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Nov 23, When people refer to President Obama's tax cuts, they generally refer to thebillion tax cut deal signed in It extended the Bush tax cuts through and unemployment benefits through It cut payroll taxes by 2 percentage points, addingbillion to workers' spendable income.

There was and is considerable controversy over who benefited from the tax cuts and whether or not they have been effective in spurring sufficient growth.

It extended a college tuition tax stumpcut.barted Reading Time: 8 mins. Jul 11, After a protracted debate, Congress and President Obama agreed at the end of to extend the Bush tax cuts for two years, and They allowed the Making Work Pay Credit to expire but replaced it with a payroll tax “holiday” which reduced Social Security payroll taxes paid inand this was eventually extended through With the economy in recession, interest rates near zero, and joblessness on the rise, Obama needed to decide whether, and how much, to use fiscal stimulus to resuscitate the economy.

To help students understand Obama's options, the case reviews both the recent tax cuts under President George W. Bush, including the supply-side and demand-management justification given for them, and the broad Cited by: 1. One-time tax reliefs were a popular tool under the Bush Administration Deficit financed tax cuts (Kennedy proposed, Johnson implemented) Lowered highest marginal tax rate from 91% to 65%; lowered corporate tax from 52% to 47% Reagan tax cuts –was to bring about reduced government spending, but reductions never.