Clash nearing over spending cuts, tax boosts set to begin next year

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

WASHINGTON -- A budget showdown for the ages could begin after this year's election and stretch well into 2013 -- despite the threat that an impending half-trillion-dollar avalanche of tax increases and spending cuts might rekindle a national recession.

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