The New Republic: Noam Scheiber: ‘Raising the Minimum Wage Isn’t Just Good Politics: It’s Good Economics’

Source:The New Republic– supporters for raising the minimum wage. Source:The New Democrat Small Ivy: “Erik, this is a fantastic idea – cut the taxes for employers if they pay their employees more. How about this – how about making salaries paid to employees a direct tax credit, such that employers could reduce their taxes to zero if they pay their employees the money that would have been going to…

Good news on Labor Day

Affordable public housing project for seniors by Bernheimer Architecture, in the Bronx. (NYT) Bernheimer Architecture, a small design firm of 22 employees headquartered in New York City, has become the first in the industry to form a union. An article by New York Times correspondent Noam Scheiber writes that the employees’ campaign to unionize took two years. The firm’s management said it…

While some Homelanders have a private tax system – USA imposes FATCA and CookvTait to impose US taxation on #Americansabroad

Once upon a time in America … These Homelanders simply don’t pay their fair share! https://twitter.com/USCitizenAbroad/status/680477588599508992 Most of the taxes are paid by higher income earning homelanders! https://twitter.com/USCitizenAbroad/status/680477965243838464 Unless you are a “super wealthy” homeland in which case you can create your own tax system!…