DJ – Nunnelee and Childers differ on tax policy

Childers, Nunnelee at odds over tax, spending plans

TUPELO – Congressional candidates Travis Childers and Alan Nunnelee share many views, but tax policy apparently isn’t one of them.

Although both men believe lower taxes help stimulate the economy, they differ in how to apply those taxes.

Childers, the Democratic incumbent in the Nov. 2 election, voted for what arguably was one of the largest tax cuts in American history by supporting the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – commonly known as the stimulus package.

It reduced federal income taxes for about 98 percent of middle-class families, saving them an estimated $282 billion over two years.

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10/19/10