Two George Mason University researchers looking into the cost of government regulations on American business conclude that the total burden amounts to a 1.6 percent excise tax on the “typical manufacturer.” Another way of framing the cost is in terms of dollars, which they say amounts to $1,700 per employee. The researchers, W. Mark Crain [...]
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President-elect Obama campaigned on a pledge to mandate paid sick leave at all places of work. Here’s how the president-elect’s Web site (Change.Gov) explained this: Half of all private sector workers have no paid sick days and the problem is worse for employees in low-paying jobs, where less than a quarter receive any paid sick [...]
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