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Irish Times: “Obama could be bad for Ireland”

2008-10-27

The Irish times recently published an article indicating their concern about the fate of the Irish economy if Obama were elected.  The article stated that:

[T]he [Bush] administration's attitude towards international tax incentives that reduce investment, jobs and tax revenue within the US . . . has been laissez-faire, if not benevolent.

The article continued:

 . . . Irish agencies charged with attracting foreign investment to Ireland have always been more wary of Democratic administrations than Republican ones.

The concern of the article was that if the U.S. stops shifting investment, jobs, and tax revenue outside its borders, the Irish economy will suffer.

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