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Permanent low rates would give GOP edge in tax wars

By Joseph Lawler, Zach Halaschak
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The massive fiscal legislation passed in the House last week would permanently lower individual income tax rates, giving Republicans a major advantage in their decadeslong tax war. 

Former President George W. Bush implemented tax cuts, but they were only temporary. The individual tax cuts that President Donald Trump enacted in 2017, too, were temporary and are scheduled to expire at the end of this year. 

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