Monday, August 27, 2012

POLITICS - Election 2012, Republican Regressive Economic Priorities

"Tax Cuts, Deregulation Among Republican Economic Priorities for 2012 Election" PBS Newshour 8/24/2012

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SUMMARY: Ahead of the Republican National Convention, Paul Solman goes to Tampa, Fla., to talk to Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office, as well as some conservative business owners about their economic priorities going into the 2012 Election, which include tax cuts and deregulation.

JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): And now to a question: How might Mitt Romney's policies impact the economy?

Our economics correspondent, Paul Solman, went to the city hosting next week's GOP Convention to find out.

It's part of Paul's ongoing reporting Making Sense of financial news.

PAUL SOLMAN (Newshour): At the Tampa Bay Times forum this week, lights, cameras, and lots of action, as workers put the finishing touches on the set for next week's Republican Convention.

John McCain's economic adviser four years ago, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, agreed to fly to Tampa to explain this election's agenda.

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