SLASH IT, CUT IT, SHUT IT DOWN. The raging rhetoric in Washington's budget battle has revolved mostly around government spending cuts: who must take the pain, and how much of it. But as the dealing moves into what may be the final stages, the other side of the balance sheet--taxes, specifically tax cuts--has become just as contentious a battleground: who will get the payoff, and how much of it. With both sides closing the gap between their spending plans, the focus will turn to the proposed $245 billion G.O.P. tax reduction and Bill Clinton's $98 billion counter.
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