A Taxing Proposition

Nonprofit leaders come out divided on President Obama's plans

When President Obama outlined a plan last month to "transform our economy for the 21st century," he dropped a bombshell that surprised the charitable world.

To help pay for a plan to reshape the country's health-care system — which he called a huge drag on the economy — President Obama proposed limiting the federal tax breaks that wealthy people can get for their itemized deductions, including donations to charity, starting in 2011.

To many nonprofit

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