Tag: New York Times
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NYT: Tax Increases Coming (Two Months Late)
Americans’ taxes will rise in a few weeks. Though the direction is clear, the exact amount is yet to be determined. More than a dozen tax cuts are set to expire Dec. 31 and a couple of new taxes are scheduled to start with the new year. Combined, they would affect nearly 90 percent of…
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How Carter Beat Reagan
Remember when Jimmy Carter beat Ronald Reagan in 1980? … In a series of nine stories in 1980 on “Crucial States” — battleground states as they are known today — the New York Times repeatedly told readers then-President Carter was in a close and decidedly winnable race with the former California governor. And used polling…