Tax Cut Claims Gain Criticism As Employers Shed More Jobs
By Mike Allen and Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, September 6, 2003; Page A06
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 5 -- Three months after passage, President Bush's $350 billion tax cut package is eliciting fresh criticism that it has failed to stem nearly 20 months of job losses or produce a promised surge in employment.
The perils of presidential promises hit the White House anew when the Labor Department reported this morning that employers shed 93,000 jobs from payrolls in August. It was the seventh consecutive month companies had slashed payrolls, up sharply from the 43,000 positions lost in July. This time, the losses came just as the president's $350 billion tax cut package was showing up in consumers' pockets.
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