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“Wage”ing War

February 3, 2021

Federal policies have been hitting small businesses particularly hard. From the lockdown to heightened IRS scrutiny to an increased minimum wage to an expanded estate tax, many federal policies harm small businesses more than corporations and so jeopardizes the livelihoods of almost half of American workers.

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The War on Small Businesses Minimum Wage Costs 1.3 Million JobsList of Minimum Wage Peer-Reviewed ResearchThe Economics of the Estate TaxSurvey of Businesses Owners on the Effect of the Estate TaxUnion Contracts Tied to Minimum WageStates to Tax Stimulus Loan ForgivenessIRS Targeting Small Businesses


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