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Mar 2025
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The 2025 Budget Debate: Tax Cuts, Defici...

WHARTON BUSINESS DAILY
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Wharton professor and faculty director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, Kent Smetters, examines the fiscal 2025 budget discussions, the proposed extension of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and the challenges policymakers face in balancing tax cuts with deficit constraints.

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