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Town Hall with Congressman Patrick McHenry. August 2012. The New 10 TH District. mchenry.house.gov/District/understandingredistricting.htm. Regulations, Taxes and the Economy; Where do we go from here? A Fact – Based Discussion . Regulation Nation.
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Town Hall with Congressman Patrick McHenry August 2012
The New 10TH District mchenry.house.gov/District/understandingredistricting.htm
Regulations, Taxes and the Economy; Where do we go from here? A Fact – Based Discussion
Regulation Nation The federal registry had 82,420 single sided pages of regulations with a price tag of $231 billion in 2011. Source: American Action Forum Image Courtesy of The Economist, February 2012
The Regulations Keep Piling Up Source: Unified Agenda 1/31/2012
Rising Regulations The total number of regulations costing the economy $100 million a year or more. Source: Unified Agenda, Regulatory Information Service Center, www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain
Businesses are Suffering Source: US Chamber Small Business Outlook Study, April 2012
Rolling Back Red Tape To Spur Job Creation Siliconangle.com
Crowdfunding, the Jobs Act, and More • In the 112th Congress, the House of Representatives has passed important legislation to roll back overly burdensome regulations that are stifling job creation. • The REINS Act • The JOBS Act • The Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act
Where Have You Seen Crowdfunding Before? Donation Model Equity Model -Funding for the Statue of Liberty - Karen Klein, 68 year old grandmother and school bus driver, was the recipient of over $700,000 after being bullied by students. -Many other countries, including Great Britain, Brazil, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands already allow equity based crowdfunding. -U.S. crowdfunding provision signed into law this year and should take effect in 2013.
January 1st, 2013 $2,200 = Average Tax Hike on families of four earning 50,000 $1,028 = Average Tax Hike for families with children $591 = Average Tax Hike for married couples $1,700 = Average Tax Hike for Senior Citizens earning 40,000 • Calculations are based on Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimates of various tax parameters reflecting expected inflation adjustments for 2013. OUR PLAN = NO TAX INCREASES
Q & A ialways want to hear from you, ANY QUESTIONS?
Taxing Small Business Not The Answer “The last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of a recession because that would just suck up, take more demand out of the economy and put business in a further whole.” -President Barack Obama, August 2009 • Why shouldn’t we raise taxes on individuals who fall under the top tax brackets? • A large percentage* of small business owners file their taxes individuals. • A new report from Ernst and Young shows that increasing taxes on this group will cost more than 700,000 American jobs. • These businesses employ 54 percent of the private sector work force and pay 44 percent of federal business income taxes. • More than 20 million workers are employed by pass-through businesses with more than 100 employees.
Explosive Growth of Spending Drives Fiscal Imbalance Federal Taxes and Spending as a Percent of GDP Historical Spending Average = 20.3% Spending FY 2012 Obama Budget Historical Tax Average = 18% Taxes
Chart 9 What Drives Our Debt? (Government Spending as Share of Economy)
Crushing Burden of Debt(U.S. Debt Held By Public as a Share of Economy)
Broken Promise on Jobs Actual President’s New Projections Projection without Stimulus Percent Promise with Stimulus 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Who Pays Taxes? Source: IRS 2009 Statistics