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Carol Platt Liebau
Bye, Bye Microsoft
Carol Platt Liebau
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Jun 04, 2009 03:12 PM EST
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Here's what the President hopes nobody realizes: Raising taxes has consequences for everyone -- and most of them are bad.
Yet another example:
If the Obama tax plan goes through, Microsoft intends to move some of its jobs out of this country
.
Yesterday, I wrote about the
ugly unintended consequences for regular Americans of the liberal love affair with "taxing the rich."
Today, Microsoft has offered us a lesson on what it means for regular Americans when liberals try to "tax corporations."
Whether or not they know it, when the government raises taxes "just" on "corporations" or "the rich," everyone ends up paying.
Everyone
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Carol Platt Liebau
Carol Platt Liebau is an attorney, political commentator and guest radio talk show host based near New York. Learn more about her new book, "Prude: How the Sex-Obsessed Culture Hurts Young Women (and America, Too!)"
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