George W. Bush Would Prefer if the Bush Tax Cuts Were Called Something Other Than the Bush Tax Cuts

Posted on by Caleb Newquist

As far as the policy is concerned, W is obviously cool with it but if the name could get tweaked (hint being: drop the “Bush”) maybe getting it through Congress wouldn’t such a BFD.

[via BI]

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