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Want America to grow? Make everyone pay income tax

The economy is not doing well. Unemployment is too high and big deficits threaten the credit worthiness of the federal government, and only genuine tax reform will make things right.With 46 percent of Americans paying no income taxes and many more who pay very little, it is no wonder federal spending is at record levels. It's simply too easy to vote for politicians that promise free health care services and other worthy benefits by raising taxes on someone else—the wealthy.Taxing the well off is not free—it slows growth, smothers jobs creation and pushes down wages for the middle class and working poor.Much of the U.S. economy is not large multinationals but rather are innovative startups, the local restaurant and other small business services, who are mostly organized as limited liability corporations and pay the highest personal tax rates. For those jobs creators the combination of federal, state and local taxes often increases the bite on income to well above 50 percent.The impact i...

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