Entrepreneurship Is an Economic Bright Spot
Chris EdwardsRecent economic news has been mixed with supply chain bottlenecks and high inflation on the one hand, but solid growth on the other. Another bright spot is entrepreneurship. Since the summer of 2020, the number of U.S. business startups appears to have soared.The chart below shows Census Bureaudata for the number of actual and estimated business formations or startups. Business formations plunged at the start of the pandemic, but then reversed course and have risen to levels not seen in more than a decade. As the chart shows, the recession a decade ago hammered entrepreneurship and appeared to have permanen...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 27, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
The Case for Increasing H ‑2B Guest Worker Visas Is Strong
David J. BierCongresshas authorized the Biden administration to increase the cap on the number of H-2B seasonal guest worker visas this summer. In the past, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has only used a portion of the H-2B visas that Congress authorized it to use. In 2021, DHSauthorized just 22,000 of the 64,716 additional H-2B cap spots Congress created, citing higher-than-normal unemployment rates early that year. In December, itannouncedit would authorize just 20,000 for the end of winter season. But this summer should be different: the economic case for using all of the H-2B visas is stronger than ever.Empl...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 27, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
10 Things to Do on Days When You Just Want to Give Up
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Some days are light and filled with inspiration. Some days are simply routine.
And on some days you may think to yourself: “I give up”.
You may feel like just giving up on…
Your new habit of working out or eating healthier.
Your own small business or blog because you haven’t had the results you expected or wanted.
Truly feeling better about yourself.
Dating...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - January 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Happiness Personal Development Success Source Type: blogs
Marijuana, Taxation, and Unintended Consequences
David BoazWe ’ve been hearingstories for three years now about how California has botched its marijuana legalization with taxes and regulation that were causing some longtime cannabis entrepreneurs to prefer to remain illegal. Now theproblem ofunintended consequences— that the taxes are making legal cannabis more expensive than illegal supplies — has been noticed by legislators. As KPIX of San Franciscoreports:San Francisco supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance to suspend the city ’s Cannabis Business Tax through the end of next year, in an attempt to curb illegal marijuana sales.According to Sup...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 6, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
U.S. Tax Gap Relatively Small
Chris EdwardsThe Democrats have moved their huge tax ‐and‐spend reconciliation bill through the House, and it now heads to the Senate. The bill includes large tax increases on businesses, investment, and high‐earning individuals.The bill also includes $80 billion of increased funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The IRS workforce woulddouble, with the focus on expanded tax enforcement. The aim is to raise revenues by reducing the tax gap, which is the amount of taxes legally owed but not paid. I arguehere andhere that more aggressive IRS enforcement would impose substantial costs on Americans in...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 29, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
An Encouraging Development for the Cause of Cannabis Legalization
Jeffrey A. SingerYesterday, U.S. Representative Nancy Mace (R ‑S.C.) introduced theStates Reform Act that would remove cannabis from the federal government ’s list of controlled substances, expunge federal criminal records related to nonviolent cannabis offenses, prevent the Small Business Administration from discriminating against state‐licensed cannabis businesses, and allow doctors practicing in the Veterans Affairs Health System to prescribe medicinal marijuana.In those respects, the proposed legislation has much in common with a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D ‑NY...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 16, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
But my children are not vaccinated
Go to the store, support small businesses… But my children are not vaccinated. Go out to eat; buy local … But my children are not vaccinated. Go back to work; go travel… But my children are not vaccinated. Come celebrate, please enjoy … But my children are not vaccinated. Kids need people; they needRead more …But my children are not vaccinated originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 9, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/anonymous" rel="tag" > Anonymous < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
Tax Rates on the Rich
Chris EdwardsAll standard data sources show that the federal tax system is highly “progressive” or graduated, meaning that top earners pay much higher tax rates than people in the middle or at the bottom. Progressive tax systems are damaging to economic growth, which is one reason why conservative economists favor less progressive tax codes than liberals. But economists on al l sides agree that the current tax system is highly progressive.At least they used to. Not content with data from the Congressional Budget Office, Joint Committee on Taxation, Tax Policy Center, and the Internal Revenue Service showing that high e...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 15, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
IDeA Regional Entrepreneurship Development Funding Announcement and Upcoming Webinar
We’re pleased to announce that the IDeA Regional Entrepreneurship Development (I-RED) Program (STTR) funding announcement (RFA-GM-22-001) has been issued. The purpose of this initiative is to provide support for eligible small business concerns in each of the IDeA regions (Central, Northeast, Southeast, and West) to develop educational products promoting biomedical entrepreneurship in IDeA-eligible states. These products are expected to help academic institutions in these states translate scientific discoveries and technologies from research laboratories into commercial products.The application due date is January 5, 202...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - October 14, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Meetings/Events Institutional Development Award Preparing an Application Webinars Source Type: blogs
10 Smart Strategies for Achieving Your Goals
Conclusion
You can safely utilize any of these 10 smart strategies for achieving your goals. In fact, millions of people are using these to achieve their goals. You too could be one among such people. These strategies aren’t difficult, as you can see. However, you would definitely have to exert some extra effort on these strategies, if you’re serious about achieving your goals. Actually, having goals makes our life worth living. In the sense that a life without goals is like the proverbial rudderless ship that doesn’t know where it’s heading. Goals help us to remain active and enthusiastic in what we do. T...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - September 30, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ruby Smith Tags: career featured money and finance productivity tips self-improvement success goals smart goals Source Type: blogs
Democratic Tax Plan
Chris EdwardsHouse Democrats aremoving ahead with a huge bill to raise taxes on businesses and individuals, increase welfare handouts, and micromanage numerous industries. It is a complex proposal that would increase taxes $2.1 trillion over 10 years with 66 provisions and would distribute tax breaks and spending with another 79 provisions.The following table is my summary of the bill based on theofficial estimates. The bill would raise $2.073 trillion in taxes, distribute $1.202 trillion to infrastructure, green, and safety net programs, and leave $871 billion in higher taxes to be used for other spending in the overa...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 17, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
High Prices, Competition, and the Biden Administration
David BoazAn article in the Washington Post on the Biden administration ’s plans to “do something” about high prices seems to me to be full of myths, so I thought I ’d give it an old‐fashioned “fisking. ” The article begins:Senior Biden administration officials, alarmed by the rising costs of consumer staples, are ramping up efforts to police corporate monopolies and alleged collusion by big companies, arguing a crackdown on corporate malfeasance will translate into cheaper goods.Current price increases may be a result of Federal Reserve money creation. They may be a result of the pande...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 31, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
How To Go Fully Organic + Why Consider Doing So In All Aspects Of Your Lifestyle
When you walk through your local grocery store, maybe you have noticed more spaces and shelves dedicated to organic foods. Organic foods are grown and produced without most pesticides and are free of hormones and antibiotics. The idea of natural resources and healthier options is in high demand - not surprising, with this growth of organic food.
An organic lifestyle means much more than just food, however. For example, you can purchase things for your household that help reduce the amount of waste produced, and you can look for alternate ways of travel that do not leave a carbon footprint.
If you are looking to...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - August 31, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nicole McCray Tags: featured health and fitness philosophy productivity tips self-improvement better heath organic sustainabl Source Type: blogs
