Obama cuts us all a big break. $300 billion big.

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Despite the fact that he hasn’t taken office yet, President-elect Barack Obama is hard at work to get the economy jump started. On Sunday his advisers announced that he plans to include about $300 billion in tax cuts for workers and businesses in his economic recovery program. Joining us to discuss is Peter Baker, the New York Times reporter who covered this issue in today’s paper.

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