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Essay On Corporate Tax

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I write to you today to encourage you to support legislation to lower the corporate tax rate to 20% for American businesses. I am aware that the House of Representatives has recently passed a bill to reform the tax code and that you have voted in favor of the legislation. I recognize that you are aware that there are no guarantees that the Senate will pass its bill. Also, I know that the House and Senate will need to work together to send a bill to the President’s desk for his signature. As a Republican and a constituent in the 6th district, I implore you to ensure that Congress passes tax reform and more importantly lowers the corporate tax rate.
Today, we see nations around the world that have taken advantage of lower corporate tax rates …show more content…

Perhaps that had a slight impact, but that does not correlate with the strong economic growth in Ireland in 2015. For example, its almost been twenty years since Ireland joined the European Union and much of their economic growth happened after they lowered the corporate tax. According to Trending Economies, the European Union, itself, only grew a little above 2% in 2015, meaning Ireland represents an outlier in that Irelands economic success was not due to the European Union, but instead represents what happens to an economy when corporate tax rates are low.
As the son of a business owner and an inspiring entrepreneur or politician, I believe that opportunities should be available to all Americans. I personally believe that lowering the corporate tax rate creates more jobs and lowers unemployment. It is simple logic that the more money corporations have the more the corporations will have the ability to expand their business and hire more employees. This transpired during the 1980s when Ronald Reagan was president. In President Reagan’s Tax Reform Act of 1986, he and Congress, in 1987, lowered the corporate tax rate from 46-34%. In 1986, the unemployment rate was around 7% according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 1991, the unemployment rate dropped to 5.9%, which allowed for greater economic prosperity in the 1990s. At the same time, Democrats argued that many corporations do not pay the average 35% standard rate because of

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