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Obama frames tax breaks as key election issue

AFP

President Barack Obama challenged Congress on Monday to end tax breaks for the wealthy while protecting working families, in a pre-election maneuver designed to pressure his Republican rivals. “We don’t need more top-down economics. We have tried that theory. We have seen what happens,” Obama said,…