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Small Businesses Might Still Hire If Taxes Are Raised

By S.V. Date

December 11, 2012

President Obama has said it over and over — to help balance the federal budget, the wealthiest Americans should pay more in taxes. Republicans frame it a different way and say raising those taxes would hit small businesses, making them less likely to hire new workers.

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