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Tax Cut: Last weekend Congress approved the biggest tax cut in twenty years. The bill reduces rates in all income brackets... and most taxpayers will get refund checks this summer. President Bush has hailed the plan as both 'profound and fair.' A panel joins Diane to discuss the tax cut legislation and its economic and political implications.
Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute
Bruce Bartlett, columnist, former Reagan economic policy aide, and Treasury Department appointee under George H.W. Bush.
Robert Greenstein, founder and executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Egyptologist Barbara Mertz is also a best-selling author - under the nom de plume Elizabeth Peters, she's put her academic training to good use in her series of mystery novels featuring archaeologist-turned-sleuth Amelia Peabody. The author joins Diane to present the thirteenth installment.
Elizabeth Peters, Author
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