TITLE

STIMULATION

AUTHOR(S)
Hertzberg, Hendrik
PUB. DATE
November 2001
SOURCE
New Yorker;11/12/2001, Vol. 77 Issue 35, p45
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Argues that the economic stimulus package approved by the United States House of Representatives would overwhelmingly benefit the prosperous and influential. Earmark of over $140 billion in tax cuts for wealthy individuals and corporations; Permanent tax cuts for the rich but not for the non-rich; Opinion that the stimulus package will not result in solidarity among the American people.
ACCESSION #
5670516

Tags: UNITED States -- Economic policy;  TAXATION -- Law & legislation

 

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