Fearing a soaring deficit, many analysts favor letting Bush tax cuts expire

Official and independent budget estimates show that letting tax rates spring back to pre-Bush levels for all taxpayers would bring the country within striking distance of meeting President Obama's goal of balancing the budget, excluding interest payments on the debt, by 2015. Full Story »

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by Jon Mitchell - Sep. 22, 2010

Covers budget plans on both sides fairly, as well as some independent alternatives. Statistics from a few different think tanks are used to support the assertions here, and I appreciated the presence of CBO, Heritage, and CAP data side by side.

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