HotAirhttps://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2008/10/13/obama-plan-tax-cuts-or-demogrants/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 20:03:46 -0400Obama plan: tax cuts or Demogrants?<![CDATA[Given Barack Obama&#8217;s relentless populism this cycle, the Wall Street Journal analysis of his tax cuts should surprise no one.  They find that Obama relies less on actual cuts in tax rates and more in specific &#8220;refundables&#8221;, grants that filers receive whether they have a tax liability or not.  Instead of reducing taxes, Obama makes his redistributionism explicit:]]>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:00:48 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2008/10/13/obama-plan-tax-cuts-or-demogrants-n157913