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• Can a ‘framework’ be comprehensive?

  Posted: February 22, 2012 in Blogs

  In today's Business Roundtable statement today on the President's Framework for Business Tax Reform, BRT President John Engler noted that the framework's failure to add a competitive territorial system actually went against recommendations made to President Obama by his National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform ("Simpson-Bowles") and the President's Export Council.

• BRT: It’s Official: President Embraces Lower Corporate Tax Rate But Revenue Neutrality, Competitive Territorial System Missing

  Posted: February 22, 2012 in News & Press Releases

  By endorsing a lower corporate tax rate, President Obama’s “framework” recognizes that the nation’s corporate tax system is out-of-date and that significant reforms are needed to improve U.S. competitiveness, Business Roundtable (BRT) President John Engler said today.

• In manufacturing, a skills shortage

  Posted: February 21, 2012 in Blogs

  The Washington Post traveled to western Michigan to report on the nascent recovery of manufacturing, held back by the lack of skilled workers. The shortage is by now a familiar story, but it bears repeating as a reminder that when U.S. education fails, the economy -- and Americans -- suffer the consequences.

• When Ontario seeks to compete

  Posted: February 21, 2012 in Blogs

  The government of Ontario bought a half-page ad in today's Washington Post (Page A7), promoting its advantages to U.S. businesses considering expansion or relocation. The selling points are telling.

• Keystone XL Project Will Strengthen U.S. National Security, Says Sen. Lugar

  Posted: February 17, 2012 in News & Press Releases

  In an op-ed published in The Hill this week, Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), Ranking Member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, argues that approving the Keystone XL project would protect U.S. national security interests at no cost to taxpayers.

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