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Hollywood鈥檚 movie magic historically begins with the bark of 鈥淟ights?聽 Camera?聽 Action!鈥澛� Last night, President Barack Obama urged Congress to join him in 鈥渁 year of action,鈥� and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA), in her response, echoed that sentiment with a call for 鈥渞eal action.鈥� It appears there is growing hope for some policy magic on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. We at 91pro视频 agree [...]
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As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver the State of the Union address tomorrow night, many reporters, political experts, and pundits are whirling about, attempting to predict the substance of the speech. Meanwhile, we here in the tech sector see this speech as a chance to outline an agenda of opportunity 鈥� a chance for policymakers to create economic opportunity for our country. Here are 10 [...]
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The 113th Congress is poised to have a second half that is potentially as spectacular and certainly more significant than the historic comeback by the Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League playoffs this past weekend. Much like the football analysts on ESPN, the policy punditocracy have given up on the prospect for any real productivity from this Congress.聽 We in the tech sector, however, [...]
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We all know that it鈥檚 easy in Washington to make almost any issue political, including tax policy.聽 However, there is a clear difference in asking legitimate, tough questions in a political atmosphere versus asking politically charged questions under the guise of legitimacy.聽 Unfortunately we are about to see more of the latter from Michigan Senator Carl Levin when the former is what鈥檚 needed. Tomorrow, [...]
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As they analyze the two speeches tonight 鈥� the President鈥檚 State of the Union Address and Senator Marco Rubio鈥檚 Republican response, pundits are focused on the evening's political theater. 聽Who applauded when? 聽Was the tone fair or fractious? 聽But those questions ignore the ones that are most important: 聽What are the areas of agreement? 聽And how do we get them done? When there is bipartisan agreement, [...]
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There are critical choices facing Congress as members work to find solutions to the urgent fiscal challenges facing the nation.聽 But, as they work toward answers, they should not sacrifice the foundation of America鈥檚 innovation economy 鈥� science, R&D, and education.聽 And when it comes to 鈥渞aising revenues鈥� 鈥� Washington-ese for higher taxes 鈥� Congress needs to adopt a competitive, market-based approach [...]
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The San Francisco Chronicle recently editorialized against replacing America鈥檚 antiquated tax system with a modern, competitive, market-based approach.聽 The shift would place a premium on job creation and encourage companies to invest more of their foreign earnings here at home.聽 In Wednesday鈥檚 edition, I respond to the editorial, underscoring the importance of this new approach not only to U.S. businesses [...]
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As I watched a bit of football the other day, it made me wish that we had a yellow flag for policy setting in this country.聽 If that were possible, I would throw the flag at our policymakers for failing to fix an out-of-date, broken tax system and at our national media for their off-base characterizations of those simply trying to work within the system. Our tax code is atrocious.聽 It is antiquated, [...]
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What an amazing night for our Republic.聽 More than 119 million people cast their ballots in races from justice of the peace to President of the United States.聽 We stood in long lines 鈥� some for hours; we cast our ballots; and we shared a hope that tomorrow would be better than today.聽 Because, at the end of any election day, that鈥檚 the common bond among Americans.聽 No matter how we vote, we vote with [...]
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Innovation was missing from the first presidential debate.聽 So was utilizing the power of technology as a foundation for a stronger economy.聽 And, other than a few of areas of agreement on taxes and education, the debate was devoid of new ideas and bold approaches to create jobs and get America moving again. 聽 Both candidates repeated the well-rehearsed points that we consistently hear on the campaign [...]