Press Briefing

Aug 09, 2010

Tough new global financial rules are a must
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/08/AR2010080802478.html

Canada, Land of Smaller Government - Its corporate income tax rate is 18% and falling. America's is 35%
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703977004575393221638794924.html

Libertarians: Medicare's chief actuary vs. President Obama on the ObamaCare facts
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703309704575413263344491010.html

White House: The Employment Situation in July
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/06/employment-situation-july

Fairness and the Capital Tax Fetish - No serious economist thinks higher dividend and cap gains taxes are efficient ways to raise revenue. Why not limit deductions for high earners instead?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703700904575391463715177240.html

The Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill
http://app.restorethegulf.gov/go/doc/2931/840851/

Why I'm Not Hiring - When you add it all up, it costs $74,000 to put $44,000 in Sally's pocket and to give her $12,000 in benefits
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704017904575409733776372738.html

Will Iraq Fall Victim to the Oil Curse? - The Baghdad government runs a top-down command economy and only pays lip service to private jobs and economic diversification
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703748904575411231275371108.html

John Fund on Medicare's questionable financial condition
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703309704575413491311091442.html

Honoring Elena Kagan
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/06/honoring-elena-kagan

Government and the Uncertainty Trap - It's not a lack of liquidity that's holding back our economy. Investors and business leaders are waiting to learn more about future taxes and regulations.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405302726656506.html

Federal President's Weekly Address: Medicare Officially Safer After Health Reform
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/07/weekly-address-medicare-officially-safer-after-health-reform

The World Drills On - There's no ban in Norway, Brazil, Australia, Canada . . .
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575339290774710032.html