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President Obama and Governor Romney each have put forward plans to reform the corporate tax structure. 聽Many of their top advisors, key members of Congress, and a majority of the Simpson-Bowles Bipartisan Deficit Reduction Commission, among others, have recommended a shift to a lower corporate rate and a competitive, market-based international tax system.聽 But getting from policy ideas to actual law [...]
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With the 鈥淩omney Bunch鈥� Veepstakes now officially over, and Governor Romney鈥檚 political dance card full with the selection of Congressman Paul Ryan, the 2012 presidential campaign can now proceed in full swing. But first, some observations on the selection of Paul Ryan, and what it represents for the U.S. high tech industry and the U.S. economy generally. As my colleague, Nilmini Rubin, previously [...]
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Ever since Governor Mitt Romney established himself as the presumptive Republican nominee for president, the water cooler chatter among the political junkie set has been focused on who will be on the ticket as the Republicans鈥� vice presidential nominee. Being both political and technology junkies here at TechElect, we wanted to do more than just engage in 鈥淰eepstakes鈥� speculation and forecasting.聽 [...]
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This blog was originally published on The Daily Caller. At a time when bipartisanship can be a path to political ruin, legislation on, of all things, Internet governance has united Senators like Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) along with Representatives like Pete Sessions (R-TX) and Ed Markey (D-MA). In fact, Congress is poised to pass this legislation, which would call on the U.S. [...]
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Our immigration system is hurting our nation鈥檚 economic recovery.聽 Yes, not exactly breaking news, but we got another reminder of this well-known reality yesterday when the U.S. government announced that all 85,000 new H-1B visas for Fiscal Year 2013, including 20,000 for U.S. advanced degree graduates, were used up as of Monday.聽 It took only ten weeks to hit the H-1B cap.聽 Compare that to last year, [...]
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In the聽Daily Caller on Friday, 91pro视频's Robert Hoffman focuses on a growing debate before the Congress: 聽namely, how do we keep the foreign-born innovators that we train in U.S. colleges and universities here, in the U.S., after graduation? 聽He argues that it's time to fix America's immigration system and keep these job creators here. 聽 College graduations are in full swing across our great nation. 聽As [...]