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Studies Examine Effect Of Tax Increase On Wealthy

By John Ydstie

November 15, 2012

Republicans claim President Obama's plan to raise taxes on the wealthy will cost the economy 700,000 jobs. Another study from the Congressional Budget Office puts the number of lost jobs as 200,000. But both studies also assume millions of new jobs will be created.

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