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Along with the Iraq war, economic issues promise to dominate the race for the White House, including the always heated issue of taxes.
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DEMOCRATS
Hillary ClintonOpposed 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts. Opposed extending tax cuts through 2010.
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Barack ObamaOpposed extending 2003 Bush tax cut law through 2010. Supports eliminating marriage penalty and extending child tax credit. Supports scaling back capital gains and dividends tax cuts and re-examining tax benefits for the top one percent of earners.
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OUT OF THE RACE: Joe Biden | Chris Dodd | John Edwards | Mike Gravel | Dennis Kucinich | Bill Richardson
REPUBLICANS
John McCainVoted against 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cut laws, but later voted in favor of extending tax cuts through 2010. Says he opposes a proposal supporters call the "Fair Tax," which would repeal income taxes and other taxes and abolish the Internal Revenue, but has previously said he would sign it into law as president.
Ron PaulSupported 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts. Supported extending tax cuts through 2010. Says he would vote for the proposal supporters call the "Fair Tax," which would repeal income taxes and other taxes and abolish the Internal Revenue Service and replace them with a national retail sales tax. Signed a pledge not to raise taxes. Named House's "top tax cutter" by conservative Human Events magazine.
OUT OF THE RACE: Sam Brownback | Jim Gilmore | Rudy Giuliani | Mike Huckabee | Duncan Hunter | Mitt Romney | Tom Tancredo | Fred Thompson | Tommy Thompson
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