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Bush Sees Rebate Checks Offsetting 'Slowdown'

Stimulus package hits home(s) next week

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 25, 2008 5:11 PM CDT

(Newser) – Again steering clear of the R-word, President Bush said today that the tax rebates scheduled to be distributed starting next week will "give our economy a boost to help us pull out of this economic slowdown," Bloomberg reports. Read full story »

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