claim: "over 10 years, (extending tax cuts for the wealthy) would add less to the deficit than obama added with the stimulus in one year."
author: george will
evidence_1: the phrase bush tax cuts refers to changes to the united states tax code passed  originally .... in february 2007, president bush addressed the rise of inequality for  the first ... extending the tax cuts for all taxpayers for only two years would cost  $561 ... obama apologized during the meeting for not making a greater effort to ...
evidence_2: oct 23, 2017 ... one provision created a new bottom income tax rate of 10 percent for ...  permanent) would add $5.6 trillion to deficits from 2001 to 2018. ... tax cuts would  at best pay for less than 10 percent of their long-term cost with increased growth.  .... wealthiest americans over last nine years,” center on budget and ...
evidence_3: 6 days ago ... the bush tax cuts benefited families in 2001 and investors in 2003. ... instead,  congress extended them for two more years. ... it saved taxpayers but increased  the debt by $1.35 trillion over a 10-year period. ... policy priorities found that the  bush tax cuts would add $5.6 trillion to deficits from 2001 to 2018.
evidence_4: feb 28, 2013 ... the deficit for fiscal year 2009 — which began almost four months before ... if it  were not for the policies set in motion during the bush years. that era's tax cuts  — most of which policymakers extended in this year's ... which will account for  less than $2 trillion (just over 10 percent) of the debt at that time.
evidence_5: jul 11, 2011 ... 11, 2011, 10:45 am; 222,932 ... then he cut taxes, growing the deficit to $400  billion a year. ... in early 2009, president obama took over, amid the worst  recession since ... larger factor can be blamed on two things: first, the bush tax  cuts, ... president obama's stimulus, meanwhile, helped add about $600 ...