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Election Sweep Emboldens Trump’s Tax Cut Dreams

November 15, 2024 · 10:28 am ET · Leave a Comment

“The Republican sweep of the presidency and Congress has transformed what could have been a struggle to merely renew Donald Trump’s tax cuts into a multi-pronged campaign to slash levies in new and bigger ways,” Bloomberg reports.

“The incoming Republican majorities in the House and Senate mean Trump can enact a tax bill without making concessions to Democrats. Republicans will only be constrained by how much deficit spending the party’s lawmakers and global financial markets can tolerate.”

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