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Member Question: What is Happening with EFCA and Card Check

Apr 8 2010in Policies Charles No Comments »

A member just emailed us a question regarding EFCA (you can email us questions too: here), the Employee Free Choice Act, card check, and the odds of their passage. EFCA is a bill to make unionization easier, and unions more powerful once formed. The debate and actions has been interesting and erratic, so we wanted [...]

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Automatic Tax Increases: One of the Few Times Where Congressional Action is Needed

Apr 8 2010in Policies Charles No Comments »

In yesterday’s Walking Knowledge (here) we referred to the expiring “Bush Tax Cuts”. I didn’t talk about any further, and we have received some questions about what exactly that means. Below is a year by year breakdown of the taxes that will automatically increase

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Walking Knowledge: 4/8/2010 More Taxes, Denials, and a Finacial Regulation Reform Battle

Apr 8 2010in News Charles No Comments »

It is Thursday on Capitol Hill and Congress is still in recess. Messaging around the financial regulation reform bills are still taking shape as Congress prepares for the actual debates over the next couple of months. The News: The President’s advisors have started talking about tax increases and a Value Added Tax leads the conversation [...]

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