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By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyPresident Obama celebrated businesses as diverse as glove makers, woman-owned moving companies and trailer manufacturers Tuesday as he kicked off Small Business Owners Week and called on Congress to pass a small-business jobs package "as soon as possible." Commending finalists for this year's Small Business Owner of the Year Award who were gathered in the Rose Garden, Obama said small businesses are the driving force behind the country's recovery and that they account for two out of three jobs in the United States. "Small business owners have been the hardest hit by this recession," Obama ...
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By Joann M. Weiner - Politics DailyWhen word spread that Democratic Sen. Harry Reid's health care bill would tax Botox treatments, my immediate reaction was "What are they thinking?" The tax benefit would be relatively trivial, but the cost in terms of raising the ire of baby boomers, especially women, and the inevitable ridicule of late-night comedians is potentially astronomical. Couldn't the Democrats have found some other way to raise $5 billion? ...
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