by Daniel White | Nov 21, 2016 | Economy
November 21, 2016 Donald Trump says the U.S. is one of the highest-taxed countries in the world. Hillary Clinton says the rich don’t pay enough. Who’s right? The top American rate is 39.6 percent. Those who disagree with the U.S. being a high-rate country point to...
by Daniel White | Nov 14, 2016 | Economy
November 14, 2016 U.S. firms are holding $2.5 trillion in profits outside the country (“offshore”) and saving themselves from billions of dollars in taxes. And they refuse to bring the money home, also known as “repatriation,” because of our 35 percent...
by Daniel White | Nov 7, 2016 | Economy
November 7, 2016 It’s open enrollment season, the time when many Americans choose their health care plans for the upcoming year. Regardless of what happens in the 2016 election, one thing is certain – Barrack Obama will no longer be in charge. But that’s not true when...
by Daniel White | Oct 24, 2016 | Economy
October 24, 2016 I’ve said it before – twice actually – but I must ask again. Why is the market going up and up when the hard economic data indicates that the economy should be in or near a recession? Considering the following, the returns become...
by Daniel White | Oct 17, 2016 | Economy
October 17, 2016 There’s been a dramatic decline in U.S. new business creation – in fact, it’s at a 40-year low! A big reason we should all care is that startups create half of all new jobs annually. If these job-creating enterprises don’t materialize regularly, the...
by Daniel White | Sep 26, 2016 | Economy
September 26, 2016 Over the course of modern American economic history, every president has presided over a year’s worth of 3 percent GDP growth while in office. That means even the worst presidents in the modern era had at least one year of 3 percent...
