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Harvard Economist: Obama’s Tax Cut Not Likely to Help Economy

By | 01.09.09 | 1:21 pm

Too late to slip into this morning’s story on the tax cuts being floated as part of President-elect Barack Obama’s stimulus plan, Harvard economist Martin Feldstein emails to add his name to the growing list of skeptics. Workers given a $500 payroll-tax credit, Feldstein writes, will likely use it More…