 Thursday, Oct 23, 2014  Big corporations, wealthy need to pay
their fair share  Published:   |   Updated: June 21, 2013 at
06:29 AM  For a small business owner like me, the math is
simple: I'm currently bidding on a big contract - if I get it,
I'll hire two new workers; if I don't, I won't. Notice there is
nothing in that equation about federal tax rates. That's because
what drives business expansion and job creation is economic
demand, not taxes. If more politicians in Washington understood
that, we could end these mind-numbing budget debates and get on
with the real job of growing our economy.  I don't discount the
significance of higher taxes because I'm not paying them,
because I am. Even though 99.3 percent of the American public
saw no income tax increase from the so-called "fiscal cliff"
budget deal last New Year's Day, I was among the 0.7 percent of
top earners who saw their taxes go up. No one likes paying
higher taxes, but I supported the hike as part of a balanced
approach to reducing our debt and