“In addition to a soaring stock market, 6.6 million jobs have been created since tax relief measures went into effect in 2003. Our deficit situation has also improved as tax revenues have increased at double-digit rates over the past two years.” YearsHas BeensTwoJobsPastSituationMillionsEffectsTaxesRateReliefTwo YearsSoarRevenueDeficitOver The Past Author:Randy Neugebauer
“There were no jobs created in America from 1945, when the war ended, through 2003. How could there be? Taxes were too high. Preposterously so under Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan (who left office with a 28 percent rate on long-term capital gains) and Bush the Elder.” LongWarJobsAmericaLeftTermTaxesOfficePercentGainsRateLong TermEldersCapital Gains Author:Andrew Tobias
“If you're a global company you are going to have jobs overseas. The reality is if we start taxing those jobs at a rate that makes them noncompetitive in those markets, the reality is that we're going to lose business.” IfsRealityJobsLosesCompanyRate Author:Anne M. Mulcahy
“I define genuine full employment as a situation where there are at least as many job openings as there are persons seeking employment, probably calling for a rate of unemployment, as currently measured, of between 1 and 2 percent.” PersonsJobsSituationCallingPercentRateSeekingGenuineOpeningEmploymentUnemployment Book:Public Economics: Selected Papers by William Vickrey Source: Public Economics: Selected Papers by William Vickrey
“It isn't an easy job to paint oneself - at any rate if it is to be different from a photograph. And you see - this, in my opinion, is the advantage that impressionism possesses over all the other things; it is not banal, and one seeks after a deeper resemblance than the photograph.” IfsDifferentJobsEasyOpinionAdvantagePaintRatePhotographOneselfDeeperResemblanceImpressionism Book:Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)
“You know what higher interest rates mean. To you it means a higher mortgage payment, a higher car payment, a higher credit card payment. To our economy, it means business people will not borrow as much money, invest as much money, create as many new jobs, create as much wealth, raise as many raises.” KnowsMeanJobsInterestWealthEconomyCarHigherRaisesRateCreditCardsPaymentMortgageCredit CardNew JobInterest RateCar Payments Author:William J. Clinton
“If you bring [tax] rates down, it makes it easier for small business to keep more of their capital and hire people. And for me, this is about jobs. I want to get America's economy going again. Fifty-four percent of America's workers work in businesses that are taxed as individuals. So when you bring those rates down, those small businesses are able to keep more money and hire more people.” PeopleIfsWantAbleJobsAmericaIndividualEconomyFourEasierTaxesPercentWorkersRateFiftyMore MoneySmall Business Author:Mitt Romney
“It is more important what the jobs report shows in December and January -- that will affect how many rate hikes we'll have this spring.” ImportantShowsJobsSpringRateAffectionReportsDecemberJanuary Author:David Malpass
“The U.S. unemployment rate is the lowest it's been in nearly seven years. The job sector that has seen the most growth is in the field of Republican presidential candidates.” YearsJobsGrowthFieldsRepublicanSevenRatePresidentialCandidatesUnemploymentLowestSeven YearsPresidential CandidateUnemployment Rate Author:Conan O'Brien
“American labor will realize that its function is not to increase jobs, but to multiply the wealth and to expand the numbers benefited by the wealth at the swiftest possible rate.” JobsPoliticsRealizingWealthNumbersEconomyLaborFunctionIncreaseRateLiberalism Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“I like to work. I don't like to disrupt my equilibrium. I don't like to change my head. I'd rather be a third-rate actor. It's a job, and I'm dedicated in my way. I enjoy it. I'm serious about it. But if it doesn't come off, I'm not going to die.” IfsWayJobsDiesActorsEnjoySeriousThirdsRateMy WayDedicatedEquilibrium Author:Anthony Hopkins