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03 Jan Ending Corporate Favoritism: Reforming Corporate Taxes & Subsidies to Create a Level Playing Field

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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 Executive Summary The Opportunity America’s corporate tax code is a mess. At 39%, our top tax rate is among the highest in the world, but loopholes mean that many companies pay nothing.1 This system hurts our economy in several ways. High corporate tax rates encourage...

15 Dec Compete, Don’t Retreat: Promoting Opportunity and Growth through Open & Fair Trade

Posted at 18:11h in Publications

Saturday, December 15th, 2007 Anti-trade rhetoric, once largely limited to populist policymakers and street protestors, has become a fixture in the political debate on both sides. Republicans and Democrats alike, spurred by surveys indicating that a majority of Americans are opposed to free trade agreements, are...

12 Dec Harvesting the Returns of Quality Preschool

Posted at 01:14h in Publications

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 Presidential candidates, take note. Voters want a leader who envisions a strong and prosperous American 21st century and who will do whatever necessary to make that positive future a reality. The public’s negative response to the presidential veto of S-CHIP reflects broad...

18 Oct Hope Street Group Recommends Universal Preschool

Posted at 01:13h in Publications

Thursday, October 18th, 2007 In its most recent policy paper, “Investing in America’s Future: Harvesting the Returns of Quality Preschool,” Hope Street Group (HSG), a policy exchange made up of business, political, and civic leaders focusing on economic opportunity and prosperity, recommends establishing a federal fund...

25 Aug Personal and Family Savings Policy Brief

Posted at 18:16h in Publications

Introduction to the Issue Personal and family savings enhance American economic prosperity by supplying the investment capital that is necessary to ensure long-term economic growth and job creation, while reducing dependence on more volatile sources of capital such as lending by foreign central banks. Equally important,...

08 Aug Omidyar Network Awards a $1 Million Grant to Hope Street Group

Posted at 01:12h in Publications

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 The Hope Street Group, a non-partisan policy research organization founded and operated by young business leaders from the private sector, announced today that Omidyar Network has awarded a $1 million grant to provide general operations support over three years and a one-time...