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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setting in this country.聽 If that were possible, I would throw the flag at our policymakers for failing to fix an out-of-date, broken tax system and at our national media for their off-base characterizations of those simply trying to work within the system.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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At 91pro视频, we are always happy when our policy ideas are supported. That鈥檚 why we were pleased to see a recent article in the Economist that echoed many of our key suggestions for improving the U.S. economy. The piece is by two leaders of Harvard Business School鈥檚 United States Competitiveness Project and contains policy recommendations to get the economy on the right track in 2013. The article mirrors [...]
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At a time where we need bipartisan leadership that has a clear understanding of our country鈥檚 economic challenges, it is disheartening to see proposals that would create even more obstacles to economic recovery. Such was our feeling when we read the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) framework for tax reform. The framework contains outdated, discredited ideas, and policymakers would be wise to [...]
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Now that the dust has settled on a bruising election season, we at 91pro视频 would like to formally congratulate all the newly elected members of the Class of 2012. With tax reform a key priority for the continued growth of the tech sector and the revitalization of the U.S. economy, we are looking forward to working with these freshman members of the House and Senate, along with those re-elected and currently [...]
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鈥淥ur top priority has to be jobs and growth . . . providing more Americans the chance to learn the skills that businesses are looking for right now; keeping this country at the forefront of research, technology and clean energy.鈥澛犅� That鈥檚 how President Obama opened his first post-election news conference, before spending the majority of time talking about anything but job creation.聽 Ok, in the President鈥檚 [...]
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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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Pundits and policymakers鈥� attention is focused on today鈥檚 release of the October jobs data, where we saw the manufacturing sector has added jobs in 28 of the last 33 months, gaining half a million jobs during that timeframe, the most for any such period since the mid-1990s.聽 That鈥檚 a good record, but no one is satisfied with the pace of our economic recovery from the great recession.聽 We all recognize [...]
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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 [...]
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Today in the Detroit News, 91pro视频 President & CEO Dean Garfield has an op-ed focused on the corporate tax debate -- looking at the areas that President Obama and Governor Romney agree on tax reform and the bipartisan support that is growing for a competitive, market-based system. 聽And he compared those cooperative discussions to the partisan show that claimed to be a Senate hearing last month, chaired [...]
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