Economists Voice Opposition to Bush Tax Cuts
Monday, February 10, 2003
The Economists' statement opposing the Bush tax cuts was a statement signed by roughly 450 economists, including ten of the twenty four American Nobel Prize Laureates alive at the time, in February 2003 who urged the U.S. President George W. Bush not to enact the 2003 tax cuts; seeking and sought to gather public support for the position.
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Tax day this year has come and gone, but as Ben Franklin knew, there is simply no escaping taxes. This is especially true if you're John McCain or Barack Obama, who enter the general campaign season with the economy as a key voter concern. Amid record-high gas prices, an ongoing credit crunch, and fears of an impending (or deepening) recession, the candidates are being asked where they stand on taxes.