factory towns decimated from years of plants packing up. inescapable pockets of poverty. urban and rural, where young adults are still fighting for their first job. america s not a place where the chance of birth or circumstance should decide our destiny. and that s why we need to build new ladders of opportunity into the middle class for all who are willing to climb them. and let s offer incentives to companies that hire americans who got what it takes to fill that job opening and have been on work so long that no one will give them a chance anymore. let s put people back to work rebuilding and making homes in rundown neighborhoods. and this year my administration will begin to partner with 20 of the hardest hit towns in america to get niece communities back on their feet. now, we ll work with multiple lead towe ers to target resources and public safety and housing, and tax credits to business that is hire and invest and we ll
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fail? or is it on the wrong track? it would be a lot shorter answer if i told you anything they had done right. they have been regulation crazy. they have piled cost after cost, delay after delay, in the path of those who would hire americans. they have been for more taxes on the threat of more taxes on a recurring basis. as if that wasn t enough to stop the economic growth, they have chosen to be sadly divisive, castigating individual businesses, business sector, even individuals by name. and so, they have had as pure an anti-growth economic policy as one could imagine. no one should be surprised that the economy has responded as it has, businesses are scared to death to risk any of the money that they have in their treasuries.
fail? or is it on the wrong track? it would be a lot shorter answer if i told you anything they had done right. they have been regulation crazy. they have piled cost after cost, delay after delay, in the path of those who would hire americans. they have been for more taxes on the threat of more taxes on a recurring basis. as if that wasn t enough to stop the economic growth, they have chosen to be sadly divisive, castigating individual businesses, business sector, even individuals by name. and so, they have had as pure an anti-growth economic policy as one could imagine. no one should be surprised that the economy has responded as it has, businesses are scared to death to risk any of the money that they have in their treasuries.
hitting the campaign trail in new hampshire. he will talk about the buffett rule. i know you are opposed to it. why are you opposed to it? it only affects a very small portion of americans. you have to earn $1 million and you have to pay 30% of your income earned or unearned i guess. i am a former federal litigation attorney. one thing i know about the tax law, top 1% of the income earners in this country pay 40% of all the taxes. 1% of the americans pay 40% of all taxes. when they want to put the rule in effect, it is going to wipe out all exemptions, all deductions. these people. the top 1% of the income earners pay 30% effective tax rate now. a lot of their income comes from investment income.