Comments on: Exceptional, Just Not In a Good Way http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/05/20/exceptional-just-not-in-a-good-way/ Affecting NC public policy through informed, energetic and progressive conversations. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:14:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: IBXer http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/05/20/exceptional-just-not-in-a-good-way/#comment-36238 IBXer Thu, 21 May 2009 14:36:25 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=5752#comment-36238 All this illustrates is that over the last few decades, as America has moved further and further toward a socialist-welfare economy, we have become just as shitty as Europe. All this illustrates is that over the last few decades, as America has moved further and further toward a socialist-welfare economy, we have become just as shitty as Europe.

]]> By: Adam Linker http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/05/20/exceptional-just-not-in-a-good-way/#comment-36179 Adam Linker Wed, 20 May 2009 20:11:36 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=5752#comment-36179 This chart is also interesting b/c conservatives constantly tout Ireland as having such a low corporate tax rate that businesses flock to its shores. Now it has one of the highest standardized unemployment rates in the world? A quick search turned up this John Ensign press release as an example: http://ensign.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Media.Articles&ContentRecord_id=c0a85c7c-e5e3-edb1-8f4c-1b3db9801985&Region_id=&Issue_id= This chart is also interesting b/c conservatives constantly tout Ireland as having such a low corporate tax rate that businesses flock to its shores. Now it has one of the highest standardized unemployment rates in the world?

A quick search turned up this John Ensign press release as an example: http://ensign.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Media.Articles&ContentRecord_id=c0a85c7c-e5e3-edb1-8f4c-1b3db9801985&Region_id=&Issue_id=

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