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John Tamny, is author of The End Of Work: Why Your Passion Can Become Your Job. He is the editor of Real Clear Markets and the Director of the Center for Economic Freedom at FreedomWorks.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: TED BELL has always had an itch to travel the worldâ??after graduating college and leaving a dull desk job in the family bank, he moved to Europe to become a writer and bounced around Italy and France and Rome, where he was cast as a Cinecitta cowboy in a spaghetti western that was ultimately never made. Eventually he made it back to the States, starting what would become a distinguished career in advertising, hitting his pinnacle as Vice-Chairman of the Board and World-Wide Creative Director of Young & Rubicam, one of the world's largest advertising agencies. But the call to become a writer, borne in the third grade when he was eight, never waned. He left his career, focused on writing fiction, and three years later published his debut, Hawke in 2003. Since then, eight books in the series have landed on the New York Times bestseller list. In addition, Paramount Pictures is now in production with a blockbuster feature film to be titled Hawke. The movie is based on the last Hawke thriller, Patriot and is slated for release in 2019. Executive Producer is Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and the Screenwriter is Kurt Wimmer. Ted fills his very cinematic thrillers with realistic details and infuses his characters with a panache and humor that is rarely seen in modern spy novels. Tedâ??s extensive global travels have given him a perspective that he alone can provide readers. Heâ??s been a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University completing his studies at Cambridge Universityâ??s Department of Political Science and International Studies (POLIS) and was elected to the position of Writer-In-Residence, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridgeâ??a setting known for its connections to the Intelligence community. In addition to his time in the UK, Ted has spent much time in Russia researching his novels where, on one trip, almost â??disappearedâ?? while waiting for a flight in the first-class lounge in the Moscow airport. This is just one of the many intriguing tales that pepper Tedâ??s riveting thrillers. But setting and characterization arenâ??t the only strengths of the Hawke seriesâ??Ted does exhaustive research with the goal to provide the most realistic military details for his readers. DOCA, a Department of Defense committee, selected Ted as a civilian member of the standing group that supports the US military. He also served for a brief time as an advisor to the Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy at the U.S. State Department. Ted is a character himselfâ??and the Hawke series is a product of his larger-than-life personality.

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Letter to Congress urges members to sponsor the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act WASHINGTON, D.C. â??Today, more than 50 national organizations sent a letter urging members of Congress to co-sponsor the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act, which would overhaul the new international tax system put in place by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to ensure that multinational corporations are no longer allowed to pay a lower tax rate on their offshore profits than they pay on their domestic profits. The legislation is originally introduced by Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). As the letter explains, â??This bill would provide a simple, straightforward fix to one of the most egregious problems created by the TCJA. It would level the playing field for small and wholly domestic businesses by eliminating the deep discount that multinational companies get for shifting profits offshore and outsourcing jobs. â??The Trump-GOP tax law continues to encourage corporations to shift enormous profits offshore and outsource good-paying American jobs. The No Tax Cuts for Outsourcing Act should allow us to recover hundreds of billions of dollars in corporate taxes owed on those profits, which can be invested to create good jobs at home,â?? said Frank Clemente, executive director, Americans for Tax Fairness. â??This bill ends the backward incentives created by the new tax law to move jobs, profits, and operations overseas. The simple fix â?? to even up the rates â?? levels the playing field for domestic companies and reverses some of the worst damage caused by the new law,â?? said Gary Kalman, executive director of the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition. â??The No Tax Cuts for Outsourcing Act provides a comprehensive and much-needed reform of the international tax code. It would go a long way to cleaning up the mess created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and stop offshore tax avoidance in its tracks,â?? said Alan Essig, executive director, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. A diverse range of organizations signed the letterâ??from the AFL-CIO to Small Business Majority, from MomsRising to The Arc of the United States, from the National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd to Patriotic Millionaires. For more details on the legislation read the summary from Senator Whitehouse and Representative Doggett or a blog post from ITEP. ### Americans for Tax Fairness is a diverse coalition of 425 national and state endorsing organizations that collectively represent tens of millions of members. The organization was formed on the belief that the country needs comprehensive, progressive tax reform that results in greater revenue to meet our growing needs. ATF is playing a central role in Washington and in the states on federal tax-reform issues. The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition is a non-partisan alliance of more than 100 state, national, and international organizations working toward a fair tax system that addresses the challenges of a global economy and promoting policies to combat the harmful impacts of corrupt financial practices. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that provides timely, in-depth analyses on the effects of federal, state, and local tax policies. ITEPâ??s mission is to ensure the nation has a fair and sustainable tax system that raises enough revenue to fund our common priorities, including education, health care, infrastructure and public safety ### Journalist Contact: ATF Contact: Colin Hernandez [email protected] 818-390-0501 FACT Contact: Clark Gascoigne [email protected] 202-810-1334 ITEP Contact Jenice Robinson [email protected] 202-277-8750 Notes to Editors: