Our favorite exchange in Tuesday's Senate Finance subcommittee on corporate taxation came when Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) posed a question to Business Roundtable's president, John Engler, about the economic importance of certainty
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Continue ReadingGood piece in the online New York Times by Nels Olson, vice chairman and co-leader of the Board and C.E.O. Services Practice at Korn/Ferry International, the international search firm, explaining, "...
Continue ReadingThe U.S. system of corporate taxation is becoming less and less globally competitive, Business Roundtable President John Engler testified Tuesday at the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth's hearing, "...
Continue ReadingIn populist speeches promoting his jobs plan, President Obama has made only a passing reference to global competition.
It’s a striking omission.
The economic growth needed to encourage private-sector hiring depends on the United States improving its global competitiveness...
Continue ReadingPresident Obama, from his address to the joint session of Congress on jobs: "By eliminating pages of loopholes and deductions, we can lower one of the highest corporate tax rates in the...
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