Posted by Sallie James on June 18, 2010
By Sallie James
Notwithstanding the efforts of four brave congressmen, the belated concession to reality by House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, and the misgivings of trade analysts including myself, it appears that the “temporary” deal struck by Brazil and the United States in April to ward off Brazil’s retaliation for WTO-illegal U.S. cotton supports is here to [...]
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Tags: agriculture subsidies, brazil, cotton subsidies, Trade and Immigration, world trade organization | 
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Posted by Daniel J. Mitchell on May 28, 2010
By Daniel J. Mitchell
Hillary Clinton recently opined that Brazil was a great role model for the idea of soaking the rich with higher tax rates. She didn’t really offer evidence for that specific assertion, but Politico reports that she did say that “Brazil has the highest tax-to-GDP rate in the Western Hemisphere and guess what — they’re growing like [...]
Categories: Politics, Tax and Budget Policy |
Tags: brazil, class warfare, Government and Politics, hillary clinton, International Economics and Development, marginal tax rates, Political Philosophy, soak the rich, top tax rate | No Comments »
