If you’re looking for a Canadian-themed joke this Labor Day, look past Ryan Reynolds blaming the 1980s on the Cuban Missile Crisis — was he drunk? — and focus instead on senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s claim that if “you want to achieve the American Dream, well, you should move to Canada because it’s twice as likely there.”

That argument is so laughably wrong, even the Canadians disagree with it. A 2024 study by the Vancouver-based Fraser Institute compared the per capita income for the Canadian provinces and US states and found the Canadians are a little behind:

Only one …

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With the reconciliation bill process reaching its final stages,120 trade associations today called on the Senate to incorporate a key part of the House-passed bill: an expansion of the 199A deduction from 20 to 23 percent. As the letter states:

Expanding Section 199A will help preserve tax parity between pass-through businesses and larger public corporations while helping ensure the Senate bill does not raise taxes on millions of Main Street businesses.  

The Section 199A deduction plays a vital role in preserving competitive neutrality in the Tax Code. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reduced the corporate tax rate from 35 …

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