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The Democratic Party, led by President Obama, is making the argument that the Bush tax cuts of 20caused the recession of Some campaign talking points are “Driving us in a ditch We’ve tried their way and it didn’t work Tax cuts for the wealthy led to the recession Returning to the failed policies of the past”.Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins.

Feb 28, InPresident George Bush authorized a tax cut called the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of (EGTRRA) to stimulate the economy during the recession that year.

2 3 The major provisions were to reduce marginal income tax rates and reduce and eventually repeal estate tax. As a result, it saved taxpayers, but not equally. Oct 23, A review of economic evidence on the tax cuts by Brookings Institution economist William Gale and Dartmouth professor Andrew Samwick, former chief economist on George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers, found that “a cursory look at growth between 20(before the onset of the Great Recession) suggests that overall growth rate was mediocre” and that “there is, in short, no first-order evidence in the aggregate data that these tax cuts Estimated Reading Time: 11 mins.

Aug 07, The president argues that it was the unchecked, reckless, casino capitalism of the George W. Bush years - bank deregulation, tax cuts for the rich - that lead to the nation’s worst economic Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.

Sep 27, Talking about Trump's tax cut plan, Clinton said,"Trickle-down did not work. It got us into the mess we were in, in and Slashing taxes. Sep 30, Several readers have asked us about this comment, especially Clinton’s assertion that the George W.

Bush tax cuts played a significant role in creating “a perfect storm” that led to the Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins.