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AP, ABC's Tapper reported on Giuliani's tax cut plans, but not how he would pay for them |
| Published: August 26, 2007, 4:14 pm |
| Tags: abc, associated press, 2008 elections, government elections, rudy giuliani |
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In recent articles about Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani's pledge to make President Bush's tax cuts permanent and enact other tax cuts, neither the Associated Press nor ABC News senior national correspondent Jake Tapper gave any indication that they asked Giuliani or that Giuliani had spoken about how he would make up for the decrease in revenue that would result from enacting his tax cuts. The AP reported that Giuliani favors "greater freedom over spending and a smaller government," while Tapper quoted him as saying, "I will cut taxes and reform the tax code." By contrast, when reporting on Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' criticism of Giuliani, the AP article quoted Edwards specifically stating that he would pay for his proposals to provide "universal health care" and "tax relief to middle-class families" by "eliminat[ing] the tax cuts for the richest Americans." President Bush signed the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief [ Full article ] |
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