Barack Obama is talking about cutting taxes. On net, he is a tax cutter. But the difference between Obama and John McCain is that Obama is raising some taxes on families, for example, with incomes over $250,000. Now, that amounts to about 2 percent, the richest 2 percent of American households. And even with those tax changes, even with all of the tax changes Obama's talking about, taxes will be lower under Obama than they were under the Clinton years.
With stagnant hourly wages, the only way for working families to get ahead is by working more hours, ... certainly not the path to improving living s… - Jared Bernstein
With stagnant hourly wages, the only way for working families to get ahead is by working more hours, ... certainly not the path to improving living s…
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The bottom line is that it's better to run a workforce on security than insecurity. - Jared Bernstein
The bottom line is that it's better to run a workforce on security than insecurity.
Barack Obama is talking about cutting taxes. On net, he is a tax cutter. But the difference between Obama and John McCain is that Obama is raising so… - Jared Bernstein
Barack Obama is talking about cutting taxes. On net, he is a tax cutter. But the difference between Obama and John McCain is that Obama is raising so…
The black unemployment rate has to be twice that of the white rate in the US. If the national unemployment rate were 6.8 percent, everyone would be f… - Jared Bernstein
The black unemployment rate has to be twice that of the white rate in the US. If the national unemployment rate were 6.8 percent, everyone would be f…
The full employment situation reinforces itself. - Jared Bernstein
The full employment situation reinforces itself.
Where you see immigration competition play out most clearly is among high school dropouts. I'd say there's clearly immigrant competition among the le… - Jared Bernstein
Where you see immigration competition play out most clearly is among high school dropouts. I'd say there's clearly immigrant competition among the le…
We are in the midst of a protracted wage slump, ... a troubling trend that is largely going unnoticed by policymakers. - Jared Bernstein
We are in the midst of a protracted wage slump, ... a troubling trend that is largely going unnoticed by policymakers.
What you don't hear from these GOP candidates is that they really can't go after this president on domestic production of oil and gas. He's actually … - Jared Bernstein
What you don't hear from these GOP candidates is that they really can't go after this president on domestic production of oil and gas. He's actually …
Did folks know that the tax to fund the program [Social Security] only hits salaries up to $110,000? That means that if you make a million bucks, abo… - Jared Bernstein
Did folks know that the tax to fund the program [Social Security] only hits salaries up to $110,000? That means that if you make a million bucks, abo…
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