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Due Diligence   →   Expert: Obama's Fiscal Cliff Tax Rate Concession to $400K Earners a 'Surprise'

Tags: law, Barack Obama, Politics, Interviews, US, economics, john boehner, fiscal cliff
Carmen Russell-Sluchansky
Dec 20, 2012 18:29
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Photo Credit: ©RIA Novosti, Anton Denisov.
WASHINGTON – President Obama said he and Speaker of the House John Boehner are close to finding a deal, but while Obama agreed to push the threshold for a tax rate hike to $400,000 per year, Boehner stopped at $1 million.

Host Carmen Russell-Sluchansky spoke with Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, to discuss the economic impact of the proposals.


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