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Los Angeles Times: Obama praises business-friendly proposals
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President Obama praised a series of business-friendly proposals from his jobs council — the 
latest example of the president's strategy of seizing Republican-leaning ideas to protect himself against attack in the coming campaign.
Obama's jobs council on Tuesday called for overhauling the corporate tax structure and reforming federal regulations. Corporate tax rates should sink to "internationally competitive levels," the report recommended, and an "all-in strategy" should be adopted to cut reliance on foreign fuels by expanding domestic drilling.
As the election season heats up, Obama has been mixing a populist economic message — trumpeting his efforts to create a consumer protection agency, for example — with steps to woo centrist voters by preempting Republican ideas.
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