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Obama Blinks on Taxes

By James Pethokoukis

Posted: November 23, 2008

It now looks like Obama will not propose raising taxes next year, instead waiting for the end-of-2010 expiration of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. I guess this means he believes, on some level, that raising taxes hurts economic growth. So I guess it really was about "fairness" all along. I think every economic initiative for years to come will be graded according to whether or not it boost the economy .  Go long "growth," go short "fairness."

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