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Republican Presidential hopeful, Fred Thompson has unveiled his proposed plans for reform of the US tax code, which would give taxpayers the option of using a simplified flat tax system and significantly reduce corporate tax for US businesses. The former Tennessee Senator, turned television personality, announced at the weekend that his 'seven-point plan' would make it easier for small businesses to invest and grow, encourage large employers keep jobs in the United States, and give taxpayers the flexibility to pay a simplified, flat tax rate. "The solutions to challenges in our economy are found in the homes and small businesses of ordinary Americans, not in the halls of Washington," Thompson stated. "My plan allows Americans to have greater control of their own money." Thompson's tax reform plan contains proposals to permanently extend the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts due to expire by the end of 2010, to permanently repeal the estate tax, and to reduce the US top corporate tax rate from 35% to no more than 27%, which is the approximate average of the world's leading economies.
Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter
Businesses in Key West may soon get to choose which company collects and disposes of their recyclable goods - corporate giant Waste Management Inc. or hometown small-business owners Gregory and Barry Barroso Jr.The Barrosos - fourth-generation Conchs and partners in the family business, Lower Keys Plumbing, 1014 White St. - say frustration with low commercial recycling participation in Key West is driving them to start a new company to try to get more of their fellow business owners to recycle.Barry Barroso Jr. said he and his brother were spurred to action when they saw plastic bottles and other recyclable items littering the city's storm gutters and streets after a recent event. They began talking to members of the local nonprofit Green Living and Energy Education (GLEE) and Key West's Clean and Green Team, and asked what they could do to help.
Toll Free Numbers Affordable and Beneficial for Small Businesses, New Site Launch
A toll free number was once only accessible to large corporations with disposable income. Now, even small, one person operated business can easily afford and offer a toll free number to their clients thanks to the launch of Get800today.com Bay Area, CA (PRWEB) November 26, 2007 -- Having a toll free number is suddenly more affordable than people might think. Get800today.com site launch on November 26th gives small business owners and individuals an affordable solution to offering a toll free phone number, and explains the business benefits to having a toll free line. With Get 800 Today, anyone from a business owner to a non-profit executive to the family with the home phone, can choose from an 800, 866, 877, or 888 telephone number. Once a toll free number is selected, the individual simply enters a phone number to have incoming toll free calls forwarded to, and makes a pre-payment as little as $25 to activate the service.
Hawaii store on North Shore about to turn 100
Starting in the days of horse-and-buggy delivery, four generations of the Sakai family have grown a small plantation grocery store into a popular supermarket on the North Shore that next month will celebrate its centennial. Haleiwa Super Market is the legacy of a Japanese plantation contract worker who started out in the sugar-cane fields and stayed on to serve plantation communities from Waimea to Waialua. While many Hawai'i companies have been in business for 100 years or more, any company that lasts that long deserves some recognition, said Jim Tollefson, president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawai'i. "It's challenging out there because of the cost of doing business or, more recently, finding workers," Tollefson said. "For a company to be around 100 years, going through many cycles, is a real testament of their fortitude." Customers said they are happy the market is in their community and close to home.
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