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CBO Agrees With Littmann — Six Weeks Later

The Congressional Budget Office today said a proposal by the Obama administration to levy a "tax" on banks would ultimately be "borne to varying degrees by an institution's customers, employees, and investors," according to ABC News.

David Littmann, the Center's senior economist, explained why the idea was faulty way back in January.

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