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Now or never: We must lower the corporate tax rate

Apr 01, 2012 Comments Off by

by Rep. David Schweikert

Last month was the 37th straight month of the Obama administration with an unemployment rate over 8 percent. The United States has lost nearly 900,000 jobs since the president’s so-called “stimulus” was signed into law. And it seems that each month, President …

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The rest of the world is figuring it out, the U.S. lags behind

Jan 22, 2012 Comments Off by

This chart tells the tale:

 

While the average corporate tax rate falls in otehr countries, ours remains the highest in the world. A recent study from the OECD indicates how damaging this is to growth:

This paper investigates the design of tax structures to …

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