William Gale

Co-director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

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Vice President and Director of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC and Co-director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

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Tax cuts signed into law by George W.

Tax Cuts, the Deficit and the November Election

Tax cuts signed into law by George W.

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Tax cuts signed into law by George W. Bush were attacked for making the rich richer at the expense of the Middle Class, and for helping to turn a federal surplus into a deficit.

Tax Cuts, the Deficit and the November Election

Tax cuts signed into law by George W. Bush were attacked for making the rich richer at the expense of the Middle Class, and for helping to turn a federal surplus into a deficit.

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