With the Economy Struggling, Can the Nation Really Afford Massive Tax Hikes?
26 August 2010
Interview with Bob Adams, Executive Director for the League of American Voters, on the need for Congress to extend the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, which are set to expire at the end of the year. Failure to extend those tax cuts would cripple the nation's already struggling economy.
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