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Home • Blog • A Quick Guide to the Obama and Romney Tax Plans

A Quick Guide to the Obama and Romney Tax Plans

October 18, 2012October 12, 20231 min readBy: Nick Kasprak, William McBride

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Vice President of Federal Tax Policy & Stephen J. Entin Fellow in Economics

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