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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. Chamber of Commerce spreads the manure
(Bloomberg) The U.S. would lose 710,000 jobs and economic output would fall by 1.3 percent, or $200 billion, if tax cuts for high earners are allowed to lapse, said a report prepared for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other supporters of the tax breaks.
The study by Ernst & Young LLP supports Republican efforts to extend all of the George W. Bush-era tax cuts set to expire at the end of the year. President Barack Obama called on Congress last week to pass a one-year extension of tax cuts for married couples making less than $250,000 a year while letting rates rise for higher earners.
The higher tax rates will have significant adverse economic effects in the long run: lowering output, employment, investment, the capital stock and real after-tax wages when the resulting revenue is used to finance additional government spending, wrote the reports authors, Robert Carroll and Gerald Prante.
In addition to the Chamber of Commerce, the largest U.S. business lobby, the report was issued on behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America, the National Federation of Independent Business and the S Corporation (SCI) Association. ........(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-17/u-s-to-lose-710-000-jobs-from-tax-rise-chamber-says.html
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce spreads the manure (Original Post)
marmar
Jul 2012
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closeupready
(29,503 posts)1. Oh, nonsense. They are quite biased.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)2. So sez the $21 BILLION company
RC
(25,592 posts)3. So where are the jobs we had that were there before the tax cuts went into effect?
Why has the average wage gone down since the tax cuts went into effect?
Why have corporate profits gone sky high since the tax cuts have gone into effect?
Why has the government debts and deficits grown so much since the tax cuts have gone into effect?
Why are they still growing after over 10 12 years of tax cuts?