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The 47% who don't pay federal income tax include middle class, poor, retirees
Kai Ryssdal Sep 18, 2012
Mitt Romney wasn't wrong when he said almost half of Americans don't pay federal income taxes. Some of those people are retired, some are poor. Another big reason why some don't pay? Tax cuts.
Income tax or not, we can never fully avoid the tax bite
David Gura Sep 18, 2012
From levies on utilities to purchases, the tax man is with us every step of our day.
The numbers behind Mitt Romney's 47% comment
Jeremy Hobson Sep 18, 2012
Mitt Romney is standing by his words from a private fundraiser that were caught on videotape. In the video, Romney says 47 percent of the country pay no income tax and are therefore predisposed to vote for President Obama.
Mitt Romney criticized over comments about taxes
Queena Kim Sep 18, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says 47 percent of Americans pay no net income tax -- ergo, they are predisposed to vote for President Obama. We break down the numbers.
Hockey lockout, again, hurts small businesses
Mark Garrison Sep 17, 2012
The second NHL lockout in less than a decade threatens to hurt small businesses in and around hockey arenas.
Father, son differ on impact of election
David Gura Sep 6, 2012
Two decades after he moved to North Carolina's Research Triangle from Russia, Dmitiri Moundous started a new business called Alera Labs, and his son Gene, is among his first employees. One intends to vote. The other...
N.C. small business owner on the issues that matter this election
Jeremy Hobson Sep 5, 2012
Terry Coleman, a restauranteur from Lenoir, N.C., talks about who she's voting for this fall, and why.
Tampa's small businesses enjoy convention boost
Kai Ryssdal Aug 28, 2012
The Republican National Convention is back on track today, with tens of thousands of visitors in Tampa. What kind of boost do the businesses of the Tampa Bay area get?
Young entrepreneurs redefine 'family business'
Ashley Milne-Tyte Aug 15, 2012
Some generation Y entrepreneurs are turning the idea of going into the family business on its head -- by hiring their parents to work at their fledgling companies.
New Orleans musician finds niche in instrument repair
Keith O'Brien Aug 14, 2012
The Grammy Award-winning trombonist Stafford Agee is moonlighting as an instrument repairman -- working out of his sweltering garage to make sure New Orleans-area high schoolers have working horns.
