Some quotes – from the professionals and regular citizens – about the election. “President Obama was re-elected, relying on a coalition of voters that was broader than it was deep. Democrats maintained an edge in party identification, allowing Mr. Obama to win despite losing independent voters by several points. Forty-five percent of those who voted…
Tag: government
Why unemployment is still so high
You’ve heard a lot of reasons that unemployment is still above 8% right now, and there are probably hundreds of factors, large and small. The crisis in Europe is certainly a big one – American businesses are actually exporting less to Europe than they were 4 years ago. Consumer confidence is still relatively low –…
What are large companies really paying in taxes?
The site NerdWallet.com set out to answer that question, as well as questions about income disparities between low earners and high earners within companies (I’ll get to that in a future post). They’ve built a sweet interactive tool, as well as a solid write-up about corporate tax rates. Some key insights: The corporate tax rate…
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