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November 13, 2012 06:50 AM
Who really holds leverage on Bush tax cuts?
Bloomberg's Barro argues even post-"cliff," GOP would have the upper hand
My Friday post about how reporters are missing a big part of the “fiscal cliff” story—the leverage President Obama and congressional Democrats can gain in the debate over rich people’s taxes by not doing anything until after the New Year—opened by approvingly citing a blog post by Slate’s Matt Yglesias. And I added an update at the end flagging a...
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