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Obama calls for immediate freeze on middle-class tax rates
Washington Post President Obama called on lawmakers Friday to immediately freeze income tax rates for most Americans while allowing taxes on the wealthy to increase, in his opening bid in the high-stakes struggle with Republicans over the nation's ballooning debt. Obama tackles taxes in post-election speech Obama, Boehner Open to Budget Bargain Barack Obama would veto any extension of tax cut on the rich: Jay Carney |