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Growth of the Economy

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  • Although the issue overlaps with many others, this category is intended to focus on the role of tax cuts, subsidies and international trade to promote both jobs and income growth. In particular, how serious is the size of our international trade deficit, and is it expanding at the expense of American jobs? And, in the face of a terrorist jihad aimed at us, is sacrifice shared by all preferable to tax cuts for all?

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     The way forward for the U.S.

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