushing ahead aggressively on healthcare reform, climate change and education. His first budget, released on Thursday, will show ... (more) FT.com / World - Obama aims to halve deficit by 2013

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businesspundit.com - 2/26/2009
Obama Budget: Higher Taxes, Healthcare, and a Deficit Mystery
— businesspundit.com — President Barack Obama presented his budget plan to Congress today. CNN reports on the Obama budget: One... high-profile proposal involves closing the loophole that has allowed some Wall Street investment managers to pay lower tax rates than their low-paid assistants. Wall Street lobbyists have ... (more) Obama Budget: Higher Taxes, Healthcare, and a ...

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politicalnewslive.blogspot.com - 2/23/2009
Video: Obama declares plan to cut deficit in half
— politicalnewslive.blogspot.com — President Barack Obama vowed Monday to cut the country's budget deficit in half by the end of... his first term. (more) Video: Obama declares plan to cut deficit in half

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Club for Growth:  Obama is Ready to Raise Taxes

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Obama is Ready to Raise Taxes
Club for Growth — As part of his new budget, Obama is going to raise taxes. He's following the 1993 Clinton playbook word for word.

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Obama's Fiscal Contradictions
Stefan Karlsson's blog — After having pushed through an increase in the deficit in the coming years of a total of $800 billion, Obama now says that he is worried about the size of the deficit and will act to restrain it. But if he was really worried about the deficit, then why did he push through that increase? ...

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