Friday, June 4, 2010

TIME TO JUNK THE CORPORATE TAX

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Reducing or eliminating the negative effects of the corporate tax on investment would increase real gross domestic product and future wages significantly, says Michael J. Boskin, a professor of economics at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution... [snip]

President Obama has put tax reform on the agenda, but surprisingly little attention is being paid to fixing the most growth-inhibiting, anticompetitive tax of all: the corporate income tax. Reducing or eliminating the corporate tax would curtail numerous wasteful tax distortions, boost growth in both the short and long run, increase America's global competitiveness, and raise future wages.

The U.S. has the second-highest corporate income tax rate of any advanced economy (39% including state taxes, 50% higher than the OECD average). Many major competitors, Germany and Canada among them, have reduced their corporate tax rate, rendering American companies less competitive ...




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