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Image of the Day: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate Remains Too High

As 2025 approaches, a critical debate over extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts that finally ended America's inglorious status as the developed world's highest corporate tax rate looms.  Important in that debate is something that many people may find surprising:  America's corporate tax rate remains too high.  As our friends at the Tax Foundation highlight, at 25.8%, it stands above the worldwide average of 23.51%.  Something to keep in mind when opponents of tax reform and greater global competitiveness attempt to mischaracterize our current rate as somehow too low.

 

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December 20, 2024 • 09:17 AM

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Thursday, August 02 2012

A Chicago couple is suing a playground manufacturer after their daughter suffered a broken arm following a fall from a “thrilling” slide.

Mark and Linda Jacobs of Chicago, Illinois, claim the slide was improperly made and caused their daughter’s fall. The slide, called the Evos Slalom Glider and manufactured by Landscape Structures, is promoted as “a thrilling ride that promotes balance and coordination.”

Mark Jacobs said his daughter had been down the slide many times before but on this occasion she lost her balance, fell and broke her arm in three places.

“This slide has a height of 75 inches, which is much taller than what I am,” said attorney Anthony Romanucci.  “So you can imagine a fall from the top for a child.  It can have devastating consequences.”

The Jacobs family is seeking $7,500 for the injury and emotional distress.

The slide has since been removed from Sauganash Park by the city. According to news reports, manufacturer Landscape Structures refused to comment on the lawsuit.

—Source:  Chicago.cbslocal.com

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