Bush quietly signs corporate tax-cut bill

Seeded on Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:10 PM EST (msnbc.com)

President Bush Friday quietly signed into law a bill containing about $136 billion in tax cuts denounced by critics on both sides of the aisle as a giveaway to corporate interests.

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Consumer spending tumbles, incomes flat
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A new value-added tax could efficiently help pay for expanding health insurance.
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A new value-added tax could efficiently help pay for expanding health insurance.
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