Posts Tagged 'tax reform'

Made in America Panel Asks Americans to Stand Up and Fight for the Nation’s Future

Made in America Panel Asks Americans to Stand Up and Fight for the Nation’s Future

Host Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 48 stations) with a sense of anticipation that when the Supreme Court rules on the Harris v. Quinn case (which involves eight home health care workers in Illinois who were being compelled to pay dues to a union they don’t wish to join), that unions will be put on notice that they are over-reaching their power.   Neal suggested that the ruling could ...

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Made in America Panel Urges Veto of Interstate Sales Taxes for Internet Retailers

Made in America Panel Urges Veto of Interstate Sales Taxes for Internet Retailers

Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 44 stations) by making reference to the nation’s bipolar economy where the DOW is soaring while there are no jobs. Meanwhile, the nation added another $1 trillion in taxes.

Co-host Dr. Rich Roffman concurred, adding that there are 47 million Americans on food stamps and 89 million can’t find jobs.  What’s more, government spending has continued to increase—adding perhaps an additional 62 percent over ...

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Made in America Panel Advocates for a Sane Tax Policy That Will Help Small Business Create Jobs

Made in America Panel Advocates for a Sane Tax Policy That Will Help  Small Business Create Jobs

Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America by welcoming former U.S. trade representative Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, who is a Senior International Partner for Wilmer-Hale, which offers legal representation across a comprehensive range of practice areas.  She joined the firm after serving as the U.S. Trade Representative—the chief trade negotiator and principal trade policymaker for the United States—from 1997 to 2001, and acting as deputy USTR from 1993 to 1996.

In his introduction Neal ...

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When It Isn’t Good to be Number One

When It Isn’t Good to be Number One

America loves to be number one. But now we have the dubious distinction of being number one in a category that nobody wants: we have the highest corporate tax rate in the world. The result is that the U.S. tax code continues to drive American employers to outsource jobs overseas.

Since 2001, Japan had levied the highest combined corporate tax rate among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries at 39.5 percent. They recently lowered their rate to 38.01 ...

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Five Hot Spots That Have Obama Running Scared

Five Hot Spots That Have Obama Running Scared

As we race toward the November election, you can be sure that President Barack Obama and his disciples will be ticking off his perceived accomplishments in his bid to win re-election. He will attempt to position himself as the tax-cutting, regulation-busting friend of small business.

Nothing could be farther from the truth.

If you listen closely, he will side-step the priorities he failed to accomplish in his three years in office, and won’t accomplish in 2012. They all have one thing in ...

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