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Aug 04 2020
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Does Lowering the Federal Corporate Income Tax Rate Create Jobs?
The creation of the federal corporate income tax occurred in 1909, when the uniform rate was 1% for all business income above $5,000. Since then the rate has increased to as high as 52.8% in 1969. Today’s rate is set at 21% for all companies. Throughout US corporate tax history, Americans have debated whether or not lowering the rate results in job creation.
Proponents of lowering the
ProCon.orgSep 11 2018
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Federal Deficit Jumps 32 Percent Amid Booming Economy
The federal budget deficit grew to $895 billion for the first 11 months of fiscal year 2018, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimation released late Monday.
The Daily CallerJul 25 2020
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Portland Federal Agents Accused of War Crimes for Destroying Medical Supplies
Federal authorities have been accused of violating the Geneva Convention after apparently destroying medical equipment during protests in Portland.
Reporter Sergio Olmos shared a video on Twitter Tuesday night showing medical supplies and protective gear covered in an orange liquid.
"It appears that federal officers, during dispersal, pepper sprayed the medical supplies in the
NewsweekFeb 29 2024
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Kansas City ‘ChiefsAholic’ fan pleads guilty to bank robbery, money laundering charges
Xaviar Babudar, the infamous Kansas City Chiefs fan known as “ChiefsAholic,” on Wednesday pleaded guilty to three federal charges related to a string of bank robberies and attempted robberies in 2022 and 2023. Babudar, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery, one count of money laundering and one count of transporting stolen property across state lines, federal prosecutors said in a
Cleveland Plain DealerFeb 28 2024
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Bill requires Iowa businesses to verify employee immigration status
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Senate Republicans passed a bill that requires businesses to verify an employee’s immigration status through a federal program. Senate File 108 passed by a vote of 30-17 on Wednesday afternoon at the Iowa Capitol. The bill requires employers to use the federal E-Verify program, which takes an individual’s employment eligibility form with the Social Security
Siouxland ProudMar 09 2024
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Helicopter crash kills National Guard soldiers, Border Patrol agent
LA GRULLA, Texas (AP) — A helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas crashed Friday, killing two National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent, the military said. Another soldier on board was injured. The UH-72 Lakota helicopter was assigned to the federal government’s border security mission when it went down near Rio Grande City, according to a statement released by Joint
The Patriot-NewsMar 12 2024
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Inflation data from CPI report shows sharper price gains: What it means for Fed rate cuts.
Rising gasoline costs kept inflation elevated in February, underscoring that a return to more modest consumer price increases following a pandemic-induced spike may continue to be bumpy.
The climb in fuel costs and rent offset flat food prices.
Overall prices rose 3.2% from a year earlier, up from 3.1% in January, according to the Labor Department’s consumer price index. On a
USA TODAYAug 06 2020
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The Federal Government Gives Native Students an Inadequate Education, and Gets Away With It
A couple of months after Kimasha Shorty’s son started sixth grade at an Arizona public middle school, his teachers called her at home. He had trouble adding and subtracting and was struggling to read at grade level.
Shorty didn’t understand how it was possible that her oldest child could be so far behind after leaving Wide Ruins Community School, the sole elementary school in an area of
ProPublicaMar 13 2016
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The best explanation for Hillary Clinton's bizarre comments about the Reagans and HIV/AIDS
On Friday, Hillary Clinton made a bizarre claim about Ronald and Nancy Reagan during the former first lady's funeral: that on HIV/AIDS, they "started a national conversation. When before nobody would talk about it, nobody wanted to do anything about it."
VoxSep 10 2012
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Ryan was once a big backer of federal auto loans
A green-energy auto loan program that has come under sharp scrutiny lately from Republicans got an early boost back in 2008 from Rep. Paul Ryan, records show. Writing to Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, Mr. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican and now nominee for vice president, and three Democratic lawmakers cited the “importance and impact of this federal loan program in a letter about the Energy
Washington Times