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Economic Trends: High Wage Jobs Move to Right-to-Work States, Union-Shop States Lose Manufacturing Jobs
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015. High Wage Jobs Move to Right-to-Work States, Union-Shop States Lose Manufacturing Jobs. Just last month, Mercedes-Benz announced that, in order to become more cost-competitive, it was moving its U.S. headquarters from New Jersey, a union-shop state, to Georgia, a right-to-work state. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Watermark template. Powered by Blogger.
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Economic Trends: Income Taxes, What's a Fair Share? Federal Government and Fed Actions Fail Low Income
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Thursday, April 16, 2015. Income Taxes, What's a Fair Share? Federal Government and Fed Actions Fail Low Income. In 2000, workers with incomes greater than $200,000 earned 33% of the nation's income, but paid 46% of income taxes. In 2012, well after the Bush tax cuts, the same high income group earned 41% of the nation's income, but paid a higher 55% of U.S. income taxes. What accounts for this? Certainly not income tax rates! Federal government and Fed market intervention appear to have widened the gap ...
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Economic Trends: Even with Billions of Dollars of Taxpayer Support, Elon Musk Is No Thomas Edison
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Even with Billions of Dollars of Taxpayer Support, Elon Musk Is No Thomas Edison. Matching Tesla's underachievement in sales, investors in Tesla stock will earn $1 every $80 of investor cash in 2015. Alternatively, investors can purchase $1 of earnings from Ford and GM for less than $8. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Watermark template. Powered by Blogger.
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Economic Trends: Kansas City, a Laboratory for Kansas Tax Cuts: Data Indicate Tax Reductions Stimulated Growth
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Thursday, June 18, 2015. Kansas City, a Laboratory for Kansas Tax Cuts: Data Indicate Tax Reductions Stimulated Growth. The Kansas City Metropolitan area is divided into two portions, Kansas and Missouri. This makes KC a good laboratory to gauge the effectiveness of economic policy changes made on one side, but not the other. For example, what do metro growth numbers have to say about the wisdom of the 2012 and 2013 Kansas tax reductions? Post tax-cut data from Kansas City, the state of Kansas, and its n...
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Economic Trends: Presidential Budget Deficits, 1930-2014: Both Parties Big Spenders: Democrats Big Taxers
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Thursday, March 19, 2015. Presidential Budget Deficits, 1930-2014: Both Parties Big Spenders: Democrats Big Taxers. As a share of GDP, both Democrats and Republicans spent an average of 20.3%, but Democrats levied higher taxes at 17.2% while Republicans imposed a lower 16.8% in taxes. In all cases, it was assumed that the incoming president does not own the deficit for his first year of service. Without tax reform and spending restraint, Gen-Xers and Millenniums will face higher taxes, elevated interest ...
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Economic Trends: Taxing the Sick?
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Tuesday, January 06, 2015. Yesterday’s online version of the New York Times includes an article by Robert Pear, “Health Care Fixes Backed By Harvard’s Experts Now Roil Its Faculty” (January 5, 2015), http:/ www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/us/health-care-fixes-backed-by-harvards-experts-now-roil-its-faculty.html? It seems that Harvard faculty are miffed that the Affordable Care Act is starting to adversely affect them. Some of those employees think those extra costs are tantamount to a pay cut. But an economic...
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Economic Trends: Passage of Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Will Increase U.S. Exports and Economic Growth
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Thursday, May 21, 2015. Passage of Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Will Increase U.S. Exports and Economic Growth. Tom Duesterberg of the Aspen Institute argues that the collapse of U.S. export leadership has contributed to this decline. He finds the U.S. is party to just two of the more than 400 regional free trade agreements that have come into effect since 1995. As a result, World Bank and Eurostat data show the U.S. share of global exports have sunk from 14% in 2000 to approximately 9% in 2013.