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Posts Tagged Tax cut

Why No Payroll Tax Cut?

By | 09.09.10 | 3:20 pm

Tax cuts are generally less stimulative than spending measures, but among tax cuts, a holiday or slashing of the payroll tax is one of the best options, the Congressional Budget Office reports. So why did President Obama suggest cutting investment and research and development taxes for businesses, rather than More…

Poll: Americans Oppose Make-Believe Legislation

By | 01.14.09 | 6:36 pm

In addition to super-accurate presidential and local race polling, Rasmussen Reports traffics in polls that ask unusual questions that have been bouncing around conservative circles. In October 2008, for example, the company asked if Americans agreed with President Ronald Reagan’s first inaugural address and the statement “Government is not More…